Meals and Snacks

Boss to underling: Logistically, the cheese is more complicated for us.

Prince Frederick, Maryland

Office girl #1: Is that soy milk?
Office girl #2: Yes, I'm allergic to cow's milk.
Office girl #1: Oh? Because of the caffeine?

Office Kitchen
London
England

Overheard by: LizD

Cubicle dweller: Wow, my mom sent me a fruit basket for my birthday. It has exotic fruits, like apples!

Littleton, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Hoping for some exotic bananas

Coworker to boss: Look at my naked juice! (pause) It's got protein!

Phoenix, Arizona

Account exec eyeing treats in kitchen: Those biscuits are so good they make me want to cry. They taste like Paris!

Manhattan, New York

Loud colleague to coworkers: Did you eat my teeth?

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: confused but amused

Producer #1: So we had dinner with Steve and Elaine.
Producer #2: What did Elaine serve–Steve's heart on a stake?
Producer #1: Close. Veal.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: JennV

Receptionist, looking at rotten fruit: Damn, my peach is furry.

Exton, Pennsylvania

Young girl, after dropping spaghetti for the third time: Figures… The one time I don't put it in my mouth it flops over and makes a mess.

Portsmouth, Ohio

Overheard by: Rachel

…It's Not the Biting Kind, Is It?

Cubicle dweller from first shift: Feel free to polish off my sausage.
Cubicle dweller from second shift: Uhh… Can you repeat that?
Shift lead: Dude, he has a plate of sausage and cheese with crackers. He's gonna leave it for your shift.
Cubicle dweller from second shift: Oh. Thanks, man.

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Jerbz