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

Boss: I think it’s time for a sodey!
Coworker: What, like, mix it yourself?
Boss: Yup! I’m going to jerk it right here at my desk!

Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York

Overheard by: talking-to-hr-about-moving-my-desk

Boss: From now on, people, we’re going to make Perfection our baseline.

The development team laughs.

Developer: Dude, whatever the fuck you’ve been reading, stop it.

1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Mad William Flint

Peon to boss looking for the bigger boss: He is not there. He is murdering Mike*.

New York City, New York

Overheard by: has a will

Old coworker: What the hell is that on your chin?
Hipster coworker: I’m growing out my goatee.
Old coworker: Why the fuck would you do that?
Hipster coworker: A girl last night at the bar told me it looks sexy.
Old coworker: It looks like a buffer pad for a high speed cocksucker.

43 West 42nd Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: You’ll Get Crumbs In It