1PM Lunch

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

1800 West Loop South
Houston, Texas

Posted on October 16, 2020
Employees, Meals and Snacks, Restroom, Texas

Are You Breaking Up with Me??

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

Bakersfield, California

Posted on October 9, 2020
Bosses and Underlings, California, Meals and Snacks, Weirdness

The You-Can-Live-to-Be-Sixty Diet

40-something editor: Lunch? These youngsters are weak! Didn't you used to get through 15 hours on coffee and nicotine alone?
60-something editor-in-chief: And whiskey!

West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: I prefer Red Bull and Natty Boh

Posted on October 5, 2020
Age and ageing, Drinking, Maryland, Meals and Snacks, Questions, Smoking, Writers and Editors

That's What Chickens Do, Alice

Very upset office lady: I can't believe she is downstairs eating corn while you are printing this out!

Topeka, Kansas

Overheard by: DougEvil

Posted on October 4, 2020
Compare and contrast, Employees, Kansas, Meals and Snacks

When It’s Kill-or-Cure Time

Coworker to another who’s holding McDonald’s: God, I love the taste of sausage when I’m hung over.

1500 NW 118th Street
Des Moines, Iowa

Overheard by: Trevor

Posted on September 21, 2020
Coworkers, Iowa, Meals and Snacks

12PM Lunch

Accountant: This chicken [Sue] brought in is yummy. I’m just going to take a break to eat it here rather than take it back to my desk. I don’t trust myself not to get my paperwork all greasy.
Supervisor: That’s why I’m going to make a sandwich out of it.
Secretary: Oh, I don’t care about greasy fingers. All I do is handle incoming checks all day.

401 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on August 9, 2020
Bosses, Financial Folk, Gripes, Meals and Snacks, Receptionists, Southeast, Time Management

…Except the Dentistry.

Gate attendant on intercom: We'll be serving dinner on board. You don't have to pay, you just have to eat it. A lovely breakfast will be served in the morning, and then the landing will be lovely because everything in England is lovely.

JFK Airport
New York

Overheard by: ollie

Posted on August 1, 2020
Employees, Meals and Snacks, Money, New York, Weirdness

At Least They Didn't Give You Mayo

Black office worker after getting lunch: Teriyaki sauce? Sweet and sour sauce? No BBQ sauce? How am I supposed to eat my chicken nuggets, don't they know I'm black?

New York City, New York

Overheard by: Jesus Jon

Posted on July 30, 2020
Employees, Meals and Snacks, New York, Questions, Race

At the “Overeating Drag-Queens and Their Voyeuristic Allies” Meeting

Photo assistant: Can I have your camera again? I think Sylvia just put mustard on her log.

Culver City, California

Overheard by: LaLa Land

Posted on July 15, 2020
California, Employees, Meals and Snacks, Offers and requests

Your Editors Have Learned That This Totally Works

Older janitor to young engineer, about picking up girls: You have to trap'em like Daniel Boone style, set out some salad with ranch dressin' or somethin' like that”.

Lexington, Kentucky

Overheard by: Rick

Posted on June 25, 2020
Employees, Engineers, Kentucky, Meals and Snacks, Weirdness

Meals and Snacks