Drone on phone: Oh yeah, my friend had that disease, he died… I’m sure you won’t die, though.
Storke Road
Santa Barbara, California
Overheard by: angelina
Drone on phone: Oh yeah, my friend had that disease, he died… I’m sure you won’t die, though.
Storke Road
Santa Barbara, California
Overheard by: angelina
Editor #1: He's the son of the cake lady, right?
Editor #2: Yeah.
Editor #1: That lady died, right?
Editor #2: Yeah.
Editor #1: I wonder if he had something to do with it.
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Confused reporter
Girl: I had a duck!
Group: (silence)
Girl: It died once.
Group: (silence)
Boy: Only once?
Girl: Yeah… Only once.
Bellingham, Washington
Female coworker: Freeze gopher! Let's get a move on…
Male coworker: Pardon?
Female coworker: You're walking extremely slowly, and I'm stuck walking behind you. If I had a gun I'd have shot you by now.
Calgary
Canadia
Moderately surprised office person: Huh? A fly just flew up my nose!
Barely interested office person: Is that right?
Moderately surprised office person: Yeah! It was buzzing around and went right in my nose!
Barely interested office person: That must have been surprising.
Moderately surprised office person: It was!
Barely interested office person: I have some dead flies in some vinegar over here.
Melville, New York
Overheard by: Just buzzing
Female coworker: I would never go to a country music concert.
Male coworker: Well what kind of concert would you go to?
Female coworker: I dunno… I'd go see Michael Jackson.
Male coworker: Um… He's dead.
Female coworker, after pause: I knew that.
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Overheard by: Not Living Under a Rock
Female grocery stocker to male co-stocker: I laugh when I’m nervous, I can’t help it.
Male co-stocker: Yeah?
Female grocery stocker: Yeah. It’s really bad on roller coasters, I crack up. And I always laugh before the first kiss… And I laughed when I saw my dog get hit by a car… But I felt bad about that.
Alton Road
South Beach, Florida
Overheard by: BARA
Partner: Tell me something. Does anyone around here care about me at all? I mean if I were to drop dead right here and now in the middle of the floor would just leave me lying there or at least push me into a dark corner?
Receptionist: I’m sure I could manage a little bit better than that.
Partner: Well, thank you. At least someone cares.
1218 Webster Street
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Office Slave
Employee #1: Hey, have the paychecks come in yet?
Employee #2: I just heard [Aaron] ask and the boss said no. We are going to have to put [Aaron] on suicide watch until the checks get here.
5760 Highway 80 East
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Administrator on phone: Yeah, my cat passed away last Sunday. I put him in a paper bag and put it out on the curb for… for trash pick-up… What else could I do? Can’t put him in the back yard. Yeah, I gotta get a new place. I can’t stand the mice anymore.
Department of Education, 65 Court Street
Brooklyn, New York
Overheard by: Emma
