Geography & History

Interested boss: Do they even wear make-up in Albuquerque?

Olive Street
Santa Barbara, California

Ditzy customer service rep #1: Isn’t there a country where they read right to left?
Ditzy customer service rep #2: Oh, yeah, isn’t that England?

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Overheard by: Way Underpaid HR Manager

Jen: Today is Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday.
Beth: Really? I guess he’ll be going out to dinner with Gisele Bundchen. Oh wait, they broke up, didn’t they?
Jen: […]

Sylvan Way
Parsippany, New Jersey

Overheard by: Karen

Coworker, to the whole group: Does anybody know what the dollar to douche-mark conversion is?

Seminole Trail
Charlottesville, Virginia

Office drone #1: Where is the Pentagon?
Office drone #2: It is in Washington, DC…
Office drone #1: Oh! Isn’t it that big hexagon shaped building?
Office manager: [Walking away] Oh Jesus fucking Christ…

Washington Avenue
Portland, Maine

Overheard by: brian brinegar

Office crony #1: Did you hear about the mid-air collision in California?
Office crony #2: Briefly, why?
Office crony #1: I wonder if there’s anyone out in California I don’t like?
Office crony #2: I don’t think so.
Office crony #1: Just my luck…

West Cummings Park
Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Chuckie Choo

Engineer during meeting: So I tried to ask Hitler yesterday, but he was no help.

Senlac Drive
Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: hope he doesn’t know I’m jewish…

Manager: We’re getting married in Gibraltar.
Designer: Oh, that sounds nice.
Manager: You know, you’ve heard of Gibraltar. Rocks… Monkeys… Except I don’t like monkeys. I don’t want monkeys in my wedding!

UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Older boss woman: I used to teach Puerto Rican girls in Harlem. They were really tough kids.
Zoned out lady employee: Oh, like west side story.

Troy, New York

Overheard by: Sneaker

Female coworker #1: What did you do at the tailgate party?
Male coworker: I just started playing beanbags with some random people.
Female coworker #2: Hey, have you ever heard of a game called Redneck Horseshoes? It’s sort of like beanbags.
Male Coworker: No, I haven’t heard of it.
Female Coworker #2: Oh, it must just be a Missouri thing.
Female Coworker #1: That’s sounds more like a Missour-ah thing.
Female coworker #2: Missour-ah…where’s that?
Female coworker #1: You know. Everything that’s not St. Louis.
Female coworker #2: Is that a state, or a city or something?

West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois