Boss: Why were you late today?
Employee: I went out last night and I stayed out too late.
Boss: I am not sure if I should admire your honesty or if I should fire you for not having the courtesy to lie to me.
17 Battery Place
New York, NY
Boss: Why were you late today?
Employee: I went out last night and I stayed out too late.
Boss: I am not sure if I should admire your honesty or if I should fire you for not having the courtesy to lie to me.
17 Battery Place
New York, NY
HR manager: God, I hate it when you bring me that junk!
Admin: These are people’s resumes.
HR manager: Fine, shove your junk in my box.
Admin: Excuse me?
HR manager: Just leave it in my box. I’ll throw it away in the morning.
80 Grasslands Road
Elmsford, New York
Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief
Coworker #1: Can you believe the whole company needs to take an ethics exam? It’s online, but still…
Coworker #2: Yeah, it sucks. I heard that one department’s doing the whole thing on a conference call together.
Coworker #1: But there’s a test…
Coworker #2: Yeah, they’re all taking the test together. One person says the answer and everybody enters it on their screen after the first person confirms it’s right.
Midtown
New York, New York
Studio Manager: I loved the part when you were a lesbian.
New York City, New York
Sales girl #1 to sales girl #2: Oh my God, you look so Teen Vogue today.
257 Park Avenue South
New York, New York
Overheard by: Corinna
Sales rep on phone with client: I am Cajun. Yes–that's right: I'm white trash French.
West Village
Manhattan, New York
Lawyer: I’m going to court. Hold down the fort, Ben.
Ben: OK, you got it.
Lawyer: Don’t let those Apaches in!
50 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: marco
Woman with shoes: But…you’re totally drunk.
Woman without shoes: I so want to get fired today.
633 3rd Avenue
New York, NY
Cube girl: I am starving suddenly. Like, Albania-starving.
Cube guy: Are people starving in Albania?
Cube girl: The anorexic ones.
350 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
