Worker #1: They were being mean to her on Facebook.
Worker #2: What’s Facebook?
Worker #3: Oh, it’s like MySpace.
Worker #2: MySpace… That’s like Wal-Mart for pedophiles.
2100 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, Alabama
Worker #1: They were being mean to her on Facebook.
Worker #2: What’s Facebook?
Worker #3: Oh, it’s like MySpace.
Worker #2: MySpace… That’s like Wal-Mart for pedophiles.
2100 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, Alabama
Middle-aged birthday girl to office who threw her a party she specifically asked not to have: I like my birthday, it's just that I prefer to spend it with close friends… and people.
Washington, DC
Cube mate #1 to cube mate #2: What did we eat? I just crapped an Ewok!
Savannah, Georgia
Coworker #1 to 20-something coworker: I will boss you. I'm old enough to be your mother, and I will boss you.
Coworker #2, joining in: And I'm old enough to be your grandmother.
Coworker #1: And we will box your ears together.
(a few minutes later)
Coworker #1: Someday you're going to get married, so you might as well get used to being bossed around.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Overheard by: Rachel S.
Coworker #1: Yeah, I have syringes at home. Don’t you?
Coworker #2: No. Why? Does someone in your house have diabetes?
Coworker #1: No. Is this weird? Hold on, let me call my brother.
(a few minutes later.)
Coworker #1: Oh, well. They’re not syringes. They’re teeth whiteners.
West Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Julianna
Worker bee: If you’re not willing to come in on your days off, you can’t complain about being short-staffed.
UK
Supervisor: I saw a unicorn just the other day!
Coworker #1: No, you did not. They're extinct.
Supervisor: What?
Coworker #2: What?
Coworker #1: They been extinct since Jesus's time!
Supervisor: You believe in mermaids?
Coworker #1: Well, duh, mermaids were around during Jesus too!
Coworker #2: Neither of those things exist.
Coworker #1: Ohmigod! Are you serious? But my mom told me when I was a kid!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Malikat
Gay coworker, walking past office: I love making the girls giggle.
Chicago, Illinois
Clueless coworker, trying to sell candidate to potential employer: Yes, he's bilingual. He speaks five languages!
St. Louis, Missouri
Co-worker #1: Remember [Joann] at [Segal]?
Co-worker #2: The one that looks like a man?
Co-worker #1: Yep. Well, she’s found that sperm donor she’s been looking for.
721 Emerson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
