Employees

Old drone: I started my own business. You know what I started on? Unemployment and my girlfriend.

Austin, Texas

Overheard by: Nator

Boss: James, where's the flag?
Teenage employee: I don't know.
Boss: You were just wearing it around your shoulders.
Teenage employee: Oh, my superhero cape! It's right here.

BC
Canadia

Manager on phone: Does panting count as a response?

Pearl, Mississippi

Overheard by: Brain Dancing

Woman attending performance: It was twenty dollars per nipple.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: where's my 40 bucks?

Customer: I have seven sisters.
Pharmacist: Seven?
Customer: But I only have one left, they're dropping like flies. I'm getting tired of wearing black.

Charleston, West Virginia

Woman on phone to client: Well, New Year's Day fell on the 1st this year, which messed a few things up.

Durham, North Carolina

Overheard by: Stunned

Customer: Do you have seven-packs of nuggets?
Cashier: We have eight or twelve.
Customer: Oh, wonderful. I’ll take twelve.

Orange City, Florida

Overheard by: laughing

Woman in accounting who's trying to stop using profanity: Why isn't my computer working? Why won't you print my shit? (pause) Shit! (pause) Dammit!

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Female office worker: There's a mouse in the trap under my desk! Come move it!
Male office work: Is he dead?
(supervisor walks in with on tail end of conversation)
Supervisor: All deceased records go to George.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ear Hustler

Assistant director: So it snowed?! Was it cold?

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: confused but amused