IT guy on phone: Be ready when I get home.
(clicks it to speakerphone)
IT guy’s wife: Well, that is fine but I did not put the butt plug in the freezer yet.
IT guy: (clicks speaker phone off) Hey! Sorry, I know you hate the speakerphone…
Naval Base
Pensacola, Florida
Female coworker to another female coworker: "if you've gotta pee, I'll watch."
Raleigh, NC
Coworker #1: I've had “Come Dancing” by The Kinks in my head all morning.
Coworker #2: I'm glad you said “by The Kinks”.
One World Financial Center
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Bryan
Middle-aged copywriter to young techno weenie: PowerPoint is nice, but don’t ever underestimate the power of puppets.
West Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Here4theLaughs
Distressed older coworker: I don't get it. I unplugged my computer last night and I'm still getting e-mails. I don't know what I have to do to stop them.
Pensacola, Florida
IT intern: Hey, I read your article. I liked it.
Reporter: Um… Which one?
IT intern: Ummm, I don’t know. I was in the bathroom.
101 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Andréa Cecil
Boss: You're out smoking again? I thought you were quitting?
Assistant: I start taking the Chantix tomorrow morning, smoke for a week and throw the cigarettes away and double the dose.
Boss: Okay, can I give you shit for it?
Assistant: All you want, I'll be a complete bitch and make your life hell.
Boss on intercom: Everyone, you have the next 2 months off: assistant is going to be a bigger bitch than usual.
Fountain Valley, California
Wishful thinking peon on phone: Yes, I can meet with this Simon guy. It’s not that Simon from American Idol, is it? Oh? That’s too bad… I guess I’ll still meet with him, though.
111 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Hear No Evil
Office guy to another: I just made a big mess with my blow pop.
Kitchener
Canadia
