Hissing sound comes from reception area.
New graphics intern: Is that compressed air?
Admin: Oh, yeah.
New graphics intern: Sweet.
Washington, DC
Hissing sound comes from reception area.
New graphics intern: Is that compressed air?
Admin: Oh, yeah.
New graphics intern: Sweet.
Washington, DC
Tech: I don't need a list. I am very rememberful.
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Grunt #1: What’s wrong with Debbie*?
Grunt #2: Uh, something’s wrong with the gonads on her vocal cords.
Grunt #1: You mean ‘nodules’?
Grunt #2: Oh, yeah.
Colleyville, Texas
Overheard by: quite amused
Worker #1: Yeah, we're excited to see Scotland.
Worker #2: What's on your list to see in Scotland?
Worker #1: Well I really want to see Stonehenge!
Worker #2: Stonehenge is in England.
Worker #1: Wait…what did you ask?
Redmond, Washington
Manager to humming receptionist: You have a nice voice.
Receptionist: Yeah?
Manager: Well, not when you talk.
Scotts Valley, California
Overheard by: Mari
Distressed older coworker: I don't get it. I unplugged my computer last night and I'm still getting e-mails. I don't know what I have to do to stop them.
Pensacola, Florida
IT intern: Hey, I read your article. I liked it.
Reporter: Um… Which one?
IT intern: Ummm, I don’t know. I was in the bathroom.
101 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Andréa Cecil
Chain-Smoker, during heat wave: Smoking does keep you active and engaged with the heat.
750 Third Avenue
New York, New York
Boss: It’s not so much fast-paced as it is boring.
2700 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, New York
Woman: She made it herself out of paper machete!
Massachusetts
