Chubby, enthusiastic gay guy: I'm going to be the next Valerie Bertinelli!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
Chubby, enthusiastic gay guy: I'm going to be the next Valerie Bertinelli!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
Office girl #1: So, she’s like, definitely got AIDS… That’s what I heard.
Office girl #2: Really? No way! She’s way too fat to have AIDS. It makes you really skinny.
Office girl #1: I wish I had AIDS — you could eat whatever you liked.
Office girl #2: Yeah, I suppose… It would mean you might die, though.
Office girl #1: Hmmm, we’re all gonna some day, though.
Office girl #2: Yeah.
London
England
Overheard by: Cecilia
Big fat receptionist: Ooh what is that?
Office worker #1: A caramel mochiatto from Starbucks.
Big fat receptionist: I hope you brought me one!
Office worker #2: Do you have any idea how many calories are in one of those?
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Sebastian O’Conner
Coworker #1: I'm on this new diet.
Coworker #2: Oh yeah?
Coworker #1: Yeah, it's this diet where if you aren't hungry you don't eat.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Male employee #1, at lunch, peeling a banana: So, I'm doing a detox diet, where I eat only fruit for two weeks, and a bit of meat is introduced during the third. It's rough, but I'm actually starting to feel more sprightly.
Male employee #2: I say…it really works? I should try it. I'm knackered, and I'm getting a paunch. I'd like to detox that baby from my midriff.
(thin, lovely, female coworker, clutching mug of coffee, enters lunchroom)
Male employee #2: Sophie, what do you do to keep fit? Do you eat fruit at breakfast, perhaps?
Sophie, taking sip of coffee: I believe for breakfast I had beer and chocolate biscuits.
High Holborn
London
England
Overheard by: Mr Tickle
Female coworker to male coworker: Yeah, if you're not properly hydrated it gets really dense.
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Lab tech #1: They're only 35 calories.
Lab tech #2: My fingers.
Lab tech #1: Yeah, but they smell yummy.
Omaha, Nebraska
Reporter: I’m so middle-aged, I missed the turn-off.
Editor: We’re all getting on a bit…
Reporter: I don’t care. I’m happy just to sit here, let my belly grow, and get interested in plants.
Newcastle
United Kingdom
Drone #1: I am trying really hard to stay away from these cookies on my desk.
Drone #2: Oh my God, tell me about it. Those cookies are GOOD.
Drone #1: Maybe if I look at how many calories they have, it’ll be easier to stay away. One cookie, 120 calories.
Drone #3: Well, how many calories are you supposed to have?
Drone #1: I don’t know. I think 2000 calories is supposed to be average.
Drone #3: And the cookies are 120? Then you can eat all you want!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Manager: I'm going to go take my break now. I have to feed my fat roll.
Borthwick Avenue
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Overheard by: I have one too
