Worker guy: Ya know, my wife and I have a parakeet that just will not die!
Mayland Drive
Richmond, Virginia
Worker guy: Ya know, my wife and I have a parakeet that just will not die!
Mayland Drive
Richmond, Virginia
Support staff #1, about cute work experience girl: Ohh, if only I were 10 years younger…
Support staff #2: She'd be ten.
Bournemouth
Dorset, England
Male cube dweller: Hey, have you ever had armadillo meat?
Female cube dweller: Yeah, all the time! It’s awesome with onions!
Vancouver, Washington
Overheard by: Armadillo What…
Coworker on phone: Hi, how are you? (pause) I'm fine, for an aging gentleman!
Manhattan, New York
Coworker #1: You know I had trouble finding a Die Zauberflöte ringtone on my phone.
Coworker #2: You know I had the same problem too.
Livonia, Michigan
30-something coworker to staff member’s nephew: So, you can get weapons… Can you also cast spells and do magic?
Nephew, playing a medieval computer game: Yeah. That’s called ‘Religion.’ Some people get really into religion, but I don’t. I just like killing stuff.
University of Sydney office
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Wil Dog
Coworker #1: Man, it’s cold in this room.
Coworker #2, pointing to thermostat: If you’re cold, blow on that.
Coworker #1: What’s that going to do for me? [Pause.] If it will make me warm, I’ll blow anything.
Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Coworker #3
Male employee #1, at lunch, peeling a banana: So, I'm doing a detox diet, where I eat only fruit for two weeks, and a bit of meat is introduced during the third. It's rough, but I'm actually starting to feel more sprightly.
Male employee #2: I say…it really works? I should try it. I'm knackered, and I'm getting a paunch. I'd like to detox that baby from my midriff.
(thin, lovely, female coworker, clutching mug of coffee, enters lunchroom)
Male employee #2: Sophie, what do you do to keep fit? Do you eat fruit at breakfast, perhaps?
Sophie, taking sip of coffee: I believe for breakfast I had beer and chocolate biscuits.
High Holborn
London
England
Overheard by: Mr Tickle
Coworker #1, whispering: They’re firing Lily* on Friday!
Lily, standing behind coworker #1: Why!! What did I do!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Rite Aid employee #1: My friend died last year, he was really sick, it was sad.
Rite Aid employee #2: Yeah man, my friend from high school recently passed away too.
Rite Aid employee #3 (in a Dominican accent): Yeah, that happened to my friend too. Actually, he did not die. Someone killed him.
Rite Aid
New York, New York
Overheard by: Marie Ziskin
