Employee: It's scary when your own government is telling you that the unemployment rate will raise and economy will worsen.
Friend: Hmm. Debatable.
Employee: It's like your parents telling you that you're going to be a junkie in the coming year.
Piscataway, New Jersey
Overheard by: Caroline
Suit #1: Did you see the movie The Da Vinci Code? That monk creeped me out with his pale skin, white hair and all. He must be Albanian.
Suit #2: You mean albino?
3 2nd Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer
Woman #1: I’m so upset about my aunt.
Woman #2: I know, but there is nothing you can do now.
Woman #1: It was so sudden. She’s never going to be herself again. I can see it already.
Woman #2: That might be something to be thankful for.
Paramus, New Jersey
Overheard by: Red
CPA: This pile here is a bunch of bad deals I made when I was taking drugs…
New Jersey
Supervisor: We need to fill a position. John, I need you to write me a Craig's list ad.
John: What should I put in?
Supervisor: Just put in your job.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Young black woman to older Indian woman: So, India and Indiana are different?
Older Indian woman: Yes, Indiana is in America.
Panarra Bread Counter
New Jersey
Office lady #1: What time does your computer say?
Office lady #2: 3:27. Yours?
Office lady #1: 3:32.
Office lady #2: Let's follow that one.
Bayonne, New Jersey
Elderly secretary: His friend looked like…you know…one of those people who blow up planes.
3 Five Point Road
Freehold, New Jersey
Overheard by: Robert Freeman
Office manager: Tess* is not going to be in for a few days. Her mother died.
Boss: Why does everything always happen to me?
Hackensack, New Jersey
Overheard by: Gary
Co-worker: I want my job to be the guy who kicks George Bush in the face all day, only stopping to make out with him.
50 Main Street
Hackensack, New Jersey
