New York

Secretary #1: What’s the problem?
Secretary #2: Oh…the gathering darkness.

105 Avenue O
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Danielle Balsamo

Boss: You know, I’m really glad we hired you. You’re a good sounding board for all this stuff I take in front of clients, because you don’t know anything. So you probably know as much as they do. So whatever confuses you will probably confuse them.
Associate: Uh…
Boss: Exactly.

430 W. 14th Street
New York, NY

Mother: Why did you check “female” on that?
Son: Aw, shit!

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
125 Worth Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Jean-Luc Picard

Marketing exec: If we didn’t have to spend so much time telling you our requirements, you could be done with the code already!

228 East 86th Street
New York, NY

Intercom: Luke! Luke, I am your father.
Woman #1: What is that?
Woman #2: Um, I think it’s the PA system.
Intercom: Luke, I am your father!
Woman #1: Yup, this place just keeps getting weirder every day.

735 Brewerton Road
West Point, New York

Woman: Well, it’s time for me to go back to jail now.

3000 Washington Hall
West Point, New York

The creators of this site were just on The Brian Lehrer Show (listen here).

As the producer explained to the host who we were and what we’re about, she handed him some printouts of site quotes and ended with: …and don’t say fucktard, obviously.

1 Centre Street
New York, NY

Woman #1: It has been freezing in here today!
Woman #2: You know why they keep the AC turned up so high, don’t you?
Woman #1: To keep us alert?
Woman #2: No…for the headlights.
Woman #1: Headlights?

1 World Financial Center
New York, NY

Co-worker: Well, if I am being stalked by phone, at least it’s by a funny stalker.

175 5th Avenue
New York, NY

Co-worker on phone: Huh? I’m stalking you? How do you know?

420 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY

Senior staff: She used to be, like, a little bit crazy, but now she’s really crazy.

11 West 53 Street
New York, NY