Meals and Snacks

Administrative assistant: Of course, all us darkies love fried chicken.

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: …wrong on so many levels

(scientist gets in a packed elevator)
Scientist: I can’t believe it’s this busy the day before Thanksgiving.
Secretary: Surprisingly.
Scientist: I said: “I can’t believe it’s this busy!” It’s the day before Thanksgiving!
Tech: It’s actually two days from Thanksgiving.
Scientist: I’m going to go home and make my turkey tonight. Have it ready for the family!
Suit: What a good idea. You should make the stuffing with it, save time.
(scientist smiles, gets off)
Tech: That wasn’t nice.
Suit: He farted while in an elevator, I don’t care.

Extremely Small Elevator
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Coworker, after scavenging through lunch meeting leftovers: My sandwich didn’t look very fulfilling so I added some corned beef.
Fellow scavenger: Wait -there was corned beef in there?
Coworker: No, I keep some in my office for emergencies.

Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: Nook

Office guy: The spread is great! What are these? (points at mini cream puffs)
Office girl: I don't know, just try one.
Office guy: Um, okay.
Office girl, after popping one in her mouth: Ohmigod! I just had a squirt of awesomeness in my mouth!

Coral Gables, Florida

Overheard by: Dianna Plasencia

Coworker on the phone: Once I stabbed myself in the leg with a knife, and my husband made me a BLT sandwich.

Butler, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Benjamin

Co-worker: Every time I board an airplane nowadays, I look around and figure out who I’m going to eat if we crash.

115 Perimeter Center Place NE
Atlanta, Georgia

Employee #1: I wouldn’t eat caviar. That’s fish eggs!
Employee #2: I’d try it…after all, I eat chicken eggs.
Employee #3: You eat chicken eggs?…Oh.

6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois

Female office worker, while eating trail mix: Man, all these nuts are making my throat itchy.
Male coworker, excitedly: That's what she said!

Baltimore, Maryland

Bulgarian coworker: There is nothing like the joy of opening a can of tomatoes.

13251 Roosevelt Boulevard
Clearwater, Florida

Overheard by: her accent makes it sound great

Mom, to young child: That’s just more junk. I’m not going to buy you something to write with. How ’bout I get you some candy instead?

Dollar store
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: it’s not all like this