Sales peon: You'll have to excuse my intelligence, sir.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: You're Excused
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
Actor #1: I can't believe that Barack Obama is getting away with running for president! I thought you had to be born in the United States.
Actor #2: He was born in the United States.
Actor #1: Nooooo! He was born in Hawaii!
Equity Audition Center
New York City, New York
Cubicle dweller: God, I hate when I type like a retard. Hmmm… Wonder what a retard types like.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Forrest Gump
Receptionist: What are those?
Office worker (holding engraved wine glasses): These are wine glasses left over from our Christmas party in 1999, they say “Christmas 1999” on them.
Receptionist: Wow! How old are those?
Pleasanton, California
Overheard by: Mike A
