Cube worker #1: Meh.
Cube worker #2: Grrrrr.
Cube worker #1: I wish we could just make sounds to communicate.
Cube worker #3: I'm pretty sure that's called talking.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Employee: Can I Borrow a dime?
Boss's Sister: Hold on, I need to remember if that's 5 or 10 cents.
Monaca, Pennsylvania
Bank teller, commenting on name change: Oh, you're getting married?
Blonde woman, cheerfully: Oh no, I'm getting a divorce!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HR manager, as phone rings during conversation: I don't know where my daughter is. That's a bit of a problem since she's only eight… I should take this call.
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: #1mom
Overactive office employee: Do you know what we are know as among the other agencies in Philadelphia?
Cube mate: The fat kids.
Overactive office employee: The fat kids.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
College-educated marketing coordinator: Do you know what he's asking for?
Designer: He wants you to get a quote to print the postcards.
College-educated marketing coordinator: I know, but what does “two comma one hundred” mean?
Designer: He wants a quote on two-thousand, one hundred postcards.
College-educated marketing coordinator: Oh.
Pennsylvania
HR receptionist: Ginny called and was looking for you earlier.
HR director: Oh shit! (pause) Oh shit!
HR receptionist: What!? What's wrong?
HR director: My uncle Jimmy called?! I haven't talked to him in years!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Receptionist, looking at rotten fruit: Damn, my peach is furry.
Exton, Pennsylvania
Coworker on Wednesday: I need to give my kids a bath. I haven't given them one since Sunday.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Cha Cha D.
Sales manager to receptionist: You are an adorable whore! Come get trashed with me.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Not adorable
