Black coworker, showing off book: It was on Oprah's Book Club.
White coworker: Oh, okay.
Black coworker, putting book under shirt: And now I'm hiding it, cos I don't read books. I'm black.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: sure, why not?
Black coworker, showing off book: It was on Oprah's Book Club.
White coworker: Oh, okay.
Black coworker, putting book under shirt: And now I'm hiding it, cos I don't read books. I'm black.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: sure, why not?
Chick: My boyfriend and I love to beat the shit out of each other. But it’s okay, because we are both German.
Austin, Texas
Pizza Hut driver: Would you rather fight a kangaroo or wolverine?
Pizza Hut CSR: Well, kangaroos are pretty tough, but wolverines aren’t real.
7th Street and Union Hills
Phoenix, Arizona
Female cube dweller: I'm saving your spit.
Male cube dweller: My spit is great!
Winnipeg
Canadia
Overheard by: the Student
Co-worker #1: What happened to [Joel]’s car? The hood is all smashed up all the way up to the windshield.
Co-worker #2: Not sure. Ask [John], he’s parked on the second level.
Co-worker #1: Second level? There is no second level.
Co-worker #2: Better tell [John] that.
60 Baylis Road
Melville, New York
Younger female coworker, describing new boyfriend: The thing is, I don't know if that in the long run he would be happy with me.
Older female coworker: Oh, you know what men are like. All you have to do is pat them on the head once in a while and tell them that they're wonderful and they're happy.
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: horrified that she's right
30-something coworker, happily: So they tell me it's herpes in my eye. I know! They've given me Zovirax for it.
ProRail
Utrecht
Belgium
Overheard by: Thomas van Alphen
Agent: Oh, now I remember why I don’t usually drink pee. It always makes me have to go to the washroom… Tea. Tea! I meant tea!… Fuck you all.
1616 27th Avenue Northeast
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Overheard by: Didn’t believe him
Female peon: Do I like the long and skinny ones or the short and fat ones?
Male peon: You like the short and fat ones.
Female peon: I thought I liked the long and skinny ones also…
Male peon: No, I like the long and skinny ones.
Hamilton
Bermuda
Coworker eating twig cereal: I have eaten so much fiber today, when I get home, I’m gonna crap a wicker basket.
Rochester, New York
