(employee #1 coughs)
Employee #2: Beth*, are you okay?
(employee #1 coughs)
Employee #3: Ma, are you okay?
Employee #1: I’m fine.
Employee #3: Ma, what are you choking on?
Employee #1: My own spit.
Clearwater, Florida
Overheard by: file queen
(employee #1 coughs)
Employee #2: Beth*, are you okay?
(employee #1 coughs)
Employee #3: Ma, are you okay?
Employee #1: I’m fine.
Employee #3: Ma, what are you choking on?
Employee #1: My own spit.
Clearwater, Florida
Overheard by: file queen
Very white supervisor: Are we keeping it gangster in here?
Annoying cubicle inhabitant: Oh yeah. We keep it real gangster.
Morris Plains, New Jersey
Overheard by: the intern in the next cubicle
(Tom* is juggling plastic Easter eggs).
Chris: Dude, you have to make up a clown name for yourself.
Tom: How about (pause) Naughty T?
Chris: Dude! Nobody is going to hire you for parties if your name is Naughty T!
Tom: I can be an adult clown. You know, half naked.
Vandam Street
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Soapnana
School administrator on phone: Hello. Has my cat peed yet? Great!
Elite Prep School
California
Associate, to coworker across the office: The question is, if you wouldn’t want to mention it, why would you want to touch it?
New York, New York
Waiter: Did you get laid on vacation?
Busgirl: It was church camp.
Waiter: So “yes” then?
Busgirl (quietly): Yes.
Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Animated black suit: You gotta have benchmarks. What are you gonna measure?
Sweaty white suit: I don’t need to measure.
Animated black suit: You gotta have benchmarks.
Sweaty white suit: My dick is the benchmark. Okay?
Animated black suit: That’s fine. You just gotta have some benchmarks. That’s all I’m saying.
New York City, New York
Overheard by: jjblu
Mother shouting on cell: How the fuck do I know what he eats? I’m his mother, not his nanny.
New York City Library, New York
Overheard by: Took care of my own children
Receptionist on phone: Did you finish it? What did it say? What do elephants have to do with anything?
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Overheard by: Faith
(co-worker #1 limps to copy machine)
Co-worker #2: Dude, what’s the matter with you?
Co-worker #1: I’m all messed up. But I’ll survive… eventually.
Sidney Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
