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Colleague to another: No, that's okay. I don't want to learn a new way of doing things.

Boston, Massachusetts

Legal eagle #1: What’s this little ‘C’ in a circle next to a year supposed to mean?
Legal eagle #2: That’s the year the company that published that got its corporate seal.
Legal eagle #1: Oh, okay.

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Doctor Whom

Patient: What day is today?
Staff: Today is Thursday.
Patient: Hmmm… Is it last Thursday?
Staff: No, it’s this Thursday.
Patient: Oh.

Psychiatric hospital
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Another staff member

Coworker on cell: I don't mean to brag, but I am on YouTube…

Swiftwater, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: wookie

Boss reviewing Myers Briggs Type Indicator results: I am surprised by Stan’s* P-ness. [Silence.] Well, Stan’s results show that he has a slight P-ness, and I was expecting him to not have any P in him at all. [Room erupts with laughter.]

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Overheard by: Still Laughing Inside

Manager: It’s rainin’ like a cow peein’ on a rock.

1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska

Male coworker to another: When does Mother's Day start?
Female coworker: It starts tomorrow after midnight.

Midtown, New York

Female clerk: Did you eat yet?
Male clerk: Yeah, I’ve been here since 1:30.
Female clerk: Ooh! Then can I lint-brush you?

Convenience Store
Brighton, Massachusetts

Coworker calling help desk: Hey, man this is Vinnie up on 5, the printer's broken.

Phoenix, Arizona

Overheard by: Starr

Server #1, leaving employee bathroom: It's all yours, buddy.
Server #2, entering employee bathroom: Oh my God, that's what it smells like if you eat shit and then poop it out the next day.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu