Meals and Snacks

Intercom: Welcome to Popeye’s. Can I take your order?
Woman: Yes, I’d like a Number 2 with a Sprite, please.
Intercom: That will be $8.43… mild or spicy?
Woman: Yes.
Intercom: Mild or spicy?
Woman: Yes, please.
Intercom: [laughter]Woman: What? What?
Intercom: That will be $41.23.

Popeye’s
Waldorf, Maryland

Tax preparer, tasting the coffee: This tastes like diluted water!

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: wondering how you dilute water…

Associate director, eating a hamburger: This is really good.
Executive director: Yeah, isn’t it? It’s their Angus burger. It’s like real meat.

Southern Oregon

Overheard by: research associate

Office drone to coworker: She had a very busy weekend, but what she was most excited about was the sausage party!

Chicago, Illinois

Minion #1: Do you have any chocolate?
Minion #2: Nope…I have beef chunks.
Minion #1: Uhhhhh…

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Virginia

Woman in line at Starbucks, on cell: They stripped me, in the office, to my bra and underwear! (phone beeps) Just a minute. (switches to waiting call) Yeah? Yeah, I can get you an oatmeal.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Overheard by: Jade Buddha

Co-worker #1: Hey, tell them that story you were telling me the other day. The one about Burger King.
Co-worker #2: What story about Burger King?
Co-worker #1: You know…you were with your dad or your father-in-law…
Co-worker #2: The story where my father had a heart attack because of a Burger King sandwich?
Co-worker #1: …Yeah.
Co-worker #2: That’s the story.

312 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

Cube rat #1: Just buy your damn cereal! Order it and it'll be here in days.
Cube rat #2: And the Honey Bunches of Oats truck is right across the street.
Cube rat #3: I'm just too lazy to even go down there.
Cube rat #1: I have Raisin Bran and Corn Pops at home.
Cube rat #3: I haven't had pops in literally five years.
Cube rat #1, angrily: What?
Cube rat #3: I have nothing against the pops. I just haven't had them.
Cube rat #2: Gotta have my pops.
Cube rat #1, singing: Pops are money!

Reston, Virginia

Overheard by: Carly

Employee: I have to go to the restroom and grab a bite to eat.

1800 West Loop South
Houston, Texas

Boss to underling: I'd better go take my banana skin elsewhere.

Bakersfield, California