Coworkers

Editor #1 watching CNN: Can you imagine how hot JonBenet would be by now?
Editor #2: What?

333 N Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Hardware tech #1: He probably covered the screwdriver in vaseline and lit it on fire.
Hardware tech #2: Actually, it was a woman. I mean, how dangerous can a woman with a screwdriver be?

460 Hillside Street
Needham, Massachusetts

Overheard by: S. Griffin

Coworker on phone: Can I ask you something off-topic? If a family pet dies, how long can you keep it in the freezer?

Frances Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Female coworker: What are Dick’s?
Male coworker: Oh, Dick’s are huge!

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: Meghan

Executive forwarding an email to whole company: I don’t know if any of you have seen this summary. You may find it a useful ‘Idiot’s Guide.’
Employee: Are you implying everyone you just sent this to is an idiot?
Executive: Not in the slightest! I was implying the guy who sent it to me thought I was an idiot.

1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

Coworker: Let’s go for a ride. Does your top come off?

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut

Overheard by: smooth

Employee #1: Critical criteria. Critical criteria.
Employee #2: Is that some kind of new alarm?
Employee #1: No, I’m typing that in an email.
Employee #2: Oh. Is there something wrong with that?
Employee #1: No, why? Does it sound wrong?
Employee #2: It sounds kinda fancy.
Employee #1: So I should go with it?
Employee #2: If you want to be fancy, then you should.
Employee #1: I like to be fancy.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Guy: Are you a Republican?
Girl: No, I am a Demonican.
Guy: You mean Democrat?
Girl: Let’s change the subject.
Guy: Okay, well, who did you vote for in the 2004 election?
Girl: Clinton.
Guy: Yeah, let’s change the subject.

The Coffee Tree, 223 Watson Boulevard
Warner Robins, Georgia

Overheard by: Jonathan Willis

Female editor: Hey, is Plastic Man a real superhero?
Assistant: Yeah. There’s been some dispute about his origins, though.
Female editor: Oh, really? But he is real, right?
Assistant: Yeah.
Female editor: Okay, great, thanks.

233 Spring Street,
SoHo, New York

Guy #1: Hey, you don’t look so great.
Guy #2: Yeah, I’m sick, I think I might throw up.
Guy #1: I’ve thrown up lots of times at work… but I was hung-over.

Downtown, Boston, MA