Irritating female VP to younger male associate: Get the Jameson…and some whipped cream.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Not again
Irritating female VP to younger male associate: Get the Jameson…and some whipped cream.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Not again
Clerk: I saw you driving earlier, did you get your license back?
Customer: Yeah, it's all good now. If I could only stay out of the bar…
Clerk: You don't think there's a connection between those two things?
Customer: What do you mean?
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: BFS
Paginator #1: Wow, this lemonade is lemony.
Paginator #2, holding glass with half a lemon in it: Really? That's surprising, since they didn't put much lemon juice in it.
Troy, New York
Overheard by: Rebecca E.
Paralegal: What if the documents aren't there?
Lawyer: I'm going to get black-out drunk.
Manhattan, New York
Geek chick #1: Hey, you want to go to a Courvoisier tasting?
Geek chick #2: Sure, right now?
Geek chick #1: Right now and right here! (produces a bottle)
Geek chick #2: Oh. What is it, some kind of fancy liqueur?
Geek chick #1: I don't know! Busta Rhymes sang about it.
Geek chick #3: It smells like a hangover.
Geek chick #1: It smells like a horrible career! It smells like MTV in the 90s!
Geek chick #2: It's slightly numbing.
Geek chick #1: It's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Geek chick #3: Bottoms up! Whoooo!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Office guy #1: It's a little cold, both inside and outside.
Office girl: But not in our hearts!
Office guy #2, points at girl's coffee mug: What are you drinking?
Office girl: Brandy.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: University Lackey
Boss on phone: So take a Sudafed, wash it down with a glass of whiskey. You'll sleep for twelve hours. It says “don't take with alcohol,” which means you should definitely take it with alcohol.
Highland Park, Illinois
Overheard by: Office Peon
Boss lady: Who are we missing? Mario*?
(Mario* comes into conference room)
Manager: Aha! I thought I smelled ravioli!
Boss lady: Ignore him, he's drunk.
Manager: Yep, it's after noon!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Cubicle dweller #1: Hey, what is that?
Cubicle dweller #2: Half and half.
Cubicle dweller #1: I can read the label. What is it?
Richmond, Virginia
Front desk clerk to another, about smoking during second pregnancy: Well, at least with this one, I am not drinking.
Williamsburg, Virginia