Meals and Snacks

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