Employee to manager: Do you know how to talk to deaf people on the phone?
Williamsville, New York
Employee to manager: Do you know how to talk to deaf people on the phone?
Williamsville, New York
Coworker on phone: So I told our new accountant what I needed, and he looks at me and says: “But this will take me all day.” I told him: “It takes me all day to do my job too. Did you have other plans?”
3rd Avenue
New York City, New York
Phone girl #1: It has smelled like stuff in here all day.
Phone girl #2: I know, it’s like food just walked over here.
New York City, New York
(Tom* is juggling plastic Easter eggs).
Chris: Dude, you have to make up a clown name for yourself.
Tom: How about (pause) Naughty T?
Chris: Dude! Nobody is going to hire you for parties if your name is Naughty T!
Tom: I can be an adult clown. You know, half naked.
Vandam Street
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Soapnana
Librarian: I just don’t understand why he still works here. I mean, wouldn’t you feel bad about yourself if nobody gives a crap how your New Year was?
Garden City, New York
Overheard by: Soapnana
Associate, to coworker across the office: The question is, if you wouldn’t want to mention it, why would you want to touch it?
New York, New York
Animated black suit: You gotta have benchmarks. What are you gonna measure?
Sweaty white suit: I don’t need to measure.
Animated black suit: You gotta have benchmarks.
Sweaty white suit: My dick is the benchmark. Okay?
Animated black suit: That’s fine. You just gotta have some benchmarks. That’s all I’m saying.
New York City, New York
Overheard by: jjblu
Mother shouting on cell: How the fuck do I know what he eats? I’m his mother, not his nanny.
New York City Library, New York
Overheard by: Took care of my own children
Sales exec, hurrying to the bathroom: Wish me luck with this one, I’m gonna need it!
Queensbury, New York
Sad boss: Like cats in a parade, they just do whatever they want to do.
6th Avenue
New York City, New York
