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Coworker #1: Apparently boston is the second best city to find a sugar daddy.
Coworker #2: Oh?
Coworker #2's father, the cfo: She already has one.

Union Street
Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Front Desk

VP on phone: I know, I'm starving… I just ate one of those, uh what do you call a peach and a plum? Yeah, a pluot.

Yahoo! Center
Santa Monica, California

Office manager: Tess* is not going to be in for a few days. Her mother died.
Boss: Why does everything always happen to me?

Hackensack, New Jersey

Overheard by: Gary

HR, in response to ringtone coming from another cube: I think it's nice it makes me want to hustle… or… film a porno.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Assistant: I need to book a car for an airport pickup in Portland, Oregon.
CSR: Is that in New York?

Seattle, Washington

Smoker #1: Hey, I didn’t know you smoked. When did you start smoking?
Smoker #2: About four years ago, right after my wife left me. It gives me something else to do with my hands.

Kokomo, Indiana

Senior editor and mother of three: Sometimes you just need strippers.
Young male editorial assistant: Sometimes you just need strippers.

Manhattan, New York

Rep 1: The salon across the way, their back door is wide open, but they’ve been closed for hours. What should we do?
Rep 2: Call the police. The non-emergency number, I’d say.
Rep 1: Okay… er, what’s the non-emergency number for 911?

Scatterfield Road
Anderson, Indiana

Overheard by: Oh, the pain…

shop assistant – is sparkling water real water? Other shop assitant – yes of course it's "water"
shop assistant- yeh… But does it actually quench your thirst?

Auckland

Lady peon #1: Are you going to participate in Lou’s retirement party?
Lady peon #2: Yes — I’m going to jump out of the cake.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: The Quotable Cubicle