Health & Hygiene

Very upset patient to patient coordinator: People think that because I have a severe brain injury I don't know what I am talking about.

Atlanta, Georgia

Ad Design #1: I’m having trouble of sleeping and was thinking of getting Ambien.
Ad Design #2: You’re too young to take sleeping pills. Have you tried crack?

151 West 34th Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Sarah

Coworker #1: It says here, if a man's index finger is longer than their ring finger they're a third less likely to develop pancreatic cancer.
Coworker #2: Wait, this is your ring finger, right?
(people laugh)
Coworker #1: That's your 'fuck you' finger!

Manhattan, New York

Banker #1: How do you file an old CD referral?
Banker #2: Well you submit it and cancel it and submit it and cancel it and repeat that 5 times, and then wash your hands…Oh, I thought you said OCD referral. Like obsessive-compul–
Banker #1: I get it.

1241 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Teddy

Cubicle rat: He's losing control of his bowels all over the place, his toe nails are long, he stinks and he's getting old. I think I need to put him down.
Cubicle neighbor: I hope you are talking about an animal.

Lansing, Michigan

Coworker to another: He was glowing like a pregnant woman!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: netdpb

Female co-worker: Yeah, these bruises on my legs? I wish I could say they were from S&M. Actually, I was just drunkenly stumbling around.

33 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: McN

Account Exec #1: Your hair looks short today. Did you wash it this morning?
Account Exec #2: Yeah, I contemplated not washing it, but I decided I should.
Account Exec #1: Friday isn’t a hair washing day.
Account Exec #2: Well, I didn’t wash it yesterday.
Account Exec #1: [Lucy] can go a couple of days without washing her hair.
Account Exec #2: A couple of days?
Account Exec #1: Well, it’s more or less a question of whether or not her scalp is sweaty and smelly.

171 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Office lady #1: I need to take my cat to the vet.
Office lady #2: Why?
Office lady #1: There's something wrong with his nipples. It's like he has boobs on his belly.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: choked on my energy drink

Co-worker #1: Who are you talking to?
Co-worker #2: Myself.
Co-worker #1: Are you getting any answers?

100 Park Avenue
New York, NY