Worker bee: Are you new here?
Temp: Oh, I’m just temping.
Worker bee: Do you like it?
Temp: Yeah, I’m really enjoying it here.
Worker bee: It’s so casual.
Temp: Yeah, I’m glad I can just wear jeans.
Worker bee: You could wear shorts if you wanted. I mean, I don’t know if you wear shorts, but people here do, so you totally could. If you wanted.
6300 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Office peon orienting a temp: And this, well, it may look like a copier, but it’s really–
Temp: –A space ship?
1166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York
NASA intern: Okay, kids, let’s put on our pirate costumes and play spaceman!
Research center
California
Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl
Cute intern reading UPS package label: Hey, Gerald*, you got a big package!
Hollywood, California
Overheard by: fatty
Temp at day’s end finding her car’s been running since lunch: Oh, my! I must have forgotten again!
Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, North Carolina
Hot intern #1: You know why I love wearing miniskirts on Mondays?
Hot intern #2: Maybe. Why?
Hot intern #1: Because I can air things out after a weekend of hard work.
Hot intern #2: Oh, hey, I wonder if that would work for me…
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: not getting any
Trainee: Would you mind closing that window? The cold air is making my skin peel off.
London
England
