Old female shop assistant: The company uses really good boxes to send their stuff in, hey…
Young female shop assistant: What's so good about them?
Old female shop assistant: They're really easy to fold, not hard or anything.
Young female shop assistant: Yes, I love a good box.
Victoria
Australia
Overheard by: Ellie
Office worker #1: Marta's got a heart-on!
Office worker #2: What?
Office worker #1: A heart. She's wearing a heart necklace! She has a heart necklace on today.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: E.
Boss, reading e-mail out loud: “Middle cube's a bunch of sheep-shaggers”? Minus Jane*, of course! (laughs)
Coworker: Why? She could get a strap on…
Beverly, Massachusetts
Younger waitress: I'm over it now. It was just something that happened in my life.
Older waitress: A blip.
Younger waitress: A year-long blip.
Older waitress: That's a long blip!
Younger waitress: Oh, no. I had a three-year blip once. That's the blip I compare all the other blips to.
Rye, New York
Overheard by: Corinne
Female co-worker #1: So, I watched this special on TV about how some people are born with two distinct sets of DNA. They had a guy on it that was half white and half black.
Female co-worker #2: Having one black nut and one white nut would be awesome.
Female co-worker #1: Um, yeah.
2600 McHale Court
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: John da peon
Coworker #1: I just got this suit at Paul Stuart. Do you like it?
Coworker #2: Yeah, you look like the Easter Pimp.
101 East 42nd Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: Amazed
Boss: Yeah, I was at a funeral yesterday. My friend had a three-week-old pass away.
Coworker: Man, that's awful. What happened?
Boss: Well, it's kinda funny…
Raleigh, North Carolina
Peon: I was normally born, and I have a normal head!
11149 Research Boulevard
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: across the cube
Young guy #1, staring at screen, to guy next to him: Fine, don't fucking chat to me then. I'm putting you on ignore.
Young guy #2, staring at screen: Facebook logged me out! (jabbing frantically at mouse button) I can't log back in!
Young guy #1, still staring at his screen: How the fuck are we going to chat then?
Ward Library
University of Western Sydney
Australia
Worker #1: What's up wit dat new chick, the one haulin' dirt, she Korean?
Worker #2: Naw, she's Native American.
Worker #1: Dat's hot yo, I wonder what Indian pussy taste like?
Worker #2: (long pause) Maize?
WTC Memorial Site
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Bob
