Design and Editorial

Paralegal: Well, Montreal is technically in America.

Design Center Place
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: umm … really?

Producer: Alan Greenspan is leaving the Fed and so our business anchor is crying.

1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY

Overheard by: The McCrum

Coworker: If you’re gonna do it, do it hard so I can’t breathe.

113 East Carroll Street
Salisbury, Maryland

Creative director on phone: Maybe the guy goes up and kicks the bear in the balls…I don’t know.

111 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Hear No Evil

Lead animator: Quit goofing off!
Animator: I’m not.
Lead animator: I said no goofing off! Get to work!
Animator: I am working.
Lead animator, hitting animator with poster: No talking! Get to work!
Animator: I am working!
Lead animator: [Picks up computer mouse, and throws it across the desk.] Get to work! No talking!

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Overheard by: pretty picture guy

Designer: I just don’t trust anything that doesn’t come out of a cow!

Newspaper
Melbourne
Australia

Lesbian: Just say it: Vagina.
Queen: Virgina?
Lesbian: Vagina!
Editor: I can’t wait till our first lawsuit…

W 35th
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: token chick

Writer: All I really want in this life is to be able to solve a sudoku, just once. Without giving up halfway through.
Designer: Way to aim low.
Writer: Well…can I be honest? What I really want is to be better than you at sudoku.
Designer: That may be aiming too high. Let’s be realistic, at least.

16430 N Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: Miel Durand

Boss: [Bryan], can you help me? I can’t seem to find my HTML. It’s just not there anymore.

15 Altarinda Road
Orinda, California

Boss: Alright everyone, I’m leaving for the day. Everyone knows my cell phone number, right?
Peon: 1-800-sex?

Northern Iowan
Cedar Falls, Iowa