Girl in breakroom avoiding meeting: Ugh! I can’t imagine anything worse than doing conference calls all day.
Girl reading Maus, Part II: [Stares.]
Southlake, Texas
Overheard by: I love Frenchie
Girl in breakroom avoiding meeting: Ugh! I can’t imagine anything worse than doing conference calls all day.
Girl reading Maus, Part II: [Stares.]
Southlake, Texas
Overheard by: I love Frenchie
Woman: You know I’m afraid of birds, don’t you? It’s because of that movie and the time my mother burned down a gas station.
Cal State Northridge
Northridge, California
Overheard by: Scott
Trainee: Would you mind closing that window? The cold air is making my skin peel off.
London
England
Bearded employee: Man, I think I have beer on my glasses.
Anchorage, Alaska
Overheard by: Laughing Librarian
Scientist #1 to intern, smacking him in the face with a latex glove: I challenge you to a duel! [Intern rolls his eyes and walks away.] Interns these days — they don’t have a sense of humor.
Scientist #2: Does it really matter? He could be a psycho serial killer, but as long as he does my work for me I don’t really care.
701 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Designer: I’m bored and all the bathrooms are full.
605 Lakeview Drive
Springdale, Arizona
Overheard by: so what?
Mid-life crisis coworker: Hi, this is James*. You remember me? Good. Well, I was just calling to tell you that there’s lettuce on my bagel, and I ordered no lettuce, no tomato, and this is the third time this has happened. You guys make great food, but this is unacceptable and I thought you should be aware of your error.
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: widget
Office peon: That John Wilkes Booth — they just didn’t shoot Lincoln soon enough.
Arlington, Texas
Peon to another at two-hour mark in meeting: I’d poop in my chair if I thought it would make this meeting more interesting.
Lakewood, Colorado
Overheard by: Couldn’t have hurt — mighta helped
Chick: What is this, pedophile music?
Munkegata, Oslo
Norway
