Co-worker #1: I’m waiting for your response.
Co-worker #2: I just said something!
Co-worker #1: Oh, I can’t tell when you’re talking to me or to yourself.
330 Madison Ave
New York, NY
Overheard by: LRC
Co-worker #1: I’m waiting for your response.
Co-worker #2: I just said something!
Co-worker #1: Oh, I can’t tell when you’re talking to me or to yourself.
330 Madison Ave
New York, NY
Overheard by: LRC
Teacher: Am I going to have a job here next school year?
Principal: Only if you want to work at a school where you’re not welcome.
419 East 66th Street
New York, NY
Receptionist: Were you here on Tuesday? The smell was awful.
Worker Bee: I kind of liked it, it reminds me of my days as a firefighter.
Receptionist: I didn’t know you’re a fireman?!
Worker Bee: Well, it was in Boy Scout camp…a long time ago.
810 Seventh Ave
CEO: My only regret was that I couldn’t fire her [VP Marketing] twice.
50 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Vin Dicated
Jersey girl: It smells like foot in here!
Coworker: Just one foot?
1000 Harbor Boulevard
Weehawken, New Jersey
Guy #1: I saw a grammatical error on overheardintheoffice.com, but I was too lazy to email them and point it out.
Guy #2: You are an idiot.
1st Street & Ninth Avenue
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Office dweller: This office is sweltering. The thermometer says it’s 82 degrees in here.
Building heating/AC “expert”: I don’t trust thermometers. Them things are made in third world countries.
41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Casting chick: A lot of people don’t get my sense of humor.
Stylist: So change it!
12 West 27th Street
New York, NY
Girl: I think grad school is slowly sucking away my soul.
Guy: Oh, come on. Like you ever had a soul?
Girl: At least we could probably make a book out of this.
Guy: Indeed. Chicken Soup for the Soulless?
1745 Broadway
New York, NY
Boss: He can’t talk to me like I’m his little brother. He needs to act like it’s God on the phone.
159 Jackson Road
Berlin, New Jersey
Overheard by: R. Collins