Coworkers

Short coworker: Man, I would give anything to be taller.
Tall coworker: I'd totally slip you a couple inches if I could.
(awkward silence)

Laramie, Wyoming

Overheard by: sarah

Hostess: How about a bumblebee?
Server: He was asking about kinds of birds, not bugs.
Hostess: Same difference.
Server: Lots of things fly that aren't birds, like bats.
Hostess: Bats are birds.
Server: Bats are mammals!
Hostess: Birds are mammals.
Server, apoplectic: Birds are birds!

Restaurant
Charleston, South Carolina

White office girl #1, about racist Miley Cyrus picture: So, yeah, I actually found that photo way more offensive than the topless one in Vogue.
White office girl #2: But it wasn't racist. It was just a joke about how funny they look.
White office girl #1: Yeah, I see your point.

Adelaide Central Market
Australia

Woman to group: Yeah, so she had her baby through c-section.
Surprised woman, interrupting: C-section? Why?
Woman: I don't know, maybe they glued her clitter shut.
Serious woman: Nice, Jane.

Michigan

Cube dweller #1: Okay, sir, so that name is spelled m-i-c-k-e-y?
Cube dweller #2: M-o-u-s-eeeeee!

Oklahoma

Overheard by: It's a small world afterall

Coworker #1: The system won't let me type any letters in the credit field of my insurance quote.
Coworker #2: Have you tried confessing your darkest sins to the Lord and trying again?
Coworker #1: I'll just have the help desk do it.

Caledonia, Michigan

Overheard by: Playtah

Coworker #1, looking at coworker #2's plant: Horticulture and philosophy go hand in hand.
Coworker #2: Good luck with life.

Caledonia, Michigan

Overheard by: Playtah

Employee to coworker: You left your pot in the back of my car. (office talk stops) Er…your cooking pot.

Costa Mesa, California

Woman on speakerphone: Get off my back! Now!!
Coworker on phone: Uh, excuse me??
Woman on speakerphone, flustered: Sorry…I meant my cat.

Palo Alto, California

Overheard by: bluesage

Male coworker #1: I'm having trouble concentrating today.
Male coworker #2: That's because you can't stop looking at me.
Male coworker #1: Every time I look at you, my retinas vomit into my glasses.

Ballarat
Australia

Overheard by: vMan