Coworker's friend, on speakerphone: I do nothing useful in this organization, and I'm committed to continuing to do just that.
Manhattan, New York
Coworker's friend, on speakerphone: I do nothing useful in this organization, and I'm committed to continuing to do just that.
Manhattan, New York
Coworker: What are you wearing tomorrow?
Project manager: Oh, like for the trip?
Coworker: You should wear something really low-cut. It's gonna be a bunch of men. You need an edge.
Project manager: It's a group of like twenty women. All of them are women.
Coworker: Do you know if any of them are gay?
Manhattan, New York
Cubicle dweller: Do they still look like testicles on my shirt?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: A Beat Poet
Rowdy male coworker: So the third time I went to jail, I was outside of this bank…
Train station
Bronxville, New York
Overheard by: Beth Ann
Attorney: Why did you bill all of these overtime hours?
Paralegal: Because you're a faggot!
Manhattan, New York
Sporty employee: I have a swim meet and I'm not ready for it.
Wiseguy employee: Why don't you swim home?
Sporty employee: I would never swim in this water.
Wiseguy employee: That's not the talk of a champion!
Manhattan, New York
Attorney, about opposing counsel: He's a bit of a hybrid. Like half gonorrhea and half jock itch.
Huntington, New York
Overheard by: Lady Lawyer
20-something woman at pharm counter, in slightly squeaky voice: The latest book of Deepak Chopra… You know him, right? No?”
20-something woman at register behind pharm counter: Who is he, a rapper?
Rite Aid
Chatham, New York
Overheard by: eve
Editor: Get off the crack so early in the morning!
Manhattan, New York
Older female customer: I found this in a pair of pants. What is it, some kind of seasoning?
Clerk: Well… Some people call it a seasoning. Other people call it “marijuana.”
Salvation Army
Ithaca, New York
