Coworkers

Maintenance man to another: Seems like you're always on your knees.

Arizona State University

Overheard by: Erin

Office assistant #1: Lisa goes to lunch everyday at he same time. I wonder where she goes, I don't see how she affords to eat out on a daily basis, considering we don't get paid that much. I bring my lunch and eat at my desk because I just can't do it.
Office assistant #2: Uh-huh.
Office assistant #1: I just don't know where she goes.

Government Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

Quebecois co-worker: I’m not driving there. Do you have any idea how much fucking the gas costs?
Anglo co-worker: No, and I don’t think I want to find out.

9995 de Catania Avenue
Brossard, Quebec
Canadia

Girl: I was in the meeting today and I thought to myself -hmm, I think I smell like carcass…

Parkplace and Gamble
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: cubsicle

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