AP manager trying to decide on a vacation destination: I don't get it: why do you need a passport for Mexico but not Hawaii, when Mexico is just right there and Hawaii is a 16-hour flight?!
Midtown
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: facepalm
AP manager trying to decide on a vacation destination: I don't get it: why do you need a passport for Mexico but not Hawaii, when Mexico is just right there and Hawaii is a 16-hour flight?!
Midtown
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: facepalm
Co-worker #1: [Justin], can I borrow your finance guide?
Co-worker #2: Um, sure…Wait, it’s not here. I did have one, but it’s gone.
Co-worker #1: Yeah, I borrowed it.
Co-worker #2: …
233 Broadway
New York, NY
Office girl #1: So, she’s like, definitely got AIDS… That’s what I heard.
Office girl #2: Really? No way! She’s way too fat to have AIDS. It makes you really skinny.
Office girl #1: I wish I had AIDS — you could eat whatever you liked.
Office girl #2: Yeah, I suppose… It would mean you might die, though.
Office girl #1: Hmmm, we’re all gonna some day, though.
Office girl #2: Yeah.
London
England
Overheard by: Cecilia
Worker #1: Who’s that?
Worker #2: What, the new temp?
Worker #1: Oh. What happened to the other lady?
Worker #2: She was too over-qualified.
Worker #1: What, and the new guy’s not? What is his experience?
Worker #2: Well, he was a turd farmer from poor Virginia.
Des Moines, Iowa
Assistant #1: What if you get a busy signal?
Assistant #2: That means it’s busy.
Assistant #1, after a long pause: Thank you.
450 N Street
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Assistant #3
Hygienist: What's the two bubbles with the line mean?
Office assistant: That's a percent symbol.
Dental Office
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: A
Manager: We’re hiring another producer in Quebec. And one thing that I think we all agree on is that his English has to be very, very well.
180 Varick Street
New York, New York
Receptionist: Good morning, ABC* machinery.
Customer: Good morning, can I speak to Bob*?
Receptionist: One moment, please.
Customer, under his breath: It's not morning!
Amarillo, Texas
Overheard by: Jocelyn
Coworker on phone: I made some really good roasted vegetables with polenta last night, you should have been there. (pause) No, that's a placenta.
Denver, Colorado
Overheard by: Shannon
Coworker: I can’t believe they raised the price of their chicken salads! I mean, chicken is, like, the bologna of meats!
1400 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
