File clerk #1: How dare you call me lazy!
File clerk #2: What?
File clerk #1: You said I was lazy on the phone!
File clerk #2: I did not! I said you were crazy! Not lazy!
File clerk #1: Oh, okay, I am sorry!
Phoenix, Arizona
File clerk #1: How dare you call me lazy!
File clerk #2: What?
File clerk #1: You said I was lazy on the phone!
File clerk #2: I did not! I said you were crazy! Not lazy!
File clerk #1: Oh, okay, I am sorry!
Phoenix, Arizona
Man in lift #1: Hey, how’s it going?
Man in lift #2: Yeah, not bad. The wife leaves for England for nine days tomorrow. Leaving me alone. With the kids… I’m not a man who gets scared easily but…
Pirie Street
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: Brooklyn
Coworker: This room just reeks of failure.
Kirkland, Washington
Co-Worker: My wife’s not too happy with me.
Client: Oh, I’m sure–
Co-Worker: –No, she’s pregnant again.
Client: Ooooh, that’s gotta be your fault. No woman would do that to herself.
Highland Avenue
Cheshire, Connecticut
Computer-whiz colleague: You should do program-testing while I'm here, then I can come and help you with any problems.
Serious colleague: So, you don't mind being grabbed?
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: confused but amused
Female coworker: I hate kids.
Male coworker: That’ll change when you get pregnant.
Female coworker: But I never want kids!
Male coworker: Better stop drinking.
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Female cube dweller to male cube dweller: Oh, hey, hi Richard! It's so nice to talk to you face to face. Seems like I only ever see the top of your head anymore.
Victoria
Canadia
Overheard by: Cringing in my cube
Male coworker, sipping from mug: I love peppermint tea!
Female coworker, also sipping from mug: Peppermint tea makes me fart.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: confusedbutamused
Co-worker #1: You can’t leave for a day ever again!
Co-worker #2: Why not?
Co-worker #1: Because without you there the average IQ in that room drops to 72.
1834 West Selfridge Street
Montgomery, Alabama
Overheard by: Asja
Employee #1: I was watching American Idol, and I thought of you.
Grotesquely singing employee #2: Oh my gosh! That’s so special!
Financial center
New York, New York
