New York

Exec #1: …Yeah, anybody can own a Louis Vuitton nowadays. You know someone really has money when they can control other people’s time.
Exec #2: Totally.

1212 6th Avenue
New York, NY

Engineer: Ah, crap.
Secretary: Whatsamatta?
Engineer: Printer’s giving me an error message.
Secretary: And what does it say?
Engineer: Tray two is empty..
Secretary: Well, then fill it. Reams are right next to it.
Engineer: Yeah, uh, well, which tray is tray two?
Secretary: Gee, I don’t know; maybe the one labeled “two”?
Engineer: Oh, that’s what those numbers mean?

One Penn Plaza
New York, NY

Assistant VP: This is an important question I need to ask: Is Britney Spears pregnant again?
Office manager: Uh, yeah.
Assistant VP: Oh, okay. I can’t tell if she just stayed fat after the last one or is pregnant again.

149 West 105th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Last Day on the Job

Worker: So, what did the phone company says about the phone line?
Boss: I don't know. The robot pick up the phone! I hate talking to a robot, so I hung up.

Greenwich Village
Manhattan, New York

Building guest: I'm supposed to be upstairs on the 23rd floor for Cox.
Building security: Whoa there!

Manhattan, New York

HR drone: I apologize for any incontinence this may have caused.

Yonkers, New York

Loud lady peon: Hey, Sheryl*, whenever you want to come over here and smell me, go ahead!

Fairchild Court
Plainview, New York

Overheard by: Tina

Cube rat #1: Um… Where’d they put the fridge that was here?
Cube rat #2: I don’t know, but I had juice in there. With vodka in it.

63rd Street and Broadway
New York, New York

Boss: How do I get a binder for this stuff?
Assistant: There’s one in the cabinet.
Boss: Um, how do I get the holes?
Assistant: What?
Boss: How do the holes get in the paper?

3080 Broadway
New York, New York

Peon: Oh, you're going downstairs? Can I get a fag yogurt?
Manager: A… what?
Peon: A fag yogurt. (pause) Well, it's spelled f-a-g-e but we pronounce it the other… way. It's kind of… funny. (long pause) Am I fired?

Manhattan, New York