Gossip

Man in plastic surgeon’s waiting room: Why are you doing this?
Woman: Well, it costs less than a pool… but more than a Jacuzzi tub.

12 Greenwich Avenue
White Plains, New York

Overheard by: jenny power

Professor: A few years ago I had a student ask me for an alternative final because he had scheduled a vacation in Barcelona for the week of the final. I told him, ‘Die, yuppie scum! And no.’

Engineering building, UC Santa Cruz
California

Overheard by: Jessica P.

Office peon: She acts like Japan!

Carnegie Center
Princeton, New Jersey

Overheard by: Did I hear that right?

Coworker: Is that a copy of Ted Nugent’s new book?
Boss: It is. He and his wife wrote it. Grill It and Kill It.
Coworker: Is that him on the cover? With his wife?
Boss: Yeah. She’s hot, isn’t she?
Coworker: She really is. Way to go, Nuge.
Boss: He must have started seeing her when he was in Damn Yankees. What was their song?
Coworker: “Can you take me high enough…”
Boss: Yeah. Those really were the days.

249 West 17th Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Will Leitch

Worker bee in bathroom stall: I don’t mind as long as he doesn’t try to lube the kids with it. After all, those burns can be nasty.

10th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

And Let’s Face It, You Don’t Have Much Going for You besides Your Looks

Girl #1: He is so shallow!
Girl #2: Not at all, why would you say that?
Girl #1: ‘Cause he’s attracted to you.

3535 Monroe Drive
South Bay, California

Girl: So I have this friend with an eight-month-old baby, and she named him ‘Color.’ It’s a little weird, because the baby’s dad is African-American… But the baby looks really white, so that makes it better.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Mom to daughter: All that matters is that the dog is dead.

Stop & Shop
Richmond, Rhode Island

Overheard by: Scratch

Girl #1, after male coworker receives huge bouquet of flowers: You know, I wonder if he’s doing something to egg her on.
Girl #2: Nah, some girls are like that, you know? It’s called stalking.
Girl #1: You know, I knew a girl like that once. She had a glass eye.

5718 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: the things i hear around here

Programmer #1: I don’t think my brother has been out of jail for Christmas or his birthday for the last six years.
Programmer #2: Maybe you should get him a subscription to Playboy?
Programmer #1: I was thinking cigarettes.

Tech center
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: so glad I’m not related