Coworker: Just to let you know, I need to leave at noon today because I have a leak.
Office manager: That sounds like a personal problem.
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
Coworker: Just to let you know, I need to leave at noon today because I have a leak.
Office manager: That sounds like a personal problem.
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
Menopausal admin to cube farm: I'm late for my mammogram appointment… If anybody needs me, that's where I'll be.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Minding my own
Sales rep: The one thing I did not understand about that movie The Passion of The Christ is, if Christ came back from the dead… How did he die the second time?
Catholic manager: Ever hear of the Nicene creed?
Sales rep: No.
Catholic manager, sighing: Congestive heart failure.
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Coworker on phone: Hi, how are you? (pause) I'm fine, for an aging gentleman!
Manhattan, New York
Secretary on phone: I guess I don't need a tapeworm after all.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rite Aid employee #1: My friend died last year, he was really sick, it was sad.
Rite Aid employee #2: Yeah man, my friend from high school recently passed away too.
Rite Aid employee #3 (in a Dominican accent): Yeah, that happened to my friend too. Actually, he did not die. Someone killed him.
Rite Aid
New York, New York
Overheard by: Marie Ziskin
Colleague, typing important serious e-mail to client: Ooops! I typed “sorry for any incontinence!”
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: PMSL
HR head: So, when's the, uh…I guess, “drop-dead date” for your baby?
Hugely pregnant admin: Uh…what? You mean the latest date before my doctor induces?
HR head: Yeah. The drop-dead date.
Hugely pregnant admin: Wow.
Phoenix, Arizona
Male employee, on his way out of meeting: And, by the way, I just want everyone to know that my jaw is still sore from yesterday.
Employee's boss, explaining to silent coworkers: He should probably add that he went to the dentist yesterday.
Denver, Colorado
Lady #1: I’m very tired. I went out last night.
Lady #2: Oh, did you have a lot to drink?
Lady #1: Of course not, I’m pregnant.
Lady #2: It’s pretty bad to drink when you’re pregnant.
Lady #1: Yeah, it’s so expensive, and you’ve gotta save money to buy baby stuff.
Goulbourn Street
Sydney, Australia
