Coworkers

Coworker on cell: I just don't understand bro, what do you need a real human head for?

Baltimore, Maryland

Supermarket guy #1: Do you have a pen?
Supermarket guy #2: No.
Supermarket guy #1: Where do you live?
Supermarket guy #2: What for? So you can come over anytime and borrow my pen?

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Timm D

Office worker #1: It’s four o’clock! [Later] It’s four-thirty!
Office worker #2: Thanks, Big Ben.
Office worker #1: [Blank stare.]Office worker #2: You know what Big Ben is, right?
Office worker #1: Oh, yeah, that old TV show [raises arms and growls like a bear].

Highway 85
Madisonville, Kentucky

Overheard by: will1966

Chinese coworker: Where did my customer go? She was there a minute ago and now she’s disappeared.
White coworker: She probably went to the bathroom.
Chinese coworker: Maybe her baby was drowning in the bathroom and she had to go rescue it.
White coworker, after long pause: What the fuck is that, an old Chinese proverb?

50th Street and 3rd Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: cp

Summer worker #1: I think I smoke too much weed.
Summer worker #2: Yeah… But at least you won’t get glaucoma.
Summer worker #3: What’s glaucoma?
Summer worker #1: It’s an eye disease. Maybe you should smoke more so you don’t get it.
Summer worker #3: But what about lung cancer?
Summer worker #2: Look, would you rather see or breathe?!

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Deli worker #1: You need to be thinking about what you want to do with your life.
Deli worker #2: I want to serve people meat. Is there anything wrong with that?

Shreveport, Louisiana

Secretary to coworker: Do you need me to hole punch this copy to scan for the website?

Austin, Texas

Worker on phone: I’m sorry, we can’t hire you…It’s not that, it’s just that I don’t want to work with you.

3838 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida

Guy at conference table: Kimchi gives you stomach cancer.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Worrying about the Korean Peninsula

Office girl: But my box is falling apart.
Male co-worker: Hmm, we should look into that. A dysfunctional box is no good for anyone.
Office girl: Right… Would you mind helping me?
Male co-worker: With your box?
Office girl: What are we talking about?

McNally Drive
Nashville, Tennessee