Receptionist on phone: Yeah, but at this point I’d really rather have waffles than lesbians.
Office building, Downtown Crossing
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: what?
Receptionist on phone: Yeah, but at this point I’d really rather have waffles than lesbians.
Office building, Downtown Crossing
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: what?
Male coworker wearing striped shirt: Hey, nice shirt — we match!
Female coworker: Oh, yeah, we do.
Male coworker: We could do a dance or something. We already have matching costumes.
Female coworker: Or we could strip!
Male coworker: [Laughs nervously and walks away.]
Massachusetts
Coworker: Well, we think we’ll put them on leashes at the airport, because what if they get away from us? Nobody will know who we are, and nobody will know who they are.
Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts
CSR: Yeah, Alabama is first. I can’t think of any other states that start with ‘A’… Mhmmm… Oh, right, Arizona. And Iowa.
Boston, Massachusetts
Cube dweller #1: So she was talking dirty to me last night and I was all asking her what she was thinking about.
Cube dweller #2: Yeah? What was it, dude?
Cube dweller #1: She was thinking about some role playing shit, so I told her to tell me details, you know? I wanted to know exactly what it was!
Cube dweller #2: Yeah…
Cube dweller #1: So she starts laughing and says, ‘I was actually trying to decide what boots I wanted to wear.’ I’m like, ‘You’re talking about boots when I have a fucking hard-on? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!’
Cube dweller #2: Did you do it anyway?
Cube dweller #1: Naturally…
Scituate, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Glad my wife doesn’t wear boots….
Male worker on way to LGBT conference: I can’t believe we have to go learn about butch dykes — I think I know a lesbo when I see one.
Female worker: You should be careful what you say around here.
Male worker: Don’t get mad at me just because you’ve had a raspberry mustache one too many times.
Female worker: excuse me?
Male worker: Don’t lie — I know you’ve been down river when the dam broke.
Female worker: Uh…
52 South Main Street
Fall River, Massachusetts
Overheard by: bobby
Cube dweller: I can’t believe I haven’t taken a shower in a week. You can’t tell, can you?
Woburn, Massachusetts
Overheard by: GeBuJuJu
Newbie walking over to Poland Spring water machine: You know, I’ve never known which one of these is colder.
Boss: What you mean?
Newbie: I’ve never been sure if the red tab gives you colder water than the blue tab.
Boss: [Stares.]Newbie: Do you know?
Boss: Yeah. It’s the blue tab.
Newbie: Are you sure?
Boss: [Walks away.]
31 West Grove Street
Middleboro, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Ryan Engley
Office drone on phone: … So he fit two fingers up his nose?
Back Bay
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: amused passerby
Pudgy girl #1: No, it’s called ‘Plus-Sized Models.’
Pudgy girl #1: Shut up! We fat, girl!
10 Perthshire Road
Brighton, Massachusetts
