Coworkers

Paginator #1: Wow, this lemonade is lemony.
Paginator #2, holding glass with half a lemon in it: Really? That's surprising, since they didn't put much lemon juice in it.

Troy, New York

Overheard by: Rebecca E.

Help desk coordinator: It's a revolution, Wade!
Asian guy, without pause: Yes. What kind? For money or power?

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: IT Monkey

Coworker #1: I was putting gas in the car and the nozzle just sprayed out of the gas tank and all over me. If someone were to light a match, I'd go up in flames. (disappears for a short time to change into a pair of jeans)
Coworker #2, not having heard the previous story: Oh my gosh, are you wearing jeans?
Coworker #1: Yep.
Coworker #2: Why?
(coworker #1 proceeds to retell the gas-spilling story)
Coworker #2: Oh my gosh, do your other pants smell like gas?
Coworker #1, very seriously: Nope, they smell like lemons.

Plymouth, Minnesota

Coworker: He had on one of those sleeveless vests…

Bellevue, Washington

Asian office girl: Yeah, my wedding is going to be a Western wedding and not a traditional Chinese one.
Blonde office girl: (silent and perplexed)
Asian office girl, noticing the confusion: Like, Western culturally. Not like cowboy-and-Indians Western, you know.
Blonde office girl: Ohhhh, okay! I was totally gonna say that would be a really weird wedding!

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: surrounded by idiots

Coworker about his new car: It's not foreign, it's German!

Bellevue, Washington

Colleague #1: I feel like a needle in someone's arse.
Colleague #2: Uh, I think you mean a thorn in someone's side.

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: confused but amused

Office mate #1: First available jet pack!
Office mate #2: Did you see the video? Looks pretty stable.
Office mate #1: Yeah, I heard they have parachutes that work like airbags.
Office mate #2: Hmmmm…

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Baroo

Coworker #1: Why are those notebooks so expensive?
Coworker #2: (awkward silence)
Coworker #1: Oh, are they laptops?

Monterrey
Mexico

Coworker #1: What happened to my entire box of paperclips?
Coworker #2: You threw them all at me, remember?
Coworker #1: Oh, that's right. Thanks for replacing them, by the way.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: MarketingMatt