Care for a Chewable Pepto-Bismol?

Office chick: Welcome to imports. Please enjoy the music while you slowly lose your fucking mind.
Guy: I know. I have a bad feeling about this.
Office chick: Yeah… I usually wake up with that.

Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on January 21, 2010
Employees, Feelings, Insults, Massachusetts, Music, Sensory Experiences, Weirdness

Without Huffing Cough Syrup?

Coworker, about iPod: So, you put in the headphones and you hear music?

Colchester, Connecticut

Overheard by: MixteryMike

Posted on January 8, 2010
Connecticut, Coworkers, General Idiocy, Music, Questions, Sensory Experiences, Technology

Your Editors Prefer “Under Pressure”

Office manager during staff meeting: Children should wash their hands for as long as it takes them to sing the ABCs. For adults, it's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Miami, Florida

Overheard by: Lady L

Posted on December 14, 2009
Advice, Bosses, Compare and contrast, Florida, Health & Hygiene, Music, Time Management

Mind the Generation Gap

Employee #1: Otis Redding.
Employee #2: Otis Redding? Who's that?
Employee #3: Isnt' that the guy from Andy Griffith? The drunk guy?
Employee #1: No. Otis Redding sang that “Dock of the Bay” song. His dad shot and killed him.
Employee #2: No. That's Marvin Gaye.
Employee #1: Marvin Gaye? Who's that?

Van Buren, Arkansas

Posted on November 23, 2009
Arkansas, Death, Drinking, Employees, Family, General Idiocy, Music, Questions, Violence, Weirdness

…Posthumously

Tech: Am I good to go?
Supervisor: Yeah, just make sure next time you return your work truck, it doesn't smell like Bob Marley farted in it.

Millbrae, California

Posted on November 12, 2009
Bosses, California, Compare and contrast, Health & Hygiene, Music, Questions, Sensory Experiences, Tech People

And That's Why I Moved Here

Girl #1: I auditioned for Rent when I was in college.
Girls #2-#4, in a fit of hysterics: No way! Uh-uh! Whoa! (they shriek)
Girl #1: Yeah, I was living in New York that summer, and I mean, I just loved Aids! How could I not try out?

San Francisco, California

Posted on September 4, 2009
California, Friends, Health & Hygiene, Music, Weirdness

Like, Remember M.A.S.H.? Hilarious!

White office girl #1, about racist Miley Cyrus picture: So, yeah, I actually found that photo way more offensive than the topless one in Vogue.
White office girl #2: But it wasn't racist. It was just a joke about how funny they look.
White office girl #1: Yeah, I see your point.

Adelaide Central Market
Australia

Posted on July 21, 2009
Australia, Coworkers, General Idiocy, Music, Physical Appearance, Race, TV

Hey, If You Can Survive Hanson, You Can Get Through Anything

Office boy: The Jonas Brothers are another reason I want to kill myself.

Agoura Hills, California

Posted on June 30, 2009
California, Death, Employees, Music

Especially If His Stage Name Was “Biden Ma' Time”

Coworker: If Joe Biden rapped, I would totally listen to him all day.

New York City, New York

Posted on February 5, 2009
Coworkers, Music, New York, Politics

So Long, Mossy, No-Music Teeth!

Teenage worker: Did you listen to that Tooth Tunes toothbrush I got you?
20-something blond worker: Yeah, I was brushing my teeth naked and dancing to it this morning.

Tallahassee, Florida

Posted on January 12, 2009
Body Parts, Coworkers, Florida, Health & Hygiene, Music, Questions, Weirdness