Coworkers

Cube dweller #1, dressed as redneck hunter: Whew, that salsa’s hot! I can’t eat any more of it!
Cube dweller #2, dressed as kitty cat: She’ll eat wild beaver, but not hot salsa… [Coworkers stare.]

New Mexico

Overheard by: ummmm…..she’ll eat what?

Receptionist: You can do that while you’re sleeping?!
Accounting girl: Well, yeah.
Receptionist: … Does it feel good?
Accounting girl: [Shrugs.]

Hutchinson, Kansas

Overheard by: The Temp

Coworker: So, you went hunting last night?
Cube neighbor: Yup.
Coworker: Do you gut the deer yourself?
Cube neighbor: Yup.
Coworker: So… I guess you know what the inside of a human looks like, then, right?

701 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: Did she just say that?

Accountant: It was my son’s first day of second grade, and it took him two hours to do his homework.
Sales rep: Awww, poor guy. What kind of homework?
Accountant: It was a word search…
Sales rep: [Silence.]Accountant: But he’s not stupid or anything.

2100 Lafayette Street
Louisiana

Coworker #1: Did it rain while you were in Chicago?
Coworker #2: Nope.
Coworker #1: Oh, that’s good. I saw on the Weather Channel that it was raining in Virginia, and I got worried.

42 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Weird coworker: I had a nightmare, too! I was standing in a pool eating taquitos, except they were filled with cream cheese and fruit!

111 Founders Plaza
East Hartford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Bamber

VP: Are you pregnant?
Worker #1: No!
VP: I’m just asking because it seems like you get pregnant every two months.
Worker #2: Hey! You can’t ask people if they are pregnant!
VP: I didn’t ask her if she was pregnant.

625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cubicle dweller on phone: Watching movies is my version of speed reading.

Houston, Texas

Overheard by: notaduhme

Coworker on phone: My boss wasn't coming in till noon, so I showed up at 11:30 and sat around till he showed up and took everyone to lunch for three hours, and we all got hammered. When we got back I practiced pool for an hour and then left. So, yeah, it was another productive day.

Malibu, California

Overheard by: Why did I come in at 9am

Lady coworker #1 reading a website: Here it says, ‘Sleep is the best cure for a headache.’
Lady coworker #2: My boyfriend always says sex is the best cure for a headache… He’s lying to me!

University of Münster
Germany