Engineer: I didn't say you're a good architect, but you're a very good guy.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: The_SuperVixen
Engineer: I didn't say you're a good architect, but you're a very good guy.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: The_SuperVixen
Guy #1: Busy day tomorrow.
Guy #2: Oh yeah? What you got going on?
Guy #1: I’m going to pick up my babymamma tomorrow around 8 in the morning. We got a busy day ahead of us.
Guy #2: Word, you hanging out with your son?
Guy #1: Nope.
Guy #2: Oh.
Pause
Guy #1: Know any good hotels that charge by the hour?
State Capitol
Albany, New York
Sales guy slamming down phone: Fucking bitch.
Boss: Tell me you didn’t just slam the phone down on our biggest billing client.
Sales guy: What? She couldn’t hear that.
Boss: What the fuck are you talking about?! I get the phone slammed down on me all the time — I fucking hear it.
Sales guy: Yeah, I guess maybe she could hear it.
Boss, picking up phone: Call me.
Sales guy, getting very nervous: No, it’s okay. I’m sorry.
Boss: Fucking call me. I said call me! Fucking do it now! [Sales guy calls. Boss starts slamming his receiver against his desk screaming] Can you fucking hear that?! Huh?! Can you fucking hear it, bitch?!
Sales guy: I hear it, boss, I hear it. Please, please stop.
Cleveland Street
Valley Stream, New York
Overheard by: amused coworker
Managing director handing envelope to secretary: Do you have a wet thing?
17 State Street
New York, New York
Boss: It’s not like she’s moving to another state; she’s just moving out of state.
70 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard
Uniondale, New York
Boss to intern: Why were you late today?
Intern: I was dreaming!
Midtown
New York City, New York
Overheard by: and he still got hired!?!
OB/Gyn receptionist: No, I swear, they all walk funny. All of ’em! I think it’s because of the foot binding.
170 W. 12th Street
New York, NY
Tech guy: The mouse won’t work if it’s off.
Coworker: You said reboot! I thought that meant to turn the computer off. I don’t understand computers.
Midtown
New York, New York
White attorney,at deposition: Are there any activities you used to do before the accident that you can no longer do?
Trinidadian woman, 55: I can’t get my freak on anymore.
White attorney, smiling: Remember, I have to report this to a bunch of other white people. How often did you used to freak before the accident?
Trinidadian woman: Oh, I went to dance clubs all the time. Plus I used to go hiking all the time.
White attorney: And by “hiking,” you mean walking on nature trails, right? I mean, that’s not some hip-hop slang, right?
Trinidadian woman: Yeah, just walking up mountains and stuff.
Brooklyn, New York
Overheard by: Big Larry
Trainer: Now who can receive a “reasonable accommodation”?
Employee: You should get one for your hair!
645 Main Street
Buffalo, New York
