General Idiocy

Blonde in next cubicle: It's especially sad when turtles get killed. I mean, aren't they like really wise and live for hundreds of years or something?

Toronto
Canadia

Black boss: I just found out I'm white!
White employee: Is there any way for me to properly respond to that?

Clearwater, Florida

Overheard by: Cube Dweller

Camera guy to audio guy: It's zero! Zero is zero! You can't have more above zero than zero!

New York City, New York

Overheard by: Tigertail

Sales peon: You'll have to excuse my intelligence, sir.

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: You're Excused

Woman: Can you tell me what's the temperature in Frankfurt?
Check-in agent: Fahrenheit?
Woman: No, Frankfurt.

International Airport
Mexico City
Mexico

Overheard by: Trece

Coworker #1, hanging up the phone: I can't believe it's six o'clock, I should be going home and I'm here on the phone talking to Steve* about chicken eggs!
Coworker #2: Why?
Coworker #1: I don't know, he thinks the yolks mean they're fertilized.

Austin, Texas

Overheard by: that's not how eggs work

Young waitress, dreamily: My friends and I just love that Joran Van Der Sloot.
Manager: The fact that he's accused of murder doesn't phase you?
Waitress: Only makes him hotter! (sighs)
Waiter: The next time I say women are stupid and you argue with me, I'm bringing this up, you know.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Enrollment counselor on phone with student: The first letter is I, like “eyeball.”

Phoenix, Arizona

Overheard by: Literate Listener

(at 11:11 am)
Admin #1: My clock is broken!
Admin #2: Really?
Admin #1: Yes, it's showing all ones!

Bedford, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Trapped In My Cube

Female coworker to another: You are so smart! You should have been born a man!

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: sixtwentysix