Diet & Weight

Female CSR #1: Did you get a brownie?
Slightly-larger female CSR: No, I can’t leave my desk and work to get a brownie. That would be brushing off my duties.
Female CSR #1: Well, I’m not a fat person. I wouldn’t know.

473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey

Overheard by: office peon

Employee #1: Have you seen the new girl?
Employee #2: No, but Fat Matt in cube 3 was just asking for some ketchup, so you better hurry!

6666 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Female coworker: I don’t know. I was thinking about losing about 50 pounds.
Male coworker: Yeah, I think I could lose about 30 to 40 myself.
Female coworker: You know what I heard? With men, if you lose, like, 35 pounds, you gain an inch.
Male coworker: Uh…

500 North King Street
Wilmington, Delaware

Overheard by: i just wanted a coke

Big chick: I walked to McDonald’s today. It’s like the subway diet, only less effective.

McDonald’s
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Overheard by: jared

Thin male college student: I’m hungry all the time. I must be a fatty–that’s the only reasonable explanation, I think.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Guy serving lunch: Do you want meatloaf?
Kid: No, I'm a vegetarian.
Guy serving lunch: Not today, you're not! (slaps a big piece of meatloaf on kid's plate)

23rd Street
New York City, New York

Cube dweller: I’m at the peak of my fat season!

Santa Barbara, California

Overheard by: Violet White

Sensitive soul: She’s gotten heavier, so now I can beat her.

Central Street
Evanston, Illinois

Co-worker #1: I think the pills of my dreams would allow me to eat whatever I wanted and never get above a size 4.
Co-worker #2: Those already exist. They’re called laxatives.

147 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Jess

Assistant VP: This is an important question I need to ask: Is Britney Spears pregnant again?
Office manager: Uh, yeah.
Assistant VP: Oh, okay. I can’t tell if she just stayed fat after the last one or is pregnant again.

149 West 105th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Last Day on the Job