Gossip

Worker: Bower birds are cool — they’ve got it going on. Cassowaries are cool, too. They can eat a dog.

Leederville
Perth
Western Australia

Overheard by: Going on holidays

Office chick #1: But why does she do that?
Office chick #2: It doesn’t matter — her boyfriend is so gay!

Melbourne
Australia

Receptionist shouting down hallway: Stop talking about me, Cindy*! I can hear you talking about me!
Cindy: [Keeps talking.]Receptionist: [Rings Cindy.]Cindy: Hello?
Receptionist: Stop talking about me — I can hear you talking about me!
Cindy: Who is this?

Douglas Street
Milton
Australia

Overheard by: Supaflyrocksta

Office peon: It’s amazing what delicacies you can find hidden within the bush.

5757 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Boss: Yeah, he was into doing drugs — and not in the good way.

San Francisco, California

Dude: All my meth addict friends are like, ‘That’s so cool. You have a job.’

Portland, Oregon

Analyst #1: I pooped next to the CEO today.
Analyst #2: Like, in his office?

1 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Paul

Boss: Did you hear what Gwyneth Paltrow named her new baby?
Peon: Yeah, Moses. That’s old news.
Boss: I wonder what she’ll name the next one.
Peon: Well, it looks like she’s going in order from the Bible. It’ll probably be Caleb or Joshua.
Boss: You sure know a lot about the Bible for someone who’s not religious.
Peon: I worked in a church for two years, it’s hard not to pick something up.
Boss: Oh yeah? My mother’s worked in a church for twenty years, and the only thing she’s picked up is drinking.

800 East 28th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: jearu

Research supervisor on phone: So, question — monkeys. Apparently one got a rash during the drug trial, but no one noticed because she was really hairy. Yeah, really, really hairy. She’s a hairy monkey. What do you know about that?

West Point, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Alison

Peon: [Katie] said I’d be fired because of my hair.
VP: I don’t fire people for having stupid hair.

500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: TC Ledger