Library worker to another: His hair was his Achilles’ heel.
441 East Fordham Road, Fordham University’s Walsh Library
Bronx, New York
Overheard by: Krisztina
Library worker to another: His hair was his Achilles’ heel.
441 East Fordham Road, Fordham University’s Walsh Library
Bronx, New York
Overheard by: Krisztina
Presenter, during company-wide meeting: As this slide demonstrates, the company did it in arrears. [Giggling from the back, and presenter sighs.] Yes, your mom and I did it in arrears. Moving on…
Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Christin
Lady peon looking at clothing ad from ’70s: The sad thing is, how many people in this died from AIDS?
6000 Southport Road
Portage, Indiana
Overheard by: Justin Russo
UPS guy: Wow. Don’t you look fancy today!
Man in office: Nah, these are actually my stripping clothes.
UPS guy: Oh, really? The ladies must love that.
Man in office: Yeah, they have a Velcro crotch. It’s pretty awesome.
UPS guy: Whelp, see you later.
1160 Pioneer Road
Salt Lake City, Utah
Accounting clerk: I like this vibrator, but he won’t stand up straight.
Mebane, North Carolina
Overheard by: Making accounting more fun
Junior art director: I have 44 minutes to make a baby.
303 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: wha?
Peon: Ever since I saw The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I’ve always had a fondness for gypsy women.
1250 Library Street
Detroit, Michigan
Overheard by: Daniel Gillies
Coworker: Here’s the information you wanted.
Boss: I don’t want paper — it’ll get lost on my desk.
Coworker: Do you want me to e-mail them to you?
Boss: No! It’ll get lost in my inbox.
Coworker: So to get this straight, you don’t want the info on paper or e-mail?
Washington
Lady peon with eye patch: Yeah… Once you go black, you never go back.
45th Avenue and Vermont Street
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: WOW
