Office worker #1: It’s four o’clock! [Later] It’s four-thirty!
Office worker #2: Thanks, Big Ben.
Office worker #1: [Blank stare.]Office worker #2: You know what Big Ben is, right?
Office worker #1: Oh, yeah, that old TV show [raises arms and growls like a bear].
Highway 85
Madisonville, Kentucky
Overheard by: will1966
Ghetto girl #1: Yeah, and that’s why I changed my name.
Ghetto girl #2: For real? What was it before?
Ghetto girl #1: I changed it from Te-mika to Ta-mika. Sounds more professional.
Ghetto girl #2: Oooh girl, you know you right.
1300 19th Street
Washington, DC
Overheard by: KilThor
Office girl: But my box is falling apart.
Male co-worker: Hmm, we should look into that. A dysfunctional box is no good for anyone.
Office girl: Right… Would you mind helping me?
Male co-worker: With your box?
Office girl: What are we talking about?
McNally Drive
Nashville, Tennessee
Boss at computer: So, when you say “inbox”… What exactly do you mean by that?
Manhattan, New York
Man #1: I’m redecorating my cube with black velvet paintings.
Man #2: I’ve got a black velvet prom dress…
333 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills, Illinois
Boss: I have an open-door policy.
Worker: He doesn't have a door.
Boss: Right.
Homestead, Florida
Cubicle dweller: Yeah, I never lick envelopes anymore… Not since 9/11.
Providence, Rhode Island
Sony CFO: Next quarter, though, we will also have a–I mean, during this quarter, we will have a difficult comparison for next quarter due to the fact that we had Spider-man 2 last year, which obviously was an outstanding performing film. So that’s just something to keep in mind as well.
11 Farnsworth Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Suit #1: Did you see the movie The Da Vinci Code? That monk creeped me out with his pale skin, white hair and all. He must be Albanian.
Suit #2: You mean albino?
3 2nd Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer
Accounts Payable: I told you I shipped that invoice.
Accounts Receivable: It says on the label it was returned for address.
Accounts Payable: I wrote the right address. It says, “Little Rock, Kansasaw”!
Accounts Receivable: Oh, okay. Don’t know why it got returned, then.
2000 Plainfield Pike
Cranston, Rhode Island
Overheard by: Oh no, they were serious
