Director: There's an anti-harassment meeting tomorrow with the VP, so please no herpes jokes.
Sales rep: Okay.
Director: And no calling Kevin a pussy.
Sales rep: That was you!
Director: Yeah, but you were thinking it.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Director: There's an anti-harassment meeting tomorrow with the VP, so please no herpes jokes.
Sales rep: Okay.
Director: And no calling Kevin a pussy.
Sales rep: That was you!
Director: Yeah, but you were thinking it.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Co-worker #1: I’m just not sure that the average person will be interested.
Co-worker #2: Hey, I’m interested, and I think I’m pretty average.
Co-worker #1: Yes, I’d have to agree with that.
264 Main Street
Wintersville, Ohio
Receptionist to coworker: My whiney-ass husband was complaining that he slit his hand open.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Underling: So do I submit my yearly review to you or Robert?
Boss: Why are you being so anal about the reviews? They don't matter anyway.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coworker #1: I’m really excited about getting my hair cut tonight.
Coworker #2: What are you going to have done?
Coworker #1: I don’t know. I usually just say, ‘Surprise me.’
Coworker #2: Oh. That’s what I said last time…
Coworker #1: That was a big mistake for you, wasn’t it?
111 South 1st Avenue
Wausau, Wisconsin
Overheard by: McMathis
Sad girl, folding t-shirts: And I totally didn't understand why he's like “we need some time apart”. Like, I really thought he was my soulmate. We were the fairytale movie couple, I really loved him… And then he's just like “you call too much. You talk too much. You should stop calling me”.
Uninterested male coworker: Uh, well, you said he paid you for what you called a “one night stand”…
Sad girl: Well, it sounds so bad when you say it like that. Yes, he paid me for that, but I don't know… I felt a connection.
Uninterested male coworker: Yeah, uh… You're a prostitute and he just wanted sex.
Sad girl: Oh, shut up, ass!
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Julie
Male employee: I think simplicity is sexy. We have a lot of information, we just have to massage it a bit… I don't want to have to think about where I have to click, I just want to be able to mindlessly and intuitively click everywhere. Hp.com is a good example, go there.
Female employee, frustrated: I typed in “ho.com.”
Oakland, California
Woman #1 in line at cafeteria: That one girl never gives out the big portions. She must be cheap.
Woman #2: I know, eh? She seems slow, too. Do you think she’s retarded?
Woman #1: Yeah, Down’s-lite.
Front Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: nothingsacred
Hotel clerk #1 to another, after seeing tv news report: Can you believe someone left that secret iPhone at a bar?
Hotel clerk #2: Well, not all the stupid people work here.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Jasper
