Man in lift #1: Hey, how’s it going?
Man in lift #2: Yeah, not bad. The wife leaves for England for nine days tomorrow. Leaving me alone. With the kids… I’m not a man who gets scared easily but…
Pirie Street
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: Brooklyn
Man in lift #1: Hey, how’s it going?
Man in lift #2: Yeah, not bad. The wife leaves for England for nine days tomorrow. Leaving me alone. With the kids… I’m not a man who gets scared easily but…
Pirie Street
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: Brooklyn
Coworker: This room just reeks of failure.
Kirkland, Washington
Female cube dweller to male cube dweller: Oh, hey, hi Richard! It's so nice to talk to you face to face. Seems like I only ever see the top of your head anymore.
Victoria
Canadia
Overheard by: Cringing in my cube
Coworker, walking into women's restroom while lights are on generator power: Wow, this is romantic!
Mason, Ohio
Overheard by: uh…
Supervisor (in a sing-song voice): Sex with Steven is more boring than church.
Employee #1: (humming along)
Supervisor: Sex with Steven is like…a handjob during Golden Girls.
Employee #1: Sex with Steven is like getting off on a baby carrot.
Employee #2: A baby pickle.
Employee #1: Whatever. Sex with Steven is…like an orgy with old people.
(pause)
Supervisor : You took it too far.
Hamilton
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: some girl.
Employee to coworker who won't stop talking: Oh, yeah, you get all mouthy now. But when the auditors come by, you get quiet and have diarrhea.
Melbourne, Florida
Overheard by: factory drone
Guy: Today, from 1:30 to 4:30 I played tic-tac-toe and hangman, and then at 4:30 I played board games and drank booze. I love my job.
Westport, Connecticut
Male coworker: So are you going to go learn about Peruvian hamsters today?
Female coworker, sighing: Yes.
Male coworker: Do you think if we do this he'll be better?
Female coworker: I've realized that *nothing* that we do will make him better. So we might as well do the nice thing.
Male coworker: Damn!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: rodents unite
Guy: Yeah, so now’s the time I go home, take my shoes off, change into sneakers and sing “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood”.
Chick: That’s kinda creepy.
Guy: Yeah, I guess it is kinda creepy. But that’s what I was going for.
Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York
