Maryland

Senior research analyst in the elevator: Someone’s all cologned up in here.
Team leader: I think most of us are. We’re a good smelling team.

4833 Rugby Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland

Cube rat #1: I can’t explain my parents. They will have a problem with me dating a black guy, but the funny thing is my sister married a Jewish guy and they don’t seem to care. And, you know, what’s the difference between a black man and a white man? It’s just different skin colors. But there are real differences between Christian and Jewish people.
Cube rat #2: You’re absolutely right. Jewish people go to church on Saturday.
Cube rat #11: That’s right.
Cube rat #12: And they peel their food.

Madison Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: People in the Sun

Legal eagle #1: What’s this little ‘C’ in a circle next to a year supposed to mean?
Legal eagle #2: That’s the year the company that published that got its corporate seal.
Legal eagle #1: Oh, okay.

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Doctor Whom

CSR: Would you like to try it in your mouth?

4700 River Road
Riverdale, Maryland

Quality manager: If I told you what I know…
Salesman: You’d have to kill Charles*?
Quality manager: No… That’s not a bad idea, though.

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Anonymous Temp

Old office assistant: Would you like a rubber finger?
Young assistant: Uhh…
Old office assistant: I'm going to give you the finger.

Towson University
Maryland

Attorney: I heard [the client] was whiny.
Client in waiting room: I’m whiny because I’m sick and this is the first time I’ve left the house.
Attorney: Oh shit.

110 N. Washington Street
Rockville, Maryland

Overheard by: Joan

Intercom: Welcome to Popeye’s. Can I take your order?
Woman: Yes, I’d like a Number 2 with a Sprite, please.
Intercom: That will be $8.43… mild or spicy?
Woman: Yes.
Intercom: Mild or spicy?
Woman: Yes, please.
Intercom: [laughter]Woman: What? What?
Intercom: That will be $41.23.

Popeye’s
Waldorf, Maryland

Woman: I’d like to pay my cell phone bill, but it’s in my son’s name and I don’t have the password to see it online. So, I need to know how much it is.
Employee: You can’t pay it without his authorization. I can’t tell you how much it is.
Woman: He can’t authorize anything, he’s incarcerated.
Employee: Well, we’ll need a copy of the obituary or the death certificate.
Woman: What? He’s incarcerated! [pause] He’s in jail.
Employee: Oh.

Frederick, Maryland

Guy reading note: That's his handwriting? It looks like a retarded fourth grader writing with his left foot.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Guy Who Does His Hair at Work