Maryland

Girl yelling in conference room: I have an eager beaver.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Overheard by: cube master

Post-doc: Does anyone know when Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day is?
Grad student: Wooooo! Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day! Let's celebrate!

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Cashier, over intercom: Brian to the front desk, please.
Not Brian, over intercom: Meowwwww?

Wheaton, Maryland

Overheard by: I don't think that was Brian.

Entry-level employee: If I was a girl I would definitely be pregnant by now.

Baltimore, Maryland

Kid with glasses: …and the last one comes out on Saturday!
Biker-looking dad: Would you stop with your Harry Potter dorkiness? Why can't you be obsessed with something worthwhile? Like personal finance!

Aberdeen, Maryland

Teen intern: Is dirt alive?

Suitland, Maryland

Coworker (loudly): Wow, it's really quiet in here!
Sales rep #1: Not anymore.
Sales rep #2: Shut up! You're ruining it!

Camden Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ren

Grad student to undergrad: So I think we’ll probably end up selling our plane tickets, since we kind of need the money.
Professor nearby: Damn it!
Grad student: Um, should I, not sell the tickets, then?
Professor: Oh, oh no, sorry. It’s just that I don’t think I should wear my bathing suit to work anymore.

North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

(in a crowded elevator there is a brief, unidentifiable noise)
Co-worker #1 (in Japanese): Keiko*, did you just fart?
Co-worker #2 (in Japanese): Well, my asshole *is* kind of loose lately.
(all Japanese in elevator burst out laughing)
Co-worker #2: What?

Bethesda, Maryland

Overheard by: Minivet

Co-worker: I’m not getting promoted because I don’t show enough cleavage.

Baltimore, Maryland