Office guy on phone: We were at this park, and there were gators and alligators… I'm guessing the gators are native to thigh-land.

Middleboro, Massachusetts

Overheard by: mikey

Supervisor: I'm sorry, but were you just talking on a call? You aren't supposed to be talking on calls.
Operator: Well, I wasn't, but now I'm talking to you.
(supervisor walks off)

Memphis, Tennessee

Overheard by: Rider

Director on cell: And I told him, if I see you riding anything without a helmet, I'm gonna pull over and beat you.

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Man: Let me have $5 worth of Powerball tickets.
Woman behind the machine: The tickets are now $2 each.
Man: Okay, give me $3 worth then.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Mike M.

Professor: They have 100% turnover. It's not that everybody quits, it's that half their employees quit twice.

Business School
Boston, Massachusetts

I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, when this exchange about guinea pigs between two of my co-workers (I'll use their initials, l and e, to designate them) came seemingly out of nowhere:
L: "you can't keep guinea pigs in their cages all the time! You have to let them run wild and free!" **brief pause** "once a week."
E: **laughs and expresses general incredulity**.
L: "you have to let them stretch their legs! Like a dog, or they'll get arthritis!"
E: "what about those balls?"
L: "that'd break its back! A guinea pig is, like, the size of my foot! Those are for hamsters!"
E: "well, they're rodents!"
L: "guinea pigs are not rodents! They're little balls of fur and love!"

500 Ross Street, Pittsburgh, PA