Colleague on cell: Haha! Oh, yeah, we could use that to celebrate September eleventh!
Government office
Wellington
New Zealand
Colleague on cell: Haha! Oh, yeah, we could use that to celebrate September eleventh!
Government office
Wellington
New Zealand
Young office dude: Did you see that I called you, like 40 times?
Young office chick: Yeah, I saw that I had stalker calls and it made me feel really special.
San Rafael, California
Coworker on phone: Fool me once, shame on… you. (pause) Fool me… the second one is where it’s my fault.
Thurston Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: Audrey
Male assistant on phone: I think I’d know if I’d given birth.
Madison Avenue Office Building
New York City, New York
Sales rep on phone: Okay, so that’s V as in ‘voluptuous,’ A as in ‘anatomy,’ N as in ‘nutrition…’
6105 Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Ren
Designer on phone: You lost your chi? Is it with your red shirt? He stole your chi? He's a chi-stealer!
Broadway
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Editrix
Collegiate on cell: Hey, Mom, you’ll be proud of me — I actually bought books at Borders — to read!
Barnes & Noble, Center City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: book stacker
Cubicle dweller on phone: I have no idea how I am going to live my life without you but effective tomorrow I am going to try.
Horizon Way
Irving, Texas
Woman on phone: Uhhuh… Well, we just have to learn how not to be child molesters.
Walnut Street
Evansville, Indiana
IT staff to engineer on phone: If you follow the document I sent you, you will be able to complete the web page.
Engineer: I can't read.
Silicon Valley, California