Coworker #1: So I had this really good wine the other night. It was called “Shark.”
Coworker #2: Hmmmm…I'll have to try that.
Coworker #1: Yes, it's spelled “T-S-C-H.”
Foggy Bottom
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Cubicle Rockin
Coworker #1: So I had this really good wine the other night. It was called “Shark.”
Coworker #2: Hmmmm…I'll have to try that.
Coworker #1: Yes, it's spelled “T-S-C-H.”
Foggy Bottom
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Cubicle Rockin
Office peon, taking plums out of a bag: Oh, my god! Little apples! They're *so* cute!
Silver Spring, Maryland
Receptionist: There's an engineer here to look at the phone lines.
Office girl: The phones are fine. Is it the line for the net?
Receptionist: She's not in.
Office girl: Er…who?
Receptionist: Annette.
Midlands
England
Overheard by: Al
ISYS guy, listening to music: Sublime is awesome. “I smoke two joints in the morning. I smoke two joints at night”. Where do they come up with this stuff?
Accountant: They probably smoked two joints.
ISYS guy: I know! Lyrical genius!
Provo, Utah
Tech guy #1: My dad had real long hair. It was down to his butt.
Tech guy #2: Why did you dad have long hair?
Tech guy #1: My dad was famous. Famous guys have long hair.
Tech guy #2: What was your dad famous for?
Tech guy #1: I don't know.
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Salesman: That guy from the internet is gonna call soon. I think he's in the internet right now or he'd call now.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Boss to colleague on phone: Yeah, the English language is quite infectious. It's like an STD.
Atascadero, California
Overheard by: I speak Gonorrhea
Male office worker: So, are you looking forward to the symphony this weekend?
Female office worker (excitedly): Oh yes! Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio!
Male office worker: Have you heard it before?
Female office worker: No, it's my first opera. But I've been reading about it. Beethoven was a genius!
Male office worker: Yeah. But why do you say that?
Female office worker: Well, he wrote all that music, and he was blind!
St. Louis, Missouri
Grad student: How was the meeting?
Neurology professor: It was great, and this time I took really good notes, see? Right here I wrote, “Why is the neurons are gone?”
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Male coworker: What's up with everybody being sick right now?
Female coworker: Seriously! I was sick a few days ago and went to the walk-in clinic. The doctor gave me an antibiotic but I didn't take it. I gave it to my husband because he's sick too.
Male coworker: What do you mean you didn't take it? Why are you being non-compliant with treatment?
Female coworker: Well, this is probably TMI, but I can't take antibiotics. They give me yeast infections.
Columbus, Indiana
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