Coworker: You have kids?
New guy: Yeah, two. You?
Coworker: No, but we started trying.
New guy: Are you kidding? This is the greatest time of your life. I know a guy whose wife did all role playing–you know–when they were trying. Said he never had better sex…ever!
Coworker: (blushes).
Court & Montague
Brooklyn, New York
Overheard by: INQ
Account executive on phone: I don't think we can release the Caucasian…
46th & Lexington
New York City, New York
Employee on phone: What did you say? I'm not going to drink the blood of a cow!
New York City, New York
Office lady: I don’t understand why he got life in prison. All he did was try to help dispose of the body.
100 West 33rd Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: C-Rizzy
Male postdoc: Are you sure you can’t do this experiment alone tomorrow?
Female postdoc: I’m sure! I’ll ask someone to help! I can’t do it alone! I’m too short! Pretty! Boobs, and stuff!
Physics Lab
Hunter College, New York
Editor, looking at ad for “Summer Garden Madness”: Why is everything “madness”? There’s nothing “madness” about a basket of vegetables.
2 Penn Plaza
New York, New York
Overheard by: angry carrot
Asian employee: Why is everyone Asian?!
Chinatown
New York, New York
Overheard by: Murray
User: I don’t want a customer to be able to login and they might guess that their password is “welcome.”
Tech: We can change it to, let’s say, “monkey123.”
User: Well, what if they guess “monkey123”?
4 Columbus Circle
New York, NY
Co-worker #1: These new pants are great. I can spill anything on them and it just brushes right off. I wish I knew how they did it.
Co-worker #2: It’s nanotechnology.
7 Times Square
New York, NY
