Boss: Our girl is interested in technology and will pay for it!
79 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Monkee
Boss: Our girl is interested in technology and will pay for it!
79 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Monkee
Office manager: Why aren't you wearing a tie today?
Worker: Oh, well… I'm going to see a client, so I didn't think I needed one on today.
Office manager: All the more reason to wear a tie.
Worker: Well, I'm in the office, so I didn't think that I had to wear one.
Office manager, pulling out employee handbook: It says right here: “all employees must always be dressed appropriately. Men wearing dress slacks, button-down shirt, and tie.”
Worker: Oh! See, ties don't really work for me. But that's okay, right?
Staten Island
Coworker #1: I just got this suit at Paul Stuart. Do you like it?
Coworker #2: Yeah, you look like the Easter Pimp.
101 East 42nd Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: Amazed
Worker #1: What's up wit dat new chick, the one haulin' dirt, she Korean?
Worker #2: Naw, she's Native American.
Worker #1: Dat's hot yo, I wonder what Indian pussy taste like?
Worker #2: (long pause) Maize?
WTC Memorial Site
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Bob
Office drone #1: Would you go get me a coffee, please?
Office drone #2: What?
Office drone #1: I asked you to get me some coffee.
Office drone #2: (silence)
Office drone #1: I did say “please.”
Office drone #2: Okay, then. (pause) No, thank you.
Manhattan, New York
CEO: Everyone was at that meeting! If your name began with a consonant or a vowel, you were in the fuckin’ meeting!
Elmsford, New York
Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief
CEO: Getting shot’s not so bad… So long as it’s for the right reason.
Park Avenue South
New York, New York
Overheard by: hiding under my desk
Chick shoving sandwich at guy: Do you want this?
Guy: No, why? You don’t want it?
Chick: No, I’m stuffed. I just had an ass-load of salami.
Guy: So, what does that feel like?
401 6th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: brooklynhero
Salesguy #1: …so she totally doesn’t mind sexual harassment.
Salesguy #2: Really?
Salesguy #1: Well, she does and she doesn’t. It depends on who’s doing it.
105 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Tech support, ending the conversation: I'm definitely gonna come on your machine tonight.
Melville, New York
