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.
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: 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