General Idiocy

Female student: Where are you from?
Male student: Milwaukee.
Female student: Oh, you know, I always forget Milwaukee is a state.

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Assistant: Is this poster going to be mandatory?
Manager: We’re going to treat this as being required, but not mandatory.

227 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Caleb Yarian

Office worker: I haven’t heard from him since the last time we talked.

4526 11th Ave NE
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: James eDropper

Coworker #1: Rio de Janeiro just won the vote to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Coworker #2: Is that like a perfume?

Charles City, Iowa

Physician: What can you tell me about this X-ray?
Student: It’s a male pelvis with two fractures.
Physician: It’s shaped like a male pelvis, but it’s not.
Student: How can you tell?
Physician: The lack of a penis outline on the X-ray helps.

Emergency Room, University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas

Overheard by: Stifling the Laugh

Customer: I would like a cheeseburger but with no cheese.
Cashier: So you want a simple hamburger?
Customer: No! A cheeseburger with no cheese!

Fast food restaurant
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: burger lover

Client: I’ve talked to some of these people applying online. They’re a little scary — it’s not like they’re Menses candidates.

Portland, Oregon

Male exec: I won’t be able to be at the pitch. My grandfather died.
Female exec: Oh my God, I’m so sorry.
Male exec: It’s okay, I still have my other grandfather.
Female exec: That’s why you have two children, right? If one of them dies, you’ve still got the other one, so it’s not so sad.

Dreamworks, 100 Universal Plaza
Universal City, California

Overheard by: Shrek

Suit #1: Dude, you should have a sex room in your new place!
Suit #2: I do. It’s my bedroom.
Suit #1: No, I mean one room that is just wall-to-wall matresses and shit.

45 Wall Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Trey Givens

Erring employee: Shit, I screwed it up.
Naive employee: Don't worry. If it's screwable, I've done it.

Lakewood, Colorado