Gossip

Library worker to another: His hair was his Achilles’ heel.

441 East Fordham Road, Fordham University’s Walsh Library
Bronx, New York

Overheard by: Krisztina

Office peon #1: Was I talking to you about mint bowls?
Office peon #2: No, but I have had this conversation with many people, many times.

Atlee Station Road
Mechanicsville, Virginia

Boss: … And the first thing I thought was, ‘I can’t read this without liquor!’

6900 Main Street
Stratford, Connecticut

Female employee #1: I can’t wear thong underwear, because they go up into my pussy crack.
Female employee #2: What?! How big are you down there?
Female employee #1: Oh, it’s fucking huge.

Fontana, California

Cube rat to another: Yay! I love the blue pills! Yaaay!

Alpharetta, Georgia

Overheard by: i want some

UPS guy: Wow. Don’t you look fancy today!
Man in office: Nah, these are actually my stripping clothes.
UPS guy: Oh, really? The ladies must love that.
Man in office: Yeah, they have a Velcro crotch. It’s pretty awesome.
UPS guy: Whelp, see you later.

1160 Pioneer Road
Salt Lake City, Utah

Accounting clerk: I like this vibrator, but he won’t stand up straight.

Mebane, North Carolina

Overheard by: Making accounting more fun

Manager #1: My roommate is acting a little off.
Manager #2: What do you mean?
Manager #1: It’s like her elevator doesn’t go to the top anymore.
Staff: You have an elevator in your house?

Sonoma, California

40-ish cube dweller #1: Hey, do you have a Star Trek costume I can borrow?
40-ish cube dweller #2: Why are you asking me? Why didn’t you ask Kevin*? What makes you think that I have one?
40-ish cube dweller #1: Well, do you?
40-ish cube dweller #2: Yes. [Very long pause.] But only the shirt. It’s a blue one like Spock wore. I also have the tricorder and the gold sash from the ‘Mirror, Mirror’ episode. I’ll bring it in tomorrow.

Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Cube dweller on phone: I have this thing with gaping voids…

1700 Research Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland