Meals and Snacks

Office drone: If they had Spam and Slim Jims, martians wouldn't be so short.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Woman in elevator lobby to man: Did you eat peanut butter?
Man: Peanut butter?
Woman: You smell like peanut butter.
Man: Um, I had some hazelnut coffee…
Woman: Oh! Hazelnut coffee!!
(elevator arrives, man gets on elevator, woman remains in lobby)
Man, muttering to self: Peanut butter? Peanut butter?

Los Angeles, California

Tech: I am a guacamole of knowledge into which you may dip the nacho of need.

105 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Boss, loudly after ten minutes of silence: Anyone got hot fudge?

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: joe marks

Employee #1: Would you care for some cinnamon almonds?
Employee #2: No, I don't like sweet nuts.
Employee #1: Really?
Employee #2: I like my nuts salty.

Los Alamitos, California

Overheard by: Cat

Female manager: Where did you eat?
Male manager: My guilty secret…McDonald’s!
Female manager: Oh. Don’t take this the wrong way, but…I actually don’t know anybody who’s eaten at a McDonald’s.

1 Liberty Plaza
New York, New York

Editor: I don't think the parallel between origami and dead chicken is made well enough.

Austin, Texas

Ditzy coworker, giggling: My hair smells like Asian noodles!

Des Moines, Iowa

Oblivious programmer #1, discussing lunch: It's good… It's very, very soft.
Oblivious programmer #2: It's all about everything. It's about the sauce.
Oblivious programmer #1: It's my first time. It could be the last time.

Westwood, Massachusetts

Overheard by: I love work

Chubby secretary: So, my friend from college was roommates with this guy who went to high school with this girl whose brother was eaten by Jeffrey Dahmer!
Friend: Oh my god! You could have been killed!

Tampa, Florida