HR admin to uninterested IT guy: I’ll be perfectly happy once I’m not morbidly obese.
1037 West 9th Street
Upland, California
Overheard by: Convinced she’s correct
HR admin to uninterested IT guy: I’ll be perfectly happy once I’m not morbidly obese.
1037 West 9th Street
Upland, California
Overheard by: Convinced she’s correct
Coworker #1, reading news headlines: Mother of 550-pound teenager has been charged with neglect.
Coworker #2: That's ridiculous, obviously the kid is well fed.
The Woodlands, Texas
Overheard by: Jeremy
Weight Watchers orator: Does anyone have any good news they’d like to share with us this week?
Fat lady: Yes. I went to my gynecologist for my checkup this week, and he said now that I’ve lost weight, it’s much easier to examine me because now there are fewer folds.
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Boss: Hey everyone! It’s the annual popcorn tin.
Employee: Ooh! I love popcorn tins.
Boss: Yeah, but you’re lookin’ a little fat, so we’re gonna keep it away from you.
175 5th Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Peter H
HR clerk: Maureen* broke another chair. Should I order her another chair designed for a person over three hundred pounds, or should I order an even stronger chair?
Manager: No! I am going to tell the maintenance guys to put her desk up on blocks! Then, I am going to tell Maureen that her job description has changed! She is now required to stand up to do her job!
[manager leaves]
HR clerk: Well, it is not going to be me that tells him that one of the toilets in the women’s restroom is broken.
5760 Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Male employee #1: What did you bring for lunch today?
Male employee #2: A salami sandwich.
Male employee #1: That's it? You can't just have salami as your main meat! You can garnish with salami, but you have to have other meat.
Des Moines, Iowa
Office hottie: I don’t know how easy it is to Photoshop arm fat into muscle.
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Boner Police
New guy to female coworker, handing her lunch menu: You look like someone who would be interested in this.
Female coworker: What is that supposed to mean?
New guy: Oh.
Main Street
Watertown, Massachusetts
Overheard by: so glad i'm not male
Lady accountant: I'm getting fat!
French accountant: Fat?! What are you talking about?! I could eat you and no one would notice! (awkward silence) Actually, pretend I didn't say that.
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Not an Accountant
Female coworker: Anybody need anything? I'm going to go down to the vending machines, I need a little protein with my carb this morning.
(male coworker gives a suggestive chuckle)
Female coworker: Nothin' outta you! (pause) Wait…crap, I didn't mean it that way!
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: jearu
