Coworker #1: I had two gallstones removed years ago, and I kept them. I want to get them made into earrings for my wife.
Coworker #2: But that's creepy. What if she doesn't want to wear them?
Coworker #1: If she really loved me, she would!
Norwood Park South
Norwood, Massachusetts
Manager: These monitors that you are getting rid of; are they any good?
Tech: They are a little fuzzy.
Manager: “A little fuzzy”? What’s “a little fuzzy”?
Tech: You know, like a hamster.
90 Sherman Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Boss: Your job isn’t to solve problems; your job is to find solutions.
117 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Guido Sarducci
Intern #1: I need to talk to you, there is an issue with a drop-down menu.
Boss: You are like the problem child I never wanted!
Intern #2: What about me?
Boss: You know a lot about alcohol.
Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Manager: Well, you must have felt the body when you ran over it.
Employee with foreign accent: I did not feel it.
Manager: You didn’t feel a thump?
Employee with foreign accent: I thought I was dragging a trash bag.
Harborside Drive
East Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Addababy Itsaboy
Woman #1: He had such a big penis.
Woman #2: Oh my God, that is so hot. Did you hear about Richard*?
Woman #1: But he is a subordinate! I am not cheating on my husband with a subordinate. It feels more guilty that way. At least I feel like I’m gaining more than pleasure from sleeping with the exec.
Main Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
HR woman on phone with rep at staffing agency: I will drive over there and I will smack you; and then I will fire you in front of your peers.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Anony Mouse
Marketing manager: I love me some cock sauce!
New England Executive Park
Burlington, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Skipping The Salad Bar Today
Interviewer: So, I see from your resume that you spent two years in Africa with the Peace Corps.
Interviewee: Yes.
Interviewer: Did you work with any minorities there?
Worcester, Massachusetts
Overheard by: I was the minority
Front desk guy at staff meeting: Ah, yes… I'll shoot that one out to all of you by Friday.
Male office director: Oh, Michael, I love it when you talk dirty!
Female secretary: Erm… I'm not putting that in the minutes.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: taking notes
