Co-worker: If someone is from Puerto Rico, do you say that they’re Mexican? Or Hispanic?
150 East 55th Street
New York, NY
Co-worker: If someone is from Puerto Rico, do you say that they’re Mexican? Or Hispanic?
150 East 55th Street
New York, NY
Employee: Oh, I’ve had their Mandarin Chicken Salad, but I didn’t like it. Then again, I don’t like Mandarins.
711 Third Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Lolito
Secretary #1, talking about the real-life Napa Valley Halloween murder case: The police used his DNA and the kind of cigarettes he smoked to catch the murderer.
Secretary #2: Just like on CSI!
School
Hamilton, Ohio
Overheard by: TV has the best ideas
Cubicle partner: it's like spilled milk under the bridge…
Manhattan, New York
Woman gazing wistfully into yogurt cup: If my tongue was long enough, I’d lick my bottom.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Mark
Advising office applicant to interviewer: Yeah, advisors are worthless.
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: Brandy
Developer: So we need to get those trees down before the rafters come back.
Underling: “Rafters”?
Developer: R-a-f-t-e-r-s. You know, like a hawk? They’re gonna nest in the trees if we don’t cut ’em down first.
Underling: Right. Raptors.
855 Capitolio Way
San Luis Obispo, California
Office bimbette: So, my friend got me a Sudoku book, but I can’t start doing it yet because she has to send the Sudoku pencil. It has an eraser on the end — only Sudoku makes them that way.
Auckland
New Zealand
Overheard by: Sarah
Boss: Can we talk for a few minutes?
Colleague: In a minute. I need to finish writing nasty emails to staff who don’t learn.
Boss: We can’t write nasty emails! We have to be encouraging.
Colleague: Dear sir, I’m delighted to be able to tell you that you are a complete idiot…
Australia
Co-worker: I just walked past the copy and fax machine area, and all the hair on my arms stood straight up like a science fiction movie!
640 5th Avenue
New York, NY
