Cubicles

20-something female cube rat: Sounds like a fucking stupid project, and I am really excited to do it some time.

Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Accounting drone: Is someone eating fucking jockstraps and dirty socks now? There really needs to be some kind of restrictions on the food people are allowed to eat in here. How about a guideline like: “If it smells like a dead hooker, treat it like a dead hooker and eat it in your car.”? Thank god we don’t have any Indian programmers.

Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Cubicle guy, coming around the corner: Stacy… you’re in trouble. Oh… Stacy isn’t here today? No? Well, in that case, I’ll just leave a sticky on her desk for her return.
Guy in next cubicle: Dude, that’s disgusting.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Overheard by: Marko

Office guy: Woo-hoo! One less child!

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: usual suspect

Cubicle dweller on phone: If you are right, I will cut off my own foot and mail it to you.

Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Nikki

Office vet #1: Lisa* was showing me how to use chopsticks at lunch today, you know, cause she’s Asian.
Office vet #2: Lisa*?
Office vet #1: You know, the girl we work with in third party…I don’t know what kind of Asian she is, apparently there’s different kinds, you know…

St. Paul Plaza
Baltimore, Maryland

Female office worker: It just goes soggy and loose… Then moves to the side.

Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
England

Overheard by: Lorzgrins

Blonde peonette #1: Is this the fax machine?
Blonde peonette #2: It *sounds* like it is.

Beale Street
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: wicked

Cube mate on phone: Hey! What’s up butt-lord?
[silence] No kidding! You’re such an American asshole. Later!

3rd Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: radioman

Male cube dweller: Isn’t that the church where they had the wet t-shirt contest?
Female cube dweller: That was a baptism!
Male cube dweller: Oh…

McLean, Virginia