Michigan

Guy #1: I would do anything for a million dollars.
Guy #2: What about eat your arm?
Guy #1: I would eat any body part. It would grow back.
Girl: No! It won’t!
Guy #1: It might.
Girl: Great! I’ll go down to the missions downtown and tell the Vietnam veterans that they’re going to be walking soon.

Wyoming, Michigan

Tech worker: Are you seriously saying that eight inches is not a big dump?

Willow
Lansing, Michigan

Accountant: It’s snowed a ton, the roads are really bad today. They’ve closed a bunch of schools.
Receptionist: I hope they cancel my online class!

Washington Square
Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: No level of stupidity surprises me anymore

Red-faced, furious manager, gesticulating at mildly messy sales rack: This is a disaster! Everyone put everything everywhere!

Plymouth, Michigan

Manager to peons: And it will stay up. Because of, you know, gravity.

Plymouth, Michigan

Overheard by: Megan

[Whistling can be heard through a door.]Co-worker: Where’s that goddamn whistling coming from? Hello?! Stop fucking whistling! Don’t you know there are people trying to be miserable here?!

Escanaba, Michigan

Overheard by: Auds

Nurse assistant to patient: Do you want corn, carrots, or peas?
Patient: Cake.
Nurse assistant: Cake isn’t a vegetable. What would you like to drink?
Patient: Cookies.
Nurse assistant: You can’t drink cookies.

St. John Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: I was laughing

Ditzy customer service rep #1: Isn’t there a country where they read right to left?
Ditzy customer service rep #2: Oh, yeah, isn’t that England?

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Overheard by: Way Underpaid HR Manager

Fat male boss: So, how are you feeling these days?
Slim, seven-months-pregnant admin assistant: Pretty good, but my back is starting to hurt a little from the 17 pounds I’ve gained.
Fat male boss: You know, you’re going to want to watch that. That weight isn’t easy to take off once you’ve put it on.

Zeeland, Michigan

Overheard by: So glad I no longer work for him

Peon: Ever since I saw The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I’ve always had a fondness for gypsy women.

1250 Library Street
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: Daniel Gillies