Demanding colleague Give it! Give it!
Allergic colleague: (sneezes)
Demanding colleague: Um. That wasn't what I meant.
Harbor Island, Washington
Overheard by: Not unless you hid it in your nose…
Demanding colleague Give it! Give it!
Allergic colleague: (sneezes)
Demanding colleague: Um. That wasn't what I meant.
Harbor Island, Washington
Overheard by: Not unless you hid it in your nose…
Male coworker #1: My wife bought me fuchsia underwear last night.
Male coworker #2: Were they men's underwear?
Male coworker #1: Yep, but very fuchsia.
Male coworker #3: Are you sure they weren't magenta?
Male coworker #1: What the hell is the difference?
Male coworker #3: Magenta is more manly, it has more blue it in.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: just call it purple
Woman: I heard that if a pregnant woman gets a flu shot, the baby has all sorts of birth defects, like 12 heads and two feet.
Municipal Building
New Jersey
Editor #1: I’ve developed a really bad habit.
Editor #2: What?
Editor #1: A can of Mountain Dew in the afternoon.
Editor #2: Be careful — Mountain Dew is the crystal meth of sodas.
770 Broadway
New York, New York
Overheard by: Fax Machine
Co-worker #1: Okay guys, I’ll see you next week. I’m heading off to Tennessee to see relatives.
Co-worker #2: Well, don’t hook up with anybody.
456 North Kimball Place
Boise, Idaho
Co-Worker #1: …and who ordered the salad?
Co-Worker #2: Marie*, but she left for the day.
Co-Worker #1: Is she okay?
Co-Worker #2: I hope so. She was crying when she left. I guess the police called and said her 7-year-old daughter was a town over from where she was supposed to be, and no one knows where the sitter went.
Co-Worker #1: Oh, that’s awful. [long pause] So you think that means I can eat her salad?
Providence, Rhode Island
Overheard by: Kate
Dev #1: Did you put this in my office?
Dev #2: What is it?
Dev #1: Looks like a feather or something. Maybe from a feather duster? You always put random things in my office.
Dev #2: No, I only put things in your office I find on my body.
6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Coworker: In five seconds I’m giving up and giving my fish a bath.
1275 Broadway
Albany, New York
Overheard by: Sally
Married dude: The regular girl wasn’t there so they sent the cute one.
Happily-Married dude: Uh huh, the ugly one wasn’t there so you met with the cute one.
Married dude: I find her very attractive.
Happily-Married dude: You are married!
Married dude: But she’s paralyzed from the waist down.
Happily-Married dude: You’re married! So you are paralyzed from the waist down!
226 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Dag
Coworker #1: You have an AOL email address?
Coworker #2: I know…So old-school.
623 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
