White male caseworker, over cubicle wall: We have off Monday?
Female caseworker: Yes, ma?am!
White male caseworker: Hey!
Female caseworker: Oh, sorry. I thought you were a black woman with a really deep voice!
Norristown, Pennsylvania
White male caseworker, over cubicle wall: We have off Monday?
Female caseworker: Yes, ma?am!
White male caseworker: Hey!
Female caseworker: Oh, sorry. I thought you were a black woman with a really deep voice!
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Reporter #1: So, I was interviewing her about what she was going to do next, and she said she hoped she’d just get, you know, a Joe Blow job.
Reporter #2: You’re not going to put that in the story, are you?
Reporter #3: Where can I find this Joe?
149 Penn Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: I just work here
Senior Manager: [Justine] just asked me if you heard from the Miami system about the problem we had on Friday afternoon.
Manager: No. They were preparing for Wilma to hit them…oh, about now.
1400 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peon looking over supervisor's shoulder at computer screen: Why'd you…name it “gay sex”?
Media Services
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: CW
Boss on phone: The Farmers’ market? Oh right. They have food there.
Center City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: DyingMentally
Office lady: I am not having a good humpday. Stupid humpday!
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: NotAtWork?
Designer: Gosh, I just hate when you’re watching a porn and they cut to the guy’s face. It’s always such an unfortunate time. I should write a letter of complaint.
IT guy: Yeah, if you only had a free hand.
Leverington Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: JB
Third grader: Hey, for our project do we gotta write about a black person?
Teacher: No, you don’t have to write about a black person.
Third grader: My mom wants me to write about George Clinton.
Teacher: Do you mean Bill Clinton?
Third grader: Nah, I meant Thomas Jefferson.
Teacher: Oh, he’s okay.
7th Street & Sansom Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Teacher Noga
Co-Worker #1: Did you happen to grab my printouts, Jason? [long pause] Did you see anything here??
Co-Worker #2: No.
Co-Worker #1: Is this yours? No? It says, “Jason Horowitz.”
Co-Worker #2: My name’s not Jason. It’s Tom*.
Co-Worker #1: Why haven’t you ever corrected me?
Co-Worker #2, shrugging: You just always called me Jason.
3814 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: juliloquy
Guy in cubicle: Those kids put me on cyberspace. I was at this party doing shots with the kids until three in the morning. They took my picture and put it up on the internet. Now there's some Japanese people laughing at me. Why the hell would I join a social networking site? I don't need that. I hate people.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
