Meals and Snacks

Lady at meat counter: I had to buy some from Wal-Mart!
Meat guy: Aww!

Whole Foods
Winter Park, Florida

Overheard by: Sarah

Cook, talking to counter person: I thought he was going to go throw up again, but I guess we needed sirloin.

Columbias
Lexington, Kentucky

Overheard by: 500lb Gorilla

Engineer #1: You ever have one of those drives into work where you swear they’re giving out driver’s licenses as prizes in people’s cereal in the morning?
Engineer #2: Mine came with a free decoder ring!

151 Court Street
Binghamton, New York

Co-worker #1: Did you see that email [Henry] sent?
Co-worker #2 & #3: Yes.
Co-worker #1: What does he mean by “COB”?
Co-worker #2 & #3: Conclusion of business.
Co-worker #1: Oh, I was hoping it meant “commencement of breakfast.”

10900 Stonelake Boulevard
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: T the Munificent

Peon #1: Mmmm… I love these doughnuts. I could even eat them without the icing, the dough is so soft.
Peon #2: Like your flesh.

Tim Mei Avenue
Hong Kong
China

BIG bigwig: I had a tunafish sandwich for lunch and all I can smell is tuna. Come here; smell me. Do I smell like tuna?
Smallwig: Nope. I know how you feel though. It just stays with you. Tuna definitely lingers.

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

Overheard by: so hard not to giggle

Director: My weekend sucked… How was yours?
Minion: Great! I woke up Saturday morning with peanut butter on my face. Still can't figure that one out.
Boss, laughing: Did you have patches of hair missing too? I've heard that's bad.
Minion: No, that was my dog.

Lenexa, Kansas

Overheard by: I don't want to work with here anymore

Authoritative man in cafeteria line: Hm. I love twice-baked potatoes.
Man behind him: Aren't twice-baked potatoes the same as mashed potatoes?
Authoritative man in cafeteria line: The difference is that twice-baked potatoes are baked twice.

Swanton, Ohio

Overheard by: Boehmhemian

Overweight female employee: I can't have more than two cupcakes because I'm on a diet.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Office girl #1: My son's girlfriend gets sandwiches that are just bread and cheese.
Office girl #2: Just bread and cheese?
Office girl #1: Yep, just bread and cheese.
Office girl #3: No bread? Just cheese?
Office girl #1: Bread and cheese.

Des Moines, Iowa

Overheard by: B Frazier