Boss to office manager: Oh, look, Clementine Clark is following me on clitter… Uh, I mean “Twitter.”
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Sandy Riverside
Boss to office manager: Oh, look, Clementine Clark is following me on clitter… Uh, I mean “Twitter.”
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Sandy Riverside
Manager: We didn’t hire him because he wore Hush Puppies.
5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Whitney
Manager: So, can we finally take his picture off the home page?
Developer: What’s the matter? Do you have something against nipples?
Manager: I don’t even like the word ‘nipples.’ ‘Butter,’ that’s another word I don’t like.
Developer: You should meet a friend of mine. She doesn’t like the word ‘goggles’.
Centre St
New York
Executive: Where’s the resume I asked for? Where’s Bashir’s* resume? Goddammit, I can’t find that idiot’s resume. Stupid Indian.
Assistant: [Silent.]Executive: So anyways, have you been following this Don Imus thing?
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
Boss: Okay [Megan], you’re going to do all the work and I’m going to go get drunk.
Admin: Okay.
Boss: Oh, why was I born? I should’ve married rich.
Admin: Rich who?
99 Wall Street
New York, NY
Loud chick: Why bother callin' it a vacation day when you can just call in sick?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Harriet Vane
Employee #1: I was watching American Idol, and I thought of you.
Grotesquely singing employee #2: Oh my gosh! That’s so special!
Financial center
New York, New York
Pregnant coworker: Are you allowed to drink when you're breastfeeding? Is it just like when you're pregnant?
Distraught coworker: Why are we mammals? Why can't we just lay eggs and drink beer?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Sarah R.
History major associate: That little dude is such a jerk! He’s got a major Napoleon complex going on.
Blonde assistant manager: Really? But he doesn’t have a big nose or curly hair or glasses…
History major associate: What? Not Napoleon Dynamite! Napoleon Bonaparte!
Blonde assistant manager: Oh. I don’t know then, I don’t watch the news.
Overpriced soap store
Buffalo, New York
Overheard by: she’s our assistant manager
Coworker on the phone: No, sir, I am doing everything I can… Sir, you aren’t listening… Sir, as I have already said… Sir… I’m gonna kick you in yo’ head!
40th Street and 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: New to the company
