On the phone

Office girl, calling boss on phone: Hey! Uh… Help me out here. What's that research called that they're doing with the baby fetuses?
Boss: Umm… What?
Office girl: Did I lose you?

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: freudian flip

Manager in office on phone: How, the fuck are you? (pause) Oh, you're in a meeting on speakerphone? Okay, call me later then.

Miami, Florida

Overheard by: QuietCubicleDrone

Office girl on phone: I know, she's such a fucking whore! Oh, I really shouldn't swear in public. (pause) Yeah, but you're allowed to swear, you're at a train station. You get a different clientele at train stations to libraries…

Wollongong Library
New South Wales
Australia

Overheard by: Smootle

Coworker on phone: Ugh, it's just the bloating and the pain. (pause) Oh, wait! I think things are on the move! (rushes to bathroom)

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Overheard by: CubeDweller

Receptionist on phone: I'm going to have Derrick wash my bras cause they smell like sour milk.

Nashville, Tennessee

Male middle manager on phone: You did it? (pause) You came!

Lower Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: badTiming…

Lawyer on phone: That's a shit town! (pause) You live in that town?!

Huntington, New York

Overheard by: Lady Lawyer

Secretary on phone: No, James isn't at his desk, I think he's on the pot.

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Kay

Salesman on phone: No, no: it's a merger, not a takeover. It's kind of like when Germany merged with Poland in World War II.

New Albany, Ohio

Overheard by: I can't tell if he's joking or not

Coworker on phone with husband: Be careful with that thing. Once you get it up you can't get it back down.

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Overheard by: will1966