New York

Large woman: You just watch out. I’m going to come over there and squeeze you the way they squeeze me.

30th Street and Park Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: Adam Nathan

Male coworker: You're not a girl.
Female coworker: I'm feminine!
Male: You're feminine, but you're not a girl. You're not into all that girly shit.

Manhattan, New York

Boss: We have to move out of the conference room because the student is deaf and the piano lesson in the room above is so loud.
Underling: Wait… If the student is deaf why does it matter that the piano is loud?
Boss: I can't deal with this right now.

Syracuse, New York

Overheard by: i choose to not hear you

Woman: Just open it. If the alarm goes off, then the fat guy will come up and eat something.

343 W 36th Street
New York, New York

Coworker #1: Well, Asians make the best trannies.
Coworker #2: Yeah, why is that?

Hudson Street
New York City, New York

Coworker #1: I pooped in my pants once. But I was in pre-k. I was lying down at naptime, and then all of a sudden, I felt it come out, and I started crying.
Coworker #2: I peed in my pants once. At work.

Broadway & Canal
New York City, New York

Overheard by: office peon

Implementation person: I usually don’t get pregnant from moving into a new apartment.
Operations person: But that’s the first step, though.

1 Liberty Plaza
New York, New York

Chinese coworker: Where did my customer go? She was there a minute ago and now she’s disappeared.
White coworker: She probably went to the bathroom.
Chinese coworker: Maybe her baby was drowning in the bathroom and she had to go rescue it.
White coworker, after long pause: What the fuck is that, an old Chinese proverb?

50th Street and 3rd Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: cp

Coworker: Apparently, according to German law, I'm entitled to a castle.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Matt McLaughlin

Young broker to assistant, looking out the window: Wow! I hope you brought an umbrella!
Assistant to broker: Yeah, I think I have one.
Broker to assistant: I hope you also brought a different shirt!
(assistant wearing beige silk blouse ignores comment)
Broker, mumbling: Yeaaah, wet t-shirt contest!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: FELAGO!