Health & Hygiene

Social worker on the phone: No sir, the hospital does not offer financial assistance for penile prosthesis. Well, have you spoken with Dr. Wang in the erectile dysfunction clinic?

Holcombe & Bertner
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Just the Secretary

Man standing at urinal: (farts while peeing)
Other man at urinal: At least we have something in common!

Training Center
Bridgeport, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Not My Kind of Bonding Experience

Company prom queen on regional conference call: Are we prospecting for donors who are interested in maternal morbidity?

International Nonprofit
Washington, DC

Overheard by: No, butter is not a carb.

Director of operations: I can drink a whole bottle of cough syrup and operate a crane, and it doesn't bother me!

Kansas City, Missouri

Office drone: I'm going to go home, snuggle into bed, and eat pudding until I throw up. Then I'll feel better.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: He had a big bag of Valhrona pudding, too.

General manager: Did Jimmy* clean the wall in the bathroom?
Business manager: Yeah. Who put boogers on the wall, anyway?

Main Street
Saginaw, Michigan

Loud man complaining to librarian: Can you turn the heat up or the air conditioning down? It's too cold in here. It might be fine for someone with type o blood, but I'm freezing!

Public Library
La Jolla, California

Interviewer: In you medical record it states you had tuberculosis, how did you come across that?
Former sailor/job seeker: I dunno… Probably the whorehouses.

La Plata, Maryland

Overheard by: Got the job ayway!

Co-worker #1: So she is like, what, the second one pregnant?
Co-worker #2: Yes, you have to be careful drinking water around here.
Co-worker #1: Stop it! Stop it! Now I have to go take a pregnancy test!

1250 Broadway
New York, NY

Boss, on phone: Throw up… Just throw up! (slams phone)

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: joe marks