Building guest: I'm supposed to be upstairs on the 23rd floor for Cox.
Building security: Whoa there!
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
Old man on computer and phone: Oh, I love dragging and dropping!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: adele works with septugenarians.
PR gal: We need a really memorable tag line, like “Stop, Drop and Roll” from the ’80s. Whatever happened to that, anyway?
Intern guy: It still works if you’re on fire.
41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Intern: Holy shit, it’s cold in here!
Sandy*, ancient secretary: Allen*! This a law office — a professional place of business. We do not use profanity in this office. What if a client had been waiting in reception and heard you use that kind of language? In the future I would ask that you refrain from using that kind of language. I’m sure the partners would not appreciate you speaking that way to your coworkers, especially those who are older than you.
Partner, entering five minutes later: Jesus-fucking-Christ, it’s cold in here! Goddamn, Larry* — cheapskate son of a bitch won’t turn the heat on until nine. Sandy, get me Larry’s number so I can give that asshole a piece of my mind. Fucking dick. Every goddamn winter he pulls this shit. And Sandy, make some coffee for these interns — it’s like 40 degrees in here!
Law office
New York, New York
Female cube dweller to another: I'll grab your pair and you'll grab my pair and we'll slap each other in the face with them.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: erak
