Questions

Bubbly 20-something girl on cell in bathroom: I mean, I don't know. Can you even text a guy over 35 after 11?

Manhattan, New York

Teacher: Hugh*, why are you out in the hallway? You should be in the classroom.
Student: Well, I had skidmarks in my underpants so, you know, I was putting them away…

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: another teacher

Girl #1: What country is Paul* from?
Girl #2: He’s Albanian. [Girl #1 is silent.] You know… Albania?
Girl #1: Isn’t that where all the albinos come from? I didn’t know Paul was albino!

Copperfield College
Melbourne
Australia

Teacher: This is David from Israel. Do you have any questions for David?
Senior student: Yes. Do you have air conditioning in your tents?

High School
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: IsraeliTexan

IT guy: Your laptop is not booting up because you have a stuck function key. What happened, anyway?
Rep (refusing to make eye contact): Yeah, I … uhhh, think I dropped something on it.
It guy: Like what?!
Rep: Ummm yeah, well, like my fist.

Fern Valley Road
Louisville, Kentucky

Voice #1, on other side of the wall: You know, the one with the heroin thing and double-ended dildo!
(silence)
Voice #2: Are we still talking about movies?

Princeton, New Jersey

Overheard by: Amanda

Division chief: Why are you wearing a visitor pass? What happened to your badge?
Editor: Hey, fuck you, I brought in donuts!
Division chief: How dare you talk to me like that…Is that a Boston Cream?

Pentagon, 48 North Rotary Road
Arlington, Virginia

Boss to IT guy: You have a cat named after the Manhattan Project?

Overland Park, Kansas

Engineer on phone: Now that's a good question. What was the question again?

Confederate Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

Supervisor #1: Hey, want to go to a party? John Phillips* invited me to some KU thing.
Supervisor #2: Who's John Phillips?
Supervisor #1: He's an asshole.

Overland Park, Kansas