Housekeeping lady, emptying cubicle garbages: Were you in a training class all week?
Engineer: Yes. It made for a long week.
Housekeeping lady: I swore I would never go back to another class after I graduated high school.
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: Lisa
Worker #1: Hey! What’s up? Everything fine or what?
Worker #2: Should I tell you the truth or just say fine?
Industrial Zone 2
Venezuela
Desk rat: Oh… We’re out of coffee. (pause) I would rather kill everyone in this building than make a new batch.
(everyone turns to stare)
Desk rat: What? I didn’t say anything that you weren’t all thinking.
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Ren
White guy: I come from a town of only 400.
Black girl: Whoa! That’s weird. Your town was probably started by a brother and sister or something.
White guy: Actually, there’s not a single brotha or sista in my town.
Black girl: What?
White girl: Oh, God.
Black girl: What do you mean? Is everyone in your town an only child?
White guy: No, there aren’t any brothuhs or sistuhs. You know?
Black girl: I don’t get it.
White girl: That’s probably for the best.
One Park Place
Elmira, New York
Overheard by: Shannon
Coworker: Wait…John Ratzenberger?
430 Main Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut
Maintenance guy: They shoulda had a Puerto Rican pope. Barbecue every weekend!
335 East 45th Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: Palaverist
White girl: Jesus, I just got called a nigger!
Filipino girl: What? On your break?
White girl: Yeah! And by a black person. Homeless. Wouldn’t give her money. I’m about as cracker as you get… total whitey. I mean, I’m wearing Banana Republic.
1900 Broadway
Oakland, California
Drafting dork: Hey, do you have any binder clips?
Female coworker: Why?
Drafting dork: I want to clip them to my nipples.
Boca Raton, Florida
Overheard by: I'mNotHazel
Co-worker: So I’m staying with these two guy friends of mine but it’s not like it’ll cost more. The hotel I mean. Because they’ll sleep in one bed together and I’ll sleep in the other. They’ve done it before. Not that they’re gay, but when you’re cheap you’ll sleep with anyone.
250 George Street
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
Co-worker #1: “…And so, if you’re still working on the website, I just discovered a serious error using a Mac.”…Who cares?
Co-worker #2: Seriously, you should write back and say, “Dude, why are you even using a Mac?”
111 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona
Coworker: These shoes fit me so tight, it feels like my foot is inside a vagina.
Ssilverdale, Washington
Overheard by: holy awkward
