VP Fundraising: Mmm the aqueous coating on this brochure smells delicious.
Publication Manager: That’s the residue from my Krispy Kreme.
2300 4th Ave.
Rock Island, Illinois
Overheard by: Holly Sparkman
VP Fundraising: Mmm the aqueous coating on this brochure smells delicious.
Publication Manager: That’s the residue from my Krispy Kreme.
2300 4th Ave.
Rock Island, Illinois
Overheard by: Holly Sparkman
Coworker #1: We had our monthly departmental breakfast this morning, and Lauren* just wouldn't stop going on about how she never eats sausage. But she sure looks like she eats a lot of sausage.
Coworker #2: Come on, man–we all know that Lauren has never even seen a sausage in her life!
Bellevue, Washington
Peon #1: This is going to sound stupid…
Peon #2: Don't say it then.
Peon #1: No, but seriously: when I eat peanuts, it tastes like peanut butter.
Peon #2: (stares in disbelief, then walks away)
Adelaide
South Australia
Overheard by: plethora
Woman #1 in line at cafeteria: That one girl never gives out the big portions. She must be cheap.
Woman #2: I know, eh? She seems slow, too. Do you think she’s retarded?
Woman #1: Yeah, Down’s-lite.
Front Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: nothingsacred
Male coworker #1, walking up to soda machine: Yippee, a free soda!
Female coworker: That's good karma.
Male coworker #1: Yeah, I earned this! Whoever lost this did some bad things.
(walks out smiling with two sodas)
Male coworker #2, entering: Hey! Who took my drink? I left it while I went to the bathroom.
Female coworker: What were you doing in the bathroom?
San Diego, California
Worker: Lemon cod, please. With pasta and–
Server: Pasta’s an entree. Not a side.
Worker: Oh, I didn’t see it on the entree sign.
Server: That’s because it’s a side.
9000 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland
Overheard by: Barb
Jamaican contractor: Hey, have some coconut.
White employee: No, man, I'm full.
Jamaican contractor: Dude, this is a coconut. It doesn't matter how full you are.
Edmonton
Canadia
Assistant: I went to the grocery store this past weekend. Do you know my kids drank five two-liters of Pepsi since then? Three and a half kids drank five bottles of Pepsi.
Sales guy: What’d you do with the other half a kid? … That must have been awful!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Manager: Wow! I guess if we don’t have a receptionist, we don’t get any coffee.
Peon: I could make some if you want…
Manager: Really? You know how to do that?
Miami, Florida
Overheard by: I can cook too
Coworker: You're pissed at me because Dave* wants to eat you!?
Alpharetta, Georgia
