Cube girl, answering phone: This is Julia*.
Voice on phone: Pussy, pussy.
Cube girl: Oh my god, John*! (her husband) I have you on speaker!
Anchorage, Alaska
Cube girl, answering phone: This is Julia*.
Voice on phone: Pussy, pussy.
Cube girl: Oh my god, John*! (her husband) I have you on speaker!
Anchorage, Alaska
Receptionist on phone: It's a tough world out there. Like they say, it's a doggy-dog world.
San Jose, California
Coworker to another: I was going to get you back by putting your phone in the fridge. However, I opened that fridge… and it was like death in there.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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