Gossip

Barista to another after calling out drink orders: So, uh, what are you going to do with the dead body?

Starbucks
Burbank, California

Overheard by: rambunkcious

Lawyer: So yeah, these guys were totally connected, like the Jewish Mafia. The Kosher Nostra.

80 Centre Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Invid

Professor to group of peers grading cadet exams: Wow, now this kid’s going to grow up to be a serial killer.

US Military Academy, West Point
Highland Falls, New York

Suit on cell: Can I call you back in a minute? I’m about to, uh, walk the lizard. Okay, bye.
Guy in stall: It’s ‘drain the lizard,’ you idiot.

534 Broad Hollow Road
Melville, New York

Overheard by: Super Mike

Coworker, about inappropriate supervisor: It's like working in the geriatric Jersey Shore.

College
Massachusetts

Lou*: Who do I call to get a shirt for the trade show?
Jen*: You email Erin*.
Lou: Can I just copy you in so I have a witness that this year I ordered a men’s shirt?

Lake Success, New York

Female employee, about customer: He’s afraid of his wife.
Male employee #1: And may I ask who isn’t?!
Male employee #2: I don’t fear my wife, I just respect her power.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Editor: Never mind the farting sounds you heard from across the hall. They’re nothing to worry about.

353 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, California

Manager: Well, you must have felt the body when you ran over it.
Employee with foreign accent: I did not feel it.
Manager: You didn’t feel a thump?
Employee with foreign accent: I thought I was dragging a trash bag.

Harborside Drive
East Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Addababy Itsaboy

Bond salesperson to trader: Yeah, Stew’s* pretty conservative. He doesn’t do Fannies.

1000 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon