New York

Tech #1: So, why did the cops pick you up, again? For dressing like a transvestite?
Tech #2: Nah, for hitting my girlfriend. She clocked me back, though, and by the time the cops pulled up we were already making out.

W 28th Street
New York, New York

Secretary: Are you gonna have a little bambino?
Slightly overweight patient: Uh, no. Just had a few too many cookies.
Secretary: Are you sure? Maybe I know something you don't.
Slightly overweight patient: I am unable to conceive.

Rochester, New York

Coworker #1 (after a low-rumblin', hearty burp): What? “unprofessionalism” is not a word?
Coworker #2: Did you just ask that after burping?

New York City, New York

Professional: So, at the conference we stay four people to a room, two to each double bed.
Student worker: Two people in a double bed?! Can two people even fit in a double bed if they aren’t having sex?

60 Washington Square South
New York, New York

Overheard by: amused queer

Worker #1: How’s everything with the baby?
Worker #2: He seems to be pleased with his accommodations. At least he hasn’t complained verbally.

Elmsford, New York

Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief

Boss: Don’t do that. Make Suzanne* do that.
Assistant: Why?
Boss: Because Suzanne is a cunt and we hate her.
Assistant: I like her. Erin* likes her.
Boss: We don’t really like you two, either.

Goshen Turnpike
Bloomingburg, New York

Overheard by: Veronica at http://everythingisused.blogspot.com/

Manager #1, during performance review: We would have fired you, but we missed the deadline to submit the paperwork.
Manager #2: So by default you are now an employee.
HR rep, under breath: We are so getting sued.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: unleaded

Manager: Ow, shit shit fuck shit.
Peon: What’s wrong?
Manager: I accidentally ironed my arm this morning, and now it hurts every time I touch anything with it.

1180 Jefferson Road
Rochester, New York

Overheard by: Cube Farm Worker #5823457

Manager, about getting her nails done: I wanna get just the tip red, I see lots of girls with the tip.
Annoying coworker: Just the tip?
Coworker: Wanna play a game called “just the tip”? Just for a second, to see how it feels.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Can we go crash a wedding now?

Coworker: Here it is: “Allen Ginsberg was a 60s era poet, most notable for the poem Howl.” Oh. I thought it was about werewolves, or vampires or something…

Long Island, New York