Office worker: Can you come in tomorrow, say, 6PM?
Intern: Naw, I got my fencing class.
Office worker: What?
Intern: You know, just in case the English attack again.
717 D Street NW
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Dannie Boyer
Office worker: Can you come in tomorrow, say, 6PM?
Intern: Naw, I got my fencing class.
Office worker: What?
Intern: You know, just in case the English attack again.
717 D Street NW
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Dannie Boyer
Coworker #1: What's a lobotomy?
Coworker #2: It's when they do a brain transplant.
Coworker #1: They do that?
Coworker #2: I hear they aren't very successful…
Portland, Oregon
Co-worker: Would you still talk to me if I peed on your car?
55 Southbank Boulevard
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Security guard #1: What do you call those people who aren’t Chinese or Japanese or Asian?
Security guard #2: Korean?
State Capitol Building
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Overheard by: doodles
Chemist to worker soaked from rain: So, is it still raining out there? (laughs)
Soaked worker: No, no way. It's bright, sunny and warm. There's just this kid throwing water balloons…
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: underpaid chemist
Coworker: Well, if she died beforehand, then nobody killed her — they just set the body on fire.
474 Industrial Park Drive
Boone, North Carolina
Co-worker on phone: Okay, go home and make dinner and await further instructions.
133 Littleton Road
Westford, Massachusetts
Straight cube girl: Straight people are a dime a dozen! It’s hard to find a good lesbian lover. You, of all people, should know that.
Straight cube guy: I know, I know.
350 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Coworker #1: Do you know where Chris is? Is he still alive?
Coworker #2: Who?
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ali
Co-worker #1: [Justin], can I borrow your finance guide?
Co-worker #2: Um, sure…Wait, it’s not here. I did have one, but it’s gone.
Co-worker #1: Yeah, I borrowed it.
Co-worker #2: …
233 Broadway
New York, NY