Maryland

Co-worker: It’s been my 12th year in this godforsaken country and I never made it past Baltimore.

2910 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Shara Jenkins

Conductor #1: I found a purse back there, I'm taking it up front.
(walks through the cars)
Conductor #2 on PA: Attention passengers, if anyone has a pair of red high heels to match Alan's* new bag please see him in the first car.

MARC Train
Brunswick, Maryland

Janitor #1: Daaamn man, I feel you!
Janitor #2: Yeah, man, but then there was that other thing…
Janitor #1: What you talkin’ ’bout, man? She’s fucking hot!
Janitor #2: The whole gang-rape thing. Dunno ’bout that.
Janitor #1: … Oh.

Main Breezeway, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: just another med student

Coworker, on phone to husband: Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but… You should tell the doctor that you've… gotten smaller.

Annapolis, Maryland

Worker bee: I guess he’s a she now. Or again, I guess. Gender pronouns don’t really apply, apparently.

3215 Corporate Court
Ellicott City, Maryland

Boss: It smells good in here! What is that? Grape?
Female employee: Uh, no, it’s cranberry. Cranberry room spray.
Boss, after long pause: So, did you just fart or something?

4511 Knox Road
College Park, Maryland

VP: Have fun tomorrow!
Underling: Not that much fun, 'cause I'm going to a funeral…

Bethesda, Maryland

Cube rat on phone: Sometimes when you go vertical it’s hotter than horizontal… You just have to play with it. Sometimes when I’m shooting and I’m too far away from the men’s room…

Owings Mills, Maryland

Overheard by: widget

Female drone: Would you give that to me now, please? I really need it.
Male drone: I already did it; look again.
Female drone: Oh! Oh! There it is! It went straight into my junk!

Eldersburg, Maryland

Overheard by: irrelevant

CSR girl: C-s-z.
Accounting girl: C-s-b?
CSR girl: No, “z”! “Z!” Like, um…”xylophone.”

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Nikki