Meals and Snacks

Consultant describing different diagnostic tests to client: Gonorrhea is like a can of chili.

555 5th Avenue
New York, New York

Lawyer: Does it smell in here?
Secretary: Yeah, it smells like bacon.
Lawyer: It smells like the kind of bacon grasshoppers eat.

Bridgewater, New Jersey

Customer: And I want Reese’s with that. Not a lot, but more than the normal amount, but not too much.
Ice cream artist: Okay…?

Ice cream place, Champlain Drive and Shepherd Avenue
Fresno, California

Overheard by: Just Another Ice Cream Maker

Loud office chick: Oh, I always used to eat paper! But not, like, toilet paper. Like, notebook paper.

375 Hudson Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Office grunt: His lunch smells like he took a shit on a plate and microwaved it.

265 North Western Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Melissa B.

Elegant old lady, as waiter comes around: … I could say the same thing about S&M, but no. There’s nothing wrong with S&M! [Waiter looks at her, aghast, and then starts laughing.] Oh… Um, I’ll have the hazelnut gelato.
Elegant old male companion: And don’t forget the whip!

Cafe Dante, MacDougal Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Me

Employee #1: Dude, are those the organic ones?
Employee #2, pelting others with jelly beans: No, that’s why I’m throwing them.

Organic health food store
Houston, Texas

Visitor making fresh coffee in break room: Does this office make coffee with one packet or two?
Employee: Usually one… But there are factions…

1920 East Parham Road
Richmond, Virginia

Peon #1: So, how’s that burn on your arm?
Peon #2: It kind of looks like prime rib.

1750 East Golf Road
Schaumburg, Illinois

Overheard by: Emily

Friendly worker guy: Hey, you guys — I just took one sip of this energy drink and I don’t really want it. Does anyone want it? [No one answers. A few minutes later] Hey, you guys — there is a lot of turkey on this sandwich. Does anyone want some?
Normal worker guy: Hey, you guys — I’ve had this peanut M&M in my mouth for four days. Does anyone want it?

12th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: social