Partner: Do you think the girls would mind if I popped an Ambien and went to sleep in their bathroom?
10 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Partner: Do you think the girls would mind if I popped an Ambien and went to sleep in their bathroom?
10 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Chatty woman: Yeah, my hernia is the size of a baseball! Do you want to touch it?
Younger employee: Uh, no.
Chatty woman: Why not? Man, nobody wants to touch this thing.
Younger employee: Because it's disgusting, that's why!
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: office moneky extraordinaire
Gay co-worker, loudly, to visibly embarrassed girl who just received a large bunch of roses: Somebody swallowed last weekend!
Oakland House
Manchester
England
Overheard by: Tommy
Boss: What about those materials needing to be sent out to our components?
Co-worker: Oh, I threw them in a box and shoved it under my chair. They were taking up too much room on my desk.
5205 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia
Woman: I haven’t talked to Henry* in a week. I’m through with him.
Man: Why? What happened?
Woman: He’s sooo selfish. He took the last t-shirt out of my drawer and wore it.
Man: That’s it? Dumped him over a t-shirt?
Woman: I texted him and told him we’re through.
Man: Wow. Dumped over a Hanes.
Woman: Yep. Infidelity I forgave, but don’t take my last goddamned t-shirt out of my fuckin’ drawer. Selfish!
45 South Illinois Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Cubicle rat to another: I'm going to put a five-hour energy in a Red Bull like a Jägerbomb, pour the whole thing over that leftover birthday cake. (pause) And if I don't explode by 5:30, you win.
Georgia
Coworker to cubicle mate: Hey, Ana, what's an IP address?
Cubicle mate: It's an iPhone.
Coworker: Oh, okay. Thanks!
Connecticut
Overheard by: Senor IP
Coworker to another: It's not up to you to do the right thing.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: anoyed
Front desk guy at staff meeting: Ah, yes… I'll shoot that one out to all of you by Friday.
Male office director: Oh, Michael, I love it when you talk dirty!
Female secretary: Erm… I'm not putting that in the minutes.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: taking notes
Co-worker #1: Man! Sasha* is on the phone every time I go over there to talk to her.
Co-worker #2: Yeah, you’re right! She is! You know who else is on the phone a lot? Latoya*.
Co-worker #1: … She’s the receptionist…
Tysons Corner, Virginia
