Male staff #1: Hey, check out that butterfly on the window sill.
Male staff #2: Wow! That’s cool. Man, I’m not trying to sound girly, but butterflies are beautiful. I have this bush outside my house that they just love, and it’s so cool to watch them.
Male staff #1: Yeah, man, seriously. I’m not going to be covering my car with butterfly stickers, but butterflies do kick ass.
Male staff #2: Totally.
10 Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Overheard by: a butterfly
Manager: How is your monitor? It's not very old, right?
Cubicle chick: It works, yeah.
Manager: I'm going to get everyone flat screens eventually, but I'm going to do it two or three at a time.
Cubicle chick: Awesome!
Manager: But yours looks pretty good for now.
Cubicle chick: I can break it if you want me to.
Manager: I'd rather…. you didn't.
Cubicle chick: Gotcha.
England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
IT guy to friend: I lost a job and a girlfriend to World of Warcraft…it was so worth it!
Asheville, North Carolina
Overheard by: Sarah M.
Air hostess to another: No, I would not have sex with an elf.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Coworker to another: If your balls were full of oxygen and my wife were drowning, she'd rather die than suck on your balls.
Durham, North Carolina
Front office girl at medical spa, hanging up phone: The client says we are not taking her concerns seriously, and she is going to report us to the Surgeon General.
Ditzy manager: The Surgeon General? But we don't have anything to do with smoking!
Front office girl, under her breath: I can't believe I have to report to you.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Overheard by: OMG The IQ level here is amazing
Speech pathologist: You have the lady in room 10, right?
Behavior medicine nurse: Oh, yeah! She's crazy, ain't she?
Burlington, North Carolina
Coworker to another who has just joined the conversation: And then we segued into Lucky Charms…
Raleigh, North Carolina
Female coworker #1: Are you going to sign up for a mammogram next week?
Female coworker #2: Yeah, I guess so. Are you?
Female coworker #1: Yep. I just hope they are more gentle than last year.
Female coworker #2: Well, they will have to use a bungee cord to get mine up on that ledge.
5950 Grassy Creek Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Overheard by: Kelly
Female coworker: What did you bring me from El Salvador?
Make coworker: Nothing. I used all my money for sex.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Overheard by: Jaquanda
