PhD #1: So we need to find babies who’s mothers smoked during their pregnancies.
PhD #2: What would be great is if we could find some pregnant women who smoke and monitor the fetus before, and a while after birth. But that’s kinda illegal and unethical.
PhD #1: Yeah, we can’t really encourage women to continue smoking while they’re pregnant.
30 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: whitney
Receptionist: Does the president have to pay the mortgage on the White House?
1600 Utica Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: wish she hadn’t voted
Cubicle farmer: Did you know that George Bush is a genius?
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY
HQ division head: Nothing is too good for down range, therefore down range shall get nothing.
U.S. Forces “Diplomatic Training”
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tech: So do you think that we should go for this project?
Boss: Absolutely. The client is ridiculously stupid, but they are open-minded.
Bishopsgate, London
Overheard by: whyamIhere?
Employee: I just pulled up my information on the system and had a question.
Manager: You can't pull up your own information, you can pull up Sophie's, but not your own.
Employee: Oh, I didn't do anything on my file, I was just playing.
Manager: You can play with each other, just not yourselves.
Calgary
Canadia
Overheard by: Matt Bangsund
Employee written up for gossiping: I wasn’t gossiping! I was just repeating something that someone else had told me!
Kansas
Producer: One of the things that came out of the meetings is that they
wanted more diversity.
Consultant: Who?
12 West 27th Street
New York, NY
Lawyer to client: I'll have to file a motion to do that.
Client: Can't you just call and do that?
Lawyer: No, I'll have to file a motion, like on paper.
Client: Yeah, can't you just do it by phone?
Lima, Ohio
Overheard by: Holy Shit I went to College for this
Topeka City Council Member: I thought we just voted that down unanimously, with the exception of one or two votes.
Capitol grounds
Topeka, Kansas
Overheard by: wscnsngl
Office peon #1: He has a tendency not to sleep when he's at work.
Office peon #2: That's good, that's good. Should we invite him for tonight?
Office peon #1: Nah.
Manila
Philippines
Overheard by: Kaye
