Geography & History

Secretary: I thought he was retarded, then I realized he was just very, very Australian.

Montgomery County Courthouse
Norristown, Pennsylvania

Woman: …and the doctor was like, “I’ve never seen so much wax in one ear before!”, and I was like, “Can we just get on with this already? I’m on vacation in Hawaii!”.

1745 Broadway
New York, NY

Coworker to the whole office: Does anyone know where Arkansas is? It's on the West Coast, right?

Chicago, Illinois

Employee #1: It’s them damn environmentalists that make the gas prices so high.
Employee #2: Yeah, those morons won’t let us drill for oil anywhere. They’re what’s wrong with this country.
Employee #1: Yeah, them and the French.

North 6th Street
Gainesville, Florida

Overheard by: Environmentalist

Producer: So you’re from Iowa?
Consultant: No, Ohio.
Producer: Illinois?

333 North Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Elderly woman to husband: I told you we wouldn’t find it here! I told you the only place we’d find it was a hardware store or a bakery!

Department store
Glendale, Arizona

Supervisor surfing the net for “news”: Look! A cyclops baby was born in India! This is what happens when I don’t keep up with current events.

666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York

AP manager trying to decide on a vacation destination: I don't get it: why do you need a passport for Mexico but not Hawaii, when Mexico is just right there and Hawaii is a 16-hour flight?!

Midtown
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: facepalm

Worker #1: Who’s that?
Worker #2: What, the new temp?
Worker #1: Oh. What happened to the other lady?
Worker #2: She was too over-qualified.
Worker #1: What, and the new guy’s not? What is his experience?
Worker #2: Well, he was a turd farmer from poor Virginia.

Des Moines, Iowa

Man #1: I didn’t know we had brochures for this product last year.
Woman #1: Let me see. [takes it and looks over] Dude! Check out the hair on this chick’s arm!
Man #1: What?! No way! Ewww… Outsourcing stock photos from eastern Europe, for the win! Take a look! [gives it to man #2]Man #2: [looks it over, then shouts] That’s a man, baby!

Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Ang