Black coworker: You're German?
White coworker with German last name: Yes.
Black coworker: How long you been German?
White coworker: Uh…since I was born.
Black coworker: I thought you were white!
Manhattan
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Animal
Black coworker: You're German?
White coworker with German last name: Yes.
Black coworker: How long you been German?
White coworker: Uh…since I was born.
Black coworker: I thought you were white!
Manhattan
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Animal
Coworker: You should be able to mail a FedEx envelope at the post office. You shouldn't have to put it in a FedEx box. I mean, people get FedEx envelopes all the time.
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Overheard by: MyBrainHurts
Coworker #1: I heard Sophia Loren was ill.
Coworker #2: Is that Ralph Lauren’s wife?
48th street
Pompano Beach, Florida
Middle-aged guy: It took me forever to find this building; it was confusing because the numbers were written with letters.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Devoted Puppy
Phone rep: If I were my eyebrows where would I be?
915 Broadway
New York, New York
Paralegal #1: When there is a hurricane, do you know why they tell you to fill up your bathtubs?
Paralegal #2: I think it’s because the water in the bathtub will hold down the floor.
1633 Broadway
New York, NY
Overheard by: No Double Posts
Supervisor: Internet access appears to be back up.
Accountant: I don’t care; hurl yourself out the nearest window immediately.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Receptionist to boss: I just got a call from Mrs Smith. She said she fell out of her boat and hurt her scrotum.
Boss: Her scrotum?
Receptionist: Yeah, something on her back.
Boston, Massachusetts
Nurse: Are you currently on any birth control pill?
Patient: No.
Nurse: Are you currently using any other form of birth control?
Patient: No.
Nurse: Are you satisfied with your current birth control?
Patient: Umm? Yes?
Mason, Ohio
Overheard by: Always Satisfied
Supervisor: She always answers the phone. It’s just she forgets to talk.
200 West Oak
Fort Collins, Colorado
