NYU Professor: Being a visiting professor has its good points: I don’t give a shit what I say!
19 University Place
New York, NY
NYU Professor: Being a visiting professor has its good points: I don’t give a shit what I say!
19 University Place
New York, NY
Girl: Why are you in customer service if you don't want to service the customer?
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennesee
Overheard by: AlsoWondering
Office lackey #1: I need some experience before I apply to pharmacy school.
Office lackey #2: Have you considered a crack den?
Office lackey #1, thoughtfully: I wonder what UIC would think of that. “I interned at a meth lab last summer…”
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: University Lackey
Manager on phone: Tell me what your box looks like…
University of Wisconsin
Student: Is Sarah* out sick today?
Boss: No, she had to run some errands, she will be in shortly.
Worker: I knew it, she had to get the morning after pill!
(everyone laughs)
Boss to worker: Yeah, because you're so stingy with yours!
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Student walking into class late: The bad news is, I am late. The good news is that my intramural football team won the championship.
Professor: What is your team’s name?
Student: The Jack Bauers.
Professor: Is that the guy from 24? I can’t get into that show…
Student: Because you hate freedom?
Capital University Law School
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: captain awesome
Office drone #1: Tomorrow we need to talk about that thing we were going to talk about last week but didn't because of the other thing.
Office drone #2: Right.
Office drone #3: You could have just called. Now we're all sitting here wondering and guessing what that mystery message is about.
Office drone #1: Oh, you're fine.
Office drone #3: Damn right! 24/7!
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: University Lackey
Boss: If they're not burning their boobs on strippers, they're running off to the school board office!
Belle Chasse Highway
New Orleans, Louisiana
Overheard by: needs more coffee
Student: So how many participants will I need to use?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: So you could just use eight friends.
Student: Oh. Okay. Really?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Do you have eight friends?
Otago University
New Zealand
Overheard by: he's my supervisor too…
Office girl #1: Oh, okay, I thought you were going to say something like “and then the video was a porno.”
Office girl #2: No, it was more disturbing, I wish it had been a porno!
Guy: Porno? You were in a porno?
Office girl #1: What? No!
Guy: Oh! Wait, have you been to college yet?
Office girl #2: Um, no.
Guy: Oh, I thought we were about to share a moment here.
Chicago, Illinois
