Boss, loudly after ten minutes of silence: Anyone got hot fudge?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: joe marks
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
Woman ordering: Guess what I want today!
Sandwich guy: The usual?
Woman ordering, completely seriously: Yeah, except I'm going to change a few things up. Like…the bread and the stuff on it, ya know?
Cafeteria
Horsham, Pennsylvania
Employee #1: Look at all that food you have there.
Employee #2: It’s going to give me a heart attack, but I love it; especially all the greasy bacon and sausage.
Employee #3: I wish I knew someone who knows CPR in case you have a coronary.
Employee #2: [Sean] and [Gina] are medics, they should know CPR.
Employee #1: What do they know about CPR? They are ambulance drivers.
2727 Walker Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Co-worker #1: All we ever talk about in this office is food. It is
always in the conversation.
Co-worker #2: Well, it is at every social occasion, and we center our lives around it in a way.
Co-worker #1: We should all become prostitutes so our conversations
center around our sexual liaisons rather then food.
2601 4th Avenue
Seattle, Washington