Massachusetts

Developer #1: We’ve never run the application in a clustered environment.
Developer #2: Yeah, but we’ve run it in a cluster-fucked environment.

Canal Park
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Girl on cell: Let me tell you, there is nothing quite like liquid nitrogen to the vagina…

Outside clinic, Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Keeping My Legs Closed

Customer service rep #1: Is it raining?
Customer service rep #2: The ground is wet.
Customer service rep #1: But is the… air… wet?

Newton, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Tom

Cube dweller: Dude, there’s like fucking rivers coming out of my uterus.

850 Broadway
Medford, Massachusetts

Aggravated nurse, complaining about slave monitor malfunction: Can someone come help me with this goddamn thing again?
Helpful, tech-savvy male nurse: What's the matter?
Aggravated nurse: My slave is black!

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Speechless, blinking….

Peon #1: Greenfield Community College has gone communist — they’re doing Vagina Monologues.
Peon #2: Don’t get me started on Greenfield’s vaginas.

University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

CSR: Nancy had, like, a nervous breakdown after a phone call that lasted an hour and a half. I felt bad for her, but it was also kinda cool. It was like watching glass shatter.

Newton, Massachusetts

Account rep: Is this other elevator still broken?
Receptionist: Correct.
Account rep: But, but, isn’t that, like, a fire hazard?
Receptionist: Um, see those signs that say ‘In case of fire, do not use elevators’?
Account rep: Oh. Right.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: glad she’s not a firefighter

Blonde coworker: But that's the problem with this country, people are lazy now, never put any thought or effort into anything. They're sloppy. Like, some guy passed a bank teller a “this is a holdup” note on the back of his damn pay stub from his job. I can't respect that kind of stupidity.
Manager: You know what? You would be a really good criminal. I mean that as a compliment.
Blonde coworker: I know, right? It's almost scary. I'd never get caught.

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Not sure I want to sit by her anymore

Presenter: So which button do I hit to get to the next slide?
Coworker: The space bar.
Presenter: Okay, and which one is that?

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: mystified