Employees

Guy: Hey, can you tell me how to get to Billings, Montana?
Desk clerk: Yeah, just go north on 95, then east on 90. That’s the best way to get there.
Guy: Thanks! I just got fired. I’m a carnie. Carnie!

Hillcrest
Moscow, Idaho

Overheard by: They have small hands.

Cube dweller: Where are my pretzels? I just feel like putting stuff in my mouth.

Scotts Valley, California

Overheard by: Mari

Sweet-natured office chick: I’m starting to realize I’m just a selfish little bitch, and now I’m much, much happier!

Centre Street
New York, New York

Young drone: Do you realize that everything you print has the heading ‘Dead’ on it?
Old drone: I wish they’d change that.

441 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York

Locksmith: Yeah, you gotta read “1994.” Orson Welles. Really knows his stuff. Everything he wrote in that book is happening right now. You gotta read it.

Sherman Oaks, California

Overheard by: Ja'mie

Customer: I think you're making that up.
Employee: I think you're trespassing.

Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia

Casting assistant: …I mean… If you’re not going to type your letter, you might want to make sure that your handwriting doesn’t make you look like a serial killer.

Diamond Street
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Tigertail

Girl, yelling from her cubicle: Ewww, gross! There's hair and a birthmark!

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Zack

Female suit to employee: I'm a weird person and I'm in a weird mood today, so you'd think they'd cancel each other out.

Iowa City, Iowa

Black FedEx guy: You married yet?
White banker guy: Haven't met the right girl yet.
Black FedEx guy: There are no white girls!
Banker guy: No right girl.
Black FedEx guy: There are no right girls either. You just got to pick one and marry them and have some kids, that's what I did.

Midtown
New York City, New York

Overheard by: CDog