Coworker #1: Why do you keep giving me these?
Coworker #2: It’s my way of telling you they’re done.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Annoying coworker #1: You are so tan!
Annoying coworker #2: I know!
Annoying coworker #1: I can't believe how tan you are!
Annoying coworker #2: I know!
Washington, DC
Co-worker #1: I heard the new branch manager is a propeller head.
Co-worker #2: What’s a propeller head?
Co-worker #1: A computer geek.
Co-worker #2: Oh no…I heard he is very knowledgable in computers.
6600 Preston Avenue
Livermore, California
Overheard by: Terri C
Coworker to graphic designer: Can we make the Tiki man more totem like?
Washington, DC
Executive secretary, as she leaves a “Respect in the Workplace” class, to male worker: You’ve lost six in a week!? You’re disappearing! Anymore and there will be nothing to grab on to!
South Park Circle Office
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: Megalicious
Co-worker #1: Hey, come in here for a sec!
Co-worker #2: Can it wait a second? I’m trying to finish this by lunch.
Co-worker #1: Never mind; it’s just fart noises.
712 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, Arizona
Worker bee #1: Have you ever been constipated?
Worker bee #2: Not severely.
Worker bee #1: Oh, it’s horrible! I hate it! I would rather have diarrhea!
Worker bee #2: No, you wouldn’t.
Worker bee #1: Oh, yes, I would! At least then you know there’s going to be an end to it… It wears out.
Worker bee #2: Yeah, but with diarrhea you could have an accident.
Worker bee #1: Well, I didn’t say that it was a choice between being constipated and having an accident. You don’t alwayshave an accident.
110 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Jaime
Young female cashier to coworker: I saw this sign at Caribou Coffee that said “fire sprinkler.” I really want to see one of those. I mean, what is it? Does it shoot out fire or something?
Fairborn, Ohio
Nosy employee #1: Sounds like there's a party going on in the bathroom.
Nosy employee #2: Well, there is!
Norwalk, Connecticut
Coworker: Hey, does anyone have a dollar that I could borrow for an hour?
Houston, Texas
