New York

Co-Worker on phone: I do not want to poop in my pants!…I’m way too fucking classy for that.

1500 Broadway
New York, New York

Mail guy: Okay, that's the last I want to see of your chest.

Manhattan, New York

Worker #1: He figured out how to take the “this was sent from a BlackBerry” message off, so he can email and nobody knows he’s not in the office.
Worker #2: Gosh, he’s sneaky.

900 3rd Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Duncan

Voice over PA system: Would everyone on the 12th floor please gather by the copy machine for an instructional tutorial on how to operate it?
Engineer #1: Is she serious?
Engineer #2: Yeah… There's a lot of architects in this office.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: tbomb

Engineer: I keep getting a message that says the document has been deleted. What does that mean?
Database admin: What do you think it means?

Rochester, New York

Female employee #1: You wouldn't believe the number of loan apps on my desk today–it's brutal.
Female employee #2: Yeah, it's either fast or famine around here…fast or famine.

Albany, New York

VP: Communication: it’s hard to spell, so it must be hard to do.

1 Railroad Avenue
Cooperstown, New York

Boss: Hey, can you make a calendar that looks like this? [Hands a paper to her.]Underling: Yeah. You know this is from [the other agency], right?
Boss: Yeah, the client likes it. We have to go with that.
Underling: But their calendar is a copy of the one I did for the client. The client just handed it to them, and they made all these little changes.
Boss: Yeah, just do it like that.
Underling: But I already did it. They only took my calendar and messed with it.
Boss: Just make it look like this one!
Underling: But it’s my calendar!
Boss: Just make it look like this one! [Boss stalks off.]Underling, to entire office: Am I in a Dilbert cartoon?

3rd Avenue
New York, New York

Co-Worker #1: Is that ice coffee?
Co-Worker #2: Yeah.
Co-Worker #1: Does it really taste like coffee?

57th and Lexington
New York, New York

Overheard by: Kimberly A.

Audience development director: Is anybody else having any weird computer issues? I'm having trouble on the main site and on admin…
Marketing director: The porn I'm looking at is taking an awfully long time to load, if that's what you mean.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Sarah