Coworkers

Coworker, about performance reviews: That's where the managers are. In the conference room with their people, doing it.

Tacoma, Washington

Overheard by: Wish I was a manager

Producer #1: So we had dinner with Steve and Elaine.
Producer #2: What did Elaine serve–Steve's heart on a stake?
Producer #1: Close. Veal.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: JennV

Horace Greeley's Original Quotation Wasn't As Memorable.

Coworker giving directions on the phone: You need to go west. Do you know which way's west?

Oregon

Support drone #1: You could always go rape a cat.
Support drone #2: Why would I want to go rape a cat?!
Support drone #1: Why not?

London
England

Overheard by: Bemused Techie

Gangsta office administrator #1: Yo, where'd you put those envelopes, yo?
Gangsta office administrator #2: Yo, I don't know, yo… Look above ya head!

Manhattan, New York

Coworker on Wednesday: I need to give my kids a bath. I haven't given them one since Sunday.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Cha Cha D.

…It's Not the Biting Kind, Is It?

Cubicle dweller from first shift: Feel free to polish off my sausage.
Cubicle dweller from second shift: Uhh… Can you repeat that?
Shift lead: Dude, he has a plate of sausage and cheese with crackers. He's gonna leave it for your shift.
Cubicle dweller from second shift: Oh. Thanks, man.

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Jerbz

Female coworker: Anybody heard anything about Sue* yet?
IT guy: She is still on bed rest and waiting for the baby to make up her mind.
Office manager: Just like a woman, will come out when they want.

Mesquite, Nevada

Coworker on sales call: Oh, yeah, you keep doing that–that's just too much fun to make you quit!

Franklin, Tennessee

Coworker, after three months of working on video-game web project: Are Xbox360 and Wii the same?

Fort Lauderdale, Florida