Coworkers

Male coworker to another: I woke up this morning and you weren't there.

7th St
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: Phone Slave

Office lady #1: What are you bringing tomorrow?
Office lady #2: Muffin tops.
Office lady #1: What are those?
Office lady #3: Uhhhh… the tops of muffins.
Office lady #1: Where from?

Birmingham, Alabama

Coworker #1: So what are you doing this weekend?
Coworker #2: My wife and I are celebrating our 23rd anniversary.
Coworker #1: So how long have you guys been married?

Phoenix, Arizona

Overheard by: huh?

Coworker #1, after big move: Hey, we've got another box empty.
Coworker #2: Great, we can use it for these mystery files until they've got somewhere to go.
Coworker #1: Really? Um, I was going to start building a fort with it.

Sheffield
England

Co-Worker #1: So, your last day is coming up, right?
Co-Worker #2: Yeah, thank God for that.
Co-Worker #1: I wonder who they will replace you with. Maybe the homeless guy on the street. I bet he could do as good as you.
Co-Worker #2: I’m not sure I like your style.

Santa Monica, California

Worker #1: Are you coming out for a drink after work tonight?
Worker #2: I’m meeting some friends out afterwards, so I’m going to go home first to get changed.
Worker #1: Why do you need to get changed? Just wear what you have on, it’s fine!
Worker #2: Well all my friends dress like skanks and I don’t want to look overdressed.

Hay Street
West Perth
Australia

Coworker #1: What's the abbreviation for “Mountain Time”?
Coworker #2: MST.
Coworker #1: Then what does “GMT” mean?
Coworker #2: General Mountain Time?
Coworker #1: Oh, okay!

Westwood, Massachusetts

Receptionist #1: Well, it’s not like you need the money.
Receptionist #2: I could use it, though…
Receptionist #1: But it’s, like, life-threatening surgery.
Receptionist #2: It’s life-threatening? [Receptionist #1 answers phone.] It’s life-threatening?!

Park Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: cubiclelove

Office worker #1: Have you ever noticed that dog feet smell like popcorn?
Office worker #2: That is going to be my quote of the week!

Fairbanks, Alaska

Overheard by: nunyabidnizz

Office peon #1: Gah, if I could just tell Excel what I want, it’d be so easy. ‘Do this!’ I’d say, and it would be like, ‘Sure!’ and life would be simpler.
Office peon #2: Or it wouldn’t listen, and you’d put on some leather straps with nipple rings and it’d say, ‘Hit me again. Let me see you get reeeal angry.’

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah