General Idiocy

Male cubicle rat, about lottery: I think it's up to around $80 million.
Female cubicle rat: I'd be spending a lot of time at Wal-Mart!

Waco, Texas

Office grunt: Yeah, my daughter loves it over there in Japan. She just loves eating the Chinese food.

Main Street
Munhall, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: wait your intern

CCR on phone: It’s just that he seems to think I’m incompetent. Which, you know, I am, but anyway…

2 Charlotte Street
Sackville, New Brunswick
Canadia

Copywriter: How about ‘Widget* is your final solution for packaging needs’?
Copyeditor: I think we should use any other description.
Copywriter: Why? Does it not make sense?
Copyeditor: Only if you’re not talking about the Holocaust.

4th and Congress
Austin, Texas

Assistant branch manager: Have you ever watched that show called Bizarre Foods?
Employee: No. What is it about?
Assistant branch manager: Well, it’s this show called Bizarre Foods, and they have the most bizarrest foods!
Employee: … Hence the name!

Northwest Parkway
Georgia

Manager, preparing staff party: Oh my God, look! I cut so much cheese I got a blister!

City Centre Building
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Overheard by: evil twin

Woman: I heard that if a pregnant woman gets a flu shot, the baby has all sorts of birth defects, like 12 heads and two feet.

Municipal Building
New Jersey

Economist: It’s not my fault — I know how to circulate a memo.
Supervisor: Well, don’t think you’re putting that on your resume.

Government building
Washington, DC

Overheard by: highly qualified

Support tech (in southern accent): If that don't fix it, then it's still broke.

Hollywood, Florida

Lawyer: Have you been involved in any bike accidents?
Potential juror: I was hit by a car while riding my bike in the Hamptons. I was seriously injured, but I didn’t die.

60 Centre Street
New York, NY