New York

Game developer on speakerphone: Bestiality is totally the new Wii.

Columbus Circle
New York City, New York

Overheard by: The Professor

Culinary professor: There were times that I wanted to be spanked.

Niagara Falls, New York

Overheard by: wishing she heard the beginning

Coworker #1: I like the smell of gasoline.
Coworker #2: Oh, me too!
Coworker #3: That's because you used to do drugs.
Coworker #4: Who are you people?
Coworker #3: I like the smell of jet fuel.
Coworker #5: I like the smell of burnt rubber.
Coworker #3: That's because you used to be into dungeons.
Coworker #5 (wistfully): Oh, not anymore though…I'm married now.

Broadway & Canal
New York City

Overheard by: office peon loves her job

Boss: So, this is the problem: the minute you see Stephanie, she just screams “fake boobs.”

New York City, New York

Old bald lawyer to younger lawyer: I'm waiting for John Smith*, this son of a bitch who…
Third lawyer, strolling up, extending hand: Hi! Pleased to meet you! I'm that son of a bitch!

Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Big Larry

Woman at office party: She's got that psychological syndrome where she uses sex to get what she wants from men… What do they call that again?
Man: A whore.

Dario's Restaurant
Rockville Centre, New York

Overheard by: Big Larry

Female peon to IT peon: I just found a naked computer.

New York City, New York

Cube rat: I enjoy a good stapler.

Manhattan, New York

Crazy female VP: So, who are you voting for in the election?
Unassuming employee: Obama.
Crazy female VP: Oh, really? I'm voting McCain.
Unassuming employee: Uh huh.
Crazy female VP: But, you know…I don't even see Obama as a black man.

Rockefeller Plaza
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Blonde Leading The Blind

Coworker (exchanging his stapler for absent coworker's stapler): My stapler is broken.
Intern: You're bad! Bad!
Coworker: Muahahaha! I am eeeevil!

New York City, New York

Overheard by: Hiding my stapler