Massachusetts

Librarian on phone: I've talked to you when you're high. It's not all that much fun!

Amherst, Massachusetts

Office assistant on phone: No, you have never been able to use funding for summer expenses. (pause) When did this happen? (pause) January is not summer!

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Female operations manger, on phone with another woman: He's wrong, he's wrong… becuase he's a man!

Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Choo Choo Charlie

Sales associate: Can I help you find something, ma'am?
Woman: Oh, no thanks, my husband is just looking for a screw.

Hardware Store
Falmouth, Massachusetts

Woman #1: Plus, I thought it might be fun to have a man.
Woman #2: Oh, I tried that once before, don't you remember my little experiment?

Mental Health Clinic
Quincy, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Mike

Director, about IT guy coming to work on her computer: Okay, I'm just going to clear off my desk in case he decides to do me.

Boston, Massachusetts

Engaged young man: I don't think she even likes me.
Older married man: If she liked you, she would never marry you.

Boston, Massachusetts

Supervisor: The problem is that we have some faculty who just will not leave. There's a guy who hasn't been paid since 1991 that still comes in every day.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Receptionist, over intercom: Would anyone with a banana please come to the front desk?

Boston, Massachusetts

Little old Indian professor, struggling to set up lecture on Excel: I am feeling retarded. This is why I don't use those iPods and stuff…I am afraid.

Tufts University
Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts

Overheard by: microsoft excel is pretty evil