Middle-aged salesperson: It's “sal-mon.” It's spelled s-a-l-m-o-n.
Young salesperson: I'm pretty sure the “l” is silent.
Middle-aged salesperson: No, no, no! You need to go back to school like I did to learn how to properly pronunciate things! It's sal-mon. With an “l”!
Haltom City, Texas
Overheard by: Jdub
Teacher: The 6th graders were videotaping themselves at the dance and then posting it on the tube you!
Elementary School
Phoenix, Arizona
Student worker: I'm trying to figure out which class to take. I heard Dr Smith* is a big dick, though.
Graduate student #1: The word you're really looking for is “has.”
Graduate student #2: Well, I guess we all know who's getting that teaching assistant spot.
Charlestown, Illinois
Overheard by: Overworked English Grad
Employee #1: My stepdaughter won over $2000.
Employee #2: What's she gonna do with all that money? She should put it towards college!
Employee #1: She's 13 and a redneck. She ain't goin' to college. Plus, she's fine, so she just needs to find her a good lookin' redneck with lots of money, and she'll be set.
Shreveport, Louisiana
Nearby cubicle dweller: I can't believe my nephew only got a 10% on the science test! So if there were a hundred questions, it means he only got one right!
Freehold, New Jersey
Overheard by: Rob
Coworker: This one student went to school in New Mexico, so that's a foreign school, right?
Boss: Um… No, New Mexico is a state.
Coworker: Oh, really? New Mexico is a part of the United States?
Portland, Maine
PhD student #1: We need something that's heavy and puts you to sleep.
PhD student #2: Like cheese?
PhD student #1: No, not like cheese.
University of Århus
Denmark
Female coworker: The school just called, my first grader is in the nurse's office.
Male coworker: What's wrong?
Female coworker: She partied too hard this weekend.
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lola
Coworker: With the amount of hours I spent playing WoW, I probably could have graduated college. Oh, well.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Secretary: I'm going out, does anyone want anything from Fordham road?
Coworker: Are you going past a liquor store?
Fordham University
The Bronx, New York
