Coworkers

Ditzy blonde to other cubicle neighbor: If it was colder outside, this rain would be snow.

Sprint
Kansas

Overheard by: Just Because

Office negative Nelly: I don't know what I'm going to do. But the next time I get paid, I'm going to do something strange and weird with it.
Positive sidekick: Really? Strange and weird?
Office negative Nelly: Okay, maybe not weird, but definitely strange. There's a difference?

Chicago, Illinois

Co-worker #1: You have a thing for my stapler, don’t you?
Co-worker #2: I have to play with something. Better the stapler than myself.

127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio

Guy #1: I really want to find this book that I read in high school… It was called, like, Brave New World or something.
Guy #2: Um, no, you’re thinking of ‘I Can Show You the World.’
Guy #1: Oh! … Wait, no, that’s that song from Aladdin.
Guy #2: Oh, yeah… So what section would it be in?
Guy #1: I don’t know, Fiction? No, wait — Non-fiction!

Barnes and Noble
Savannah, Georgia

Overheard by: Leia

Cubicle dweller on phone: If I didn't see gay sex when the server started, I'd be worried.

Itasca, Illinois

Accounting #1: So I'm not sure how she got the idea to put ham on the fan blades. Maybe tv? I don't think ham is really salient to most people. But I can see tying something up there to watch it spin around…
Accounting #2: Maybe some shiny paper or something like that, I guess.
Accounting #1: Or headless Barbie dolls.
Accounting #2: Sometimes I wonder about you.
Accounting #1: Headless Barbie dolls wrapped in ham.

Omaha, Nebraska

Cubicle chick #1: They have free sandwiches today? I will be throwing elbows to be the first for that action.
Cubicle chick #2: You really are a delicate flower.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Overheard by: nic_bitch

Peon #1: Of course, he described it as riding a tiger.
Peon #2: Who rides a tiger?

Richmond, Virginia

Employee #1: Why is it so cold in here?
Employee #2: Maybe it’s the gigantic hole in the ceiling.

4770 Buford Highway
Atlanta, Georgia

Court officer speaking to almost-admitted attorneys awaiting ceremony: And when you stand, don’t lock your knees or stand up straight, just relax and kind of hunch over, we don’t want anyone to collapse — it has happened before, and it is like attorney dominoes…

45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Lans