Coworkers

Peon: Hey, can you help me with something?
Frazzled coworker: Honestly, I’m too wasted right now.

84th Street and Broadway
New York, New York

Overheard by: sagehen

Senior officer: The event went really well. The speaker was fantastic.
Mid-level officer: Oh, who was the speaker?
Senior officer, after long pause: I gotta go.

Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Office grunt slamming down phone: I get an empty meal slot filled and you jizz all over me!

Columbus Circle
New York, New York

Overheard by: Standing Aside

Worker #1: Luke*, you deal in organs, right?
Worker #2: Yeah, man. I got all that stuff.

Carlson Road
Rochester, New York

Overheard by: watching my kidneys

Engineer: What’s the time frame on this? I don’t have time for it right now.
Project manager: ASAP, but it can wait for now.

Von Karman Avenue
Irvine, California

Male peon in restroom: Hey, I didn’t know we had soap in here!

8110 South Harvard Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Icked out female coworker

Office drone #1, rubbing head: I’m so confused.
Office drone #2: Boys have penises and girls have vaginas.
Office drone #1: Uh, thanks, but that’s not what I meant.

Eldridge Parkway and Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Johnny

Man #1: Yeah, sometimes things are just different.
Man #2: Yeah, sometimes I get rug burn on my love handles.

Home office
Bentonville, Arkansas

Overheard by: SamsGuy

Reporter #1: How should I identify a chicken at a press conference? There was a guy in a chicken suit who refused to give me his name.
Reporter #2: If it was a guy in a suit, I think you’d have to call him an ‘Unidentified chicken impersonator.’

400 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Jack Ace, reporter-at-large

Grunt #1: Seriously, dude, what the hell is up with Ahmed’s* hair?
Grunt #2: I know what you mean. It’s like someone turned up the gamma setting on his head — like, all the way.

555 West Imperial Highway
Brea, California

Overheard by: Yannibmbr