Typist lady, answering the phone: Hello! How are you this morning? (pause) I'm wet.
Yaphank, New York
Overheard by: Junior
Typist lady, answering the phone: Hello! How are you this morning? (pause) I'm wet.
Yaphank, New York
Overheard by: Junior
Vet: Is Amanda* upstairs?
Amanda*: No, I'm downstairs.
Vet: Oh, she is? Okay, hold on.
(vet goes downstairs)
Amanda*: Did that really happen?
Vet tech: I dunno. I want a beer.
Veterinary Clinic
Mahattan, New York
Overheard by: Vicksburg
Producer: Hey Nick, let’s hook this up ASPA.
355 W. 52nd Street
New York, NY
Lady suit: Well, if she is suicidal, she shouldn’t be traveling alone…
Male suit, staring into distance: Mmm-hmmm.
Lady suit: … Or drinking alone…
Male suit, staring into distance: Mmm-hmmm.
Penn Station
New York, New York
Overheard by: passerby
Clueless VP, whispering right after lightbulb has exploded: What does it mean?
Park Avenue
New York City, New York
Woman, matter-of-factly, to male associate: Micropenis.
Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle
New York City, New York
Overheard by: jt & lc
Coworker 1: So where should we do it?
Coworker 2: I don’t have to take off my clothes, do I?
Coworker 1: You know you’re on speakerphone, right?
555 W. 57th Street
New York, NY
Producer: Alan Greenspan is leaving the Fed and so our business anchor is crying.
1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY
Overheard by: The McCrum
Girl to coworker: I can't stop complaining, I'm a woman!
Hudson Street
New York City, New York
Older partner to receptionist: See you later, we're going to meet this banker.
Middle-aged partner, to older partner as they walk out the door: What? Oh, “banker.” I thought you said “the spanker.”
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Jen
