New York

Employee #1: How do you spell “who”?
Employee #2: How do you think it should be spelled? Sound it out.
Employee #1: H-O-W?
Employee #2: Does that sound right to you? Aren’t you like, 30 years old? And you can’t spell “who”?
Employee #1: You’re the one who told me to sound it out, bitch.

1818 Hillside Avenue
New Hyde Park, New York

Overheard by: Cathie

Editor: Did he use the word ‘genitalia’ at all?
Older editor: Or ‘goodies’?
20-something female reporter: It’s such a Latin-sounding word.
Older editor: I know, ‘goodies’ really is.
20-something female reporter: Genitalia. It’s such a beautiful word. It just rolls right off the tongue.

Newsroom, Main Street
Cortland, New York

Overheard by: Quietly Working at My Desk

Female manager to male manager as screensaver turns on during presentation: You need to jiggle your thing.

New York, New York

Overheard by: i LOVE my job

Clerk #1: Why is she leaving now?
Clerk #2: She had to leave early to go get her brakes fixed. She was going on and on how they weren’t working this morning.
Clerk #1: So they’re going to start suddenly working now or is she just going to pray for green lights the whole way?

2121 Main Street
Buffalo, New York

Analyst: Another full day of work wasted…again.

399 Park Avenue
New York, NY

Coworker on phone: Aw, did he poop? (pause) Twice? Nice! (pause) Yeah, no, if it's loose you can't pick it up. (pause) Uh-huh. That's good.

7th Ave
New York City

Overheard by: Had to hold in his own.

Boss: Take me as a critic, but then also look at it with a hypocritical eye yourself.

25 Broadway,
New York, NY

Lesbian: Just say it: Vagina.
Queen: Virgina?
Lesbian: Vagina!
Editor: I can’t wait till our first lawsuit…

W 35th
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: token chick

Boss, on phone: What do you expect them to do? (pause) Drink and have sex?

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: joe marks

Customer service person: I’ll be right with you, ma’am. He was first.
Female customer: No, he wasn’t.
Customer Service person: Yes, he was.
Male customer: No, I wasn’t.
Customer service person: Yes, you were.

Bank of America
New York, New York

Overheard by: Stretch