Coworkers

Young man on speakerphone: Let's set something up for next week then. When is good for you?
Lady who should have retired twenty years ago: You pick the day, I'm all loose.

Ottawa
Canadia

Coworker #1: Can you believe the whole company needs to take an ethics exam? It’s online, but still…
Coworker #2: Yeah, it sucks. I heard that one department’s doing the whole thing on a conference call together.
Coworker #1: But there’s a test…
Coworker #2: Yeah, they’re all taking the test together. One person says the answer and everybody enters it on their screen after the first person confirms it’s right.

Midtown
New York, New York

Female cube dweller, to no one in particular: The grapes in the cafeteria are going soft on me.

Washington, DC

Co-worker 1: …they’re always very nice people, though.
Co-worker 2: Who are?
Co-worker 1: Gay people. Very good linedancers.

Civic Drive
Greensborough, Melbourne
Australia

Coworker, seeing guy in the hall: Hey, Jeff! Aren't you in China?

Plainsboro, New Jersey

Frustrated coworker: This karma thing has got to stop!

Husargatan 3 Uppsala
Sweden

Worker #1: Where's Tina*? (administrative assistant)?
Worker #2: She's out sick. She broke her leg, so we shot her.

Camden, New Jersey

Overheard by: HR Min

Communications specialist referring to recent counseling session: Oh! I just did her husband!
Marketing specialist: Well, good for you!

Government building
Raleigh, North Carolina

Co-worker on phone: …Yeah, yeah, the shovel. And the hatchet, I’ll definitely need a hatchet.

1390 Timberlake Manor Parkway
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Durp

Asian coworker to black coworker: Why can’t you be like Akeelah in Akeelah and the Bee? She was black, but she could spell!

235 E 42nd Street
New York, New York