On the phone

Coworker on phone: Hello… Hello… Did you butt-dial me?

Alexandria, Virginia

Coworker on phone: I kinda just rub it underwater.

Stockton, California

Reporter to source on the phone: I have to be honest here. I have no idea what you're talking about.

Park Avenue South
Manhattan, New York

Insurance company boss on phone: Let's put it in a more practical sense: your mom dies…

White Plains, New York

Coworker on phone, complaining: Oh, no! It's my chocolate friend again!

Schaumburg, Illinois

Overheard by: nextcube

Boss on phone: You're not going to die. Canada's not that much.

Chicago, Illinois

Account manager, loudly into phone: You should have just been faxed the revised drug screen form you need to take to the clinic, but it's not coming from me. It's coming directly from Christ.

Financial District
Manhattan, New York

Female CSR on phone to another: Hello, can I give you a tracking number? (pause) Please? I'll love you forever. (pause) Until I leave for the rodeo, and then I'll forget all about you.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Overheard by: glasses girl

Boss on phone: I know! I'm like a freakin' unicorn today.

Manhattan, New York

Receptionist on phone: He had sex with a horse! (pause) Twice. (pause) Yeah, good thing your picture isn't up there (pause) True story!

Chinatown
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: David