General Idiocy

Office girl: This magazine says that men, on average, have sex 84 times a year.
Older math geek: Hmmm. That’s like one and a half times a week.
Office girl: What do you mean, ‘half’? There are no half-times when it comes to sex.
Older math geek: Trust me, there are.

Chantilly, Virginia

Receptionist: No, cash or check only. [Student reveals he only has nine dollars.] Hm. Do you have a 10-dollar bill?

UMW Student Accounts Office
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Overheard by: Guillermo

Employee to another: You’re down on your hands and knees eating a banana. How do you not know what that symbolizes?

Route 209 and Weir Lake Road
Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: CW

Worker bee: So, there are seven categories, and each category has seven sections. Seven times seven is… a lot.

Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: passed 3rd grade math

Coworker #1: Did you drive or take the train today?
Coworker #2: Train.
Coworker #1: What time are you leaving?
Coworker #2: I don’t know…
Coworker #1: Oh, I think I’m leaving before that.

Office building, 47th Street and 6th Avenue
New York, New York

Old coworker: You don’t know anything about the Beatles.
Young coworker: Sure I do. They were influenced by the Monkees.

90 5th Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: Shaun G

Employee digging for appropriate giveaway for children’s project: Let’s see what we got… Oooh, a grenade! Kids love grenades!

Noho
New York, New York

Cop: Is there any such thing as too many crackheads? I don’t think so. There are just never enough.

Academy Street
Newark, New Jersey

Overheard by: Dude

Boss on phone to wife: Yes, they’ll be in this evening. Well, afternoon-ish… Probably in the morning.

Cardiff
Wales

Bimbette #1: We are so lucky we can’t have forest fires here in Georgia.
Teacher: Forest fires can happen anywhere.
Bimbette #2: Nah, you gotta be closer to the equator than Georgia.

123 Broad Street
Dacula, Georgia

Overheard by: smokey the bear