Co-worker: If someone is from Puerto Rico, do you say that they’re Mexican? Or Hispanic?
150 East 55th Street
New York, NY
Co-worker: If someone is from Puerto Rico, do you say that they’re Mexican? Or Hispanic?
150 East 55th Street
New York, NY
Employee: Oh, I’ve had their Mandarin Chicken Salad, but I didn’t like it. Then again, I don’t like Mandarins.
711 Third Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Lolito
Co-worker on phone: Well, when I asked you over for lunch I asked if there was something you didn’t eat besides cheese…Well I’m just saying you should have told me you didn’t eat pork when I asked…Yes, I know you’re Jewish…Well whatever you are, you’re an idiot and a liar. You should have told me about the pork…Ew, she’s your first cousin.
622 3rd Avenue
New York, NY
Coworker on phone: Hi, Sally*. How you been? Working hard, or.. (cough cough)
Voice on speaker phone: Hi–you okay?
Coworker: (cough) Yes… (cough cough)
Voice: Okay, then. Well, I took a look at the accounts…
Coworker: (cough cough cough)
Voice: And I noticed our balance…
Coworker: (cough) Or hardly working?
Voice: What?
Melville, New York
Producer: One of the things that came out of the meetings is that they
wanted more diversity.
Consultant: Who?
12 West 27th Street
New York, NY
Cube dweller: Is Massachusetts the only state in this country that doesn't suck?
6th Ave
New York City, New York
Coworker on phone: Hi, how are you? (pause) I'm fine, for an aging gentleman!
Manhattan, New York
VP: It really freaks me out when you look in here and laugh; it makes me think there’s something wrong with me.
30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY
Rite Aid employee #1: My friend died last year, he was really sick, it was sad.
Rite Aid employee #2: Yeah man, my friend from high school recently passed away too.
Rite Aid employee #3 (in a Dominican accent): Yeah, that happened to my friend too. Actually, he did not die. Someone killed him.
Rite Aid
New York, New York
Overheard by: Marie Ziskin
