Maryland

Employee: I have to come in on Monday for a training. It's my normal day off, so I might take off Tuesday or Friday instead.
Supervisor: We have the supervisor's retreat on Tuesday, so none of us will be here that day. I'd work then.

Hagerstown, Maryland

Professor: Well, then I saw that there were equations involved, so I freaked out.

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Cube dweller: What's up, chest hair?
Office dweller with unbuttoned shirt: I don't *have* any chest hair…and I like it that way.

Owings Mills, Maryland

Overheard by: widget

CSR lady: Looks like you two are gonna have to conversate via email from now on.
Intern: Conversate? You mean ‘converse’?
CSR lady: I mean ‘conversate.’ Same damn thing.

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Nikki

General manager to sales guy: You are such a candy-assed, chicken-shit, pansy son of a gun!
Warehouse manager to sales guy: Dude, I’ve dated girls that are more of a man than you are!
Receptionist to warehouse manager: Yeah, but you’re from Jersey.

Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Nikki

VP: The publishing of the book will take a long time because it requires a hand job.

Bethesda, Maryland

African American Female: So, [Becky], where are you from?
Native African Female: Uganda.
African American Female: Oh, I thought you were from Africa!

7500 Greenway Center Drive
Greenbelt, Maryland

Female office worker: There's a mouse in the trap under my desk! Come move it!
Male office work: Is he dead?
(supervisor walks in with on tail end of conversation)
Supervisor: All deceased records go to George.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ear Hustler

Office peon: Not that I believe Jesus was Jewish or anything.

Silver Spring, Maryland

In Reality It’s Less Fun Than It Sounds

Project manager, looking at chart of Harvey Balls: You have to play with your balls.

Hotel Room
Bethesda, Maryland