BIG bigwig: I had a tunafish sandwich for lunch and all I can smell is tuna. Come here; smell me. Do I smell like tuna?
Smallwig: Nope. I know how you feel though. It just stays with you. Tuna definitely lingers.
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: so hard not to giggle
Blonde: You know that map in her office?
Brunette: What about it?
Blonde: Well, it’s like so detailed. I can look at it and be like: “I live there!”
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Will you just shut up already?
Bored secretary: Don't my nails look great? That stand in the mall polished them with dead sea scrolls!
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Annoying coworker to office gossip: I don't know what rubber nuts have to do with Pennsylvania, anyway.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Damn Ya-Ya's
Boss: It smells good in here! What is that? Grape?
Female employee: Uh, no, it’s cranberry. Cranberry room spray.
Boss, after long pause: So, did you just fart or something?
4511 Knox Road
College Park, Maryland
Tech #1: You're going to need to help Ann*.
Tech #2: What's wrong with Ann*?
Tech #1: Well, that's a subject for long, intense discussion… But I think she needs help with her computer.
Storrs, Connecticut
Overheard by: J.McC
Authoritative man in cafeteria line: Hm. I love twice-baked potatoes.
Man behind him: Aren't twice-baked potatoes the same as mashed potatoes?
Authoritative man in cafeteria line: The difference is that twice-baked potatoes are baked twice.
Swanton, Ohio
Overheard by: Boehmhemian
Worker bee #1: Can I create a folder on my desktop?
Worker bee #2: Um, yes.
Worker bee #1: Can I save a PowerPoint to that folder?
Worker bee #2: Uhhh…
Worker bee #1: Can I then e-mail that PowerPoint to someone in the office? I need to somehow get this PowerPoint to a flash drive.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Man on phone: Okay. (pause) Well, can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) Hello? Can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) What's your name? (pause) Nathan? Nathan who? (pause) You there? Nathan who? (pause) Okay. Well, do you have some sort of employee number? (pause) Hello? (pause) Why? Because you're a dickhead! You're a fucking idiot, mate! (hangs up, talks to employee) Well, that didn't work.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: James
Customer: Hi! Are you a horticulturalist?
Clerk: Yes.
Customer: Were is your washroom?
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Counter Guy
