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
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
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
IT guy: If you're going to buy a Mac at this place, why don't you just save some money and buy a sack of potatoes instead? They'll both do the same amount of computing and a sack of potatoes is a lot cheaper!
Bethesda, Maryland
Overheard by: IT Chick
Supervisor: How are you doing today?
Peon: Okay, I guess. If the coffee doesn't kick in soon I may turn into some kind of fire-breathing hell beast.
Supervisor: (stares)
Peon: You can't stay and watch!
Supervisor: Fine.
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Can't look away…
