On the phone

Office chick #1: Hey, Lauren* wants you to answer her phone while she's out.
Office chick #2: Tell her to go jerk off in a corner.

Main Street
Peekskill, New York

Overheard by: Pam Beesly

Boss on phone: Hi! I just wanted to call and see if you were all sparkly from all that fairy dust I sprinkled on you. You are? That’s so hot!
Underling: I should so not be hearing this.

Camden Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ren

CSR: No, Courtney is with a customer right now. Can I take a message?…Oh, Courtney just hollered and she’s off the customer now.

106 West Grand River Avenue
Howell, Michigan

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