Employee #1: Do you smoke?
Employee #2: I don’t. Um, I try not to. Well, I did yesterday.
171 Nepean Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: chain
Employee #1: Do you smoke?
Employee #2: I don’t. Um, I try not to. Well, I did yesterday.
171 Nepean Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: chain
Female phone-monkey: Oh my god! There are animals there? I've never been to the zoo!
Call Centre
Kitchener
Canadia
Overheard by: Kryssy
Office pariah to 20-something wearing sweatshirt from recent vacation: Oh, Ireland… Is that some kind of college or something?
Texas
Overheard by: And then I died a little inside
Boss: Find anything interesting?
Employee: Yeah. Mexicans are bad tippers…Sorry, that was racist. Spanish people are bad tippers.
1100 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Overheard by: adrone
Co-Worker on phone: I do not want to poop in my pants!…I’m way too fucking classy for that.
1500 Broadway
New York, New York
Woman on phone: Raised by dogs?! That’s impossible! Isn’t it? … Wait, was it Entertainment Tonight? … That’s impossible!
50 Millstone Road
East Windsor, New Jersey
Overheard by: Goueznou
University phone solicitor: So, did you hear that the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences has a new dean?!
Guy being solicited: I don’t really care.
University phone solicitor: Me neither.
Jefferson and McClintock Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Salesperson: How long does it take to get to London from here?
Purchasing Agent: Well, I’m not sure, but coming back is faster because it’s opposite the direction of the rotation of the Earth.
1506 Detweiller Drive
Peoria, Illinois
Co-worker #1: Is garlic a normal constituent of Mexican food?
Co-worker #2: It’s not unnormal.
1000 East 50th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: SLP
Co-Worker #1: Is that ice coffee?
Co-Worker #2: Yeah.
Co-Worker #1: Does it really taste like coffee?
57th and Lexington
New York, New York
Overheard by: Kimberly A.
