Illinois

Coworker #1, dropping summer sausage for lunch: Hey, you want some of my sausage?
Coworker #2: Only if you wash it off first.

Bourbonnais, Illinois

Overheard by: the closet is my office

Girl #1: How do you spell “apost to”?
Girl #2: What?
Girl #1: You know, like, “I’m apost to go the store.”
Girl #2: Do you mean “supposed to”?
Girl #1: Yeah. Is “apost to” not a real word?

111 E. Wacker Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois

Cube dweller: I’m having two feelings in one day, which is unheard of.

1301 Central Street
Evanston, Illinois

Overheard by: cbn

Coworker #1: So are you eating meat now? Can you eat tuna?
Coworker #2: Yeah, I'm eating meat. I would eat tuna.

Downers Grove, Illinois

Overheard by: SocialWorkIsKillingMe

Executive in meeting: Oh, you brought cold water?
Assistant: Yes, ice water.
Executive: Very nice! Where'd you find ice?
Assistant: In the freezer.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Christine

Male coworker: God, I love tomato soup! I would lick the bowl clean if I weren't worried about walking around the rest of the day looking like I just earned my “red wings”.
Female coworker: You can go ahead and lick it. We have napkins.

Rockford, Illinois

Overheard by: Wowzers

Male coworker to another: As a man, have you ever had your nipples get sore from your shirt rubbing on them?

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Amelia

Coworker to receptionist: Yeah, that's her in the picture. I recognize the triple chin. I bet she's a secret dominatrix or something.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: crosberg

Coworker #1: Ugh. I don't feel like being at work today.
Coworker #2: I know. Don't you ever wish you could just fall out of bed in the morning and break both your legs so you could take a sick day?

Chicago, Illinois

Marketing girl #1: Everything south of us is an hour ahead right?
Marketing girl #2: Ummmmm… No. Everything east of us is an hour ahead.
Marketing girl #1: But Florida is south of us, and they are an hour ahead of us.
Marketing girl #2: (blank stare)

Chicago, Illinois