Cube rat #1: Oh, I love that ringtone! That's from Wizard of Oz, isn't it?
Cube rat #2: Yeah, Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead is my favorite song in that whole movie.
Cube rat #1: Who called?
Cube rat #2: My mother-in-law.
Cube rat #1, lauhging: Got any others?
Cube rat #2: Yeah, I've got If I Only Had a Brain on there, too.
Cube rat #1: Who's that one for?
Cube rat #2: My boss.
Bossier City, Louisiana
Office girl #1: You smell nice. What are you wearing?
Office girl #2: Deodorant.
Washington, DC
Boss: Are you homophobic?
Employee: I have an African American cousin! Of course I'm not homophobic!
Nashville, Tennessee
Partner: Do you think the girls would mind if I popped an Ambien and went to sleep in their bathroom?
10 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Boss: What about those materials needing to be sent out to our components?
Co-worker: Oh, I threw them in a box and shoved it under my chair. They were taking up too much room on my desk.
5205 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia
Boss to magazine editor on phone: Hello? Sorry, what’s your name? Jeff? Jeff? Really? Sorry, it’s just… you sound like a woman.
UK
Coworker to cubicle mate: Hey, Ana, what's an IP address?
Cubicle mate: It's an iPhone.
Coworker: Oh, okay. Thanks!
Connecticut
Overheard by: Senor IP
Office West Virginian: I need more samples! Does anyone know when Bill is making more samples?!
Office wise guy: Uh, Bill, maybe?
Office West Virginian: No, I already asked him and he doesn’t know.
W. Market Street
Greensboro, North Carolina
Intern #1: Hey, are you going to the bathroom?
Intern #2: No, do you need me to?
633 3rd Avenue
New York, NY
Co-worker #1: What are some common plastics?
Co-worker #2: Um, that list is really long. Just look for “polymers.”
Co-worker #1: Well, what are some common polymers?
Co-worker #2: No, really, that list is longer than my arm. Just look for stuff that starts with “poly.”
Co-worker #1: …Is ceramic a polymer?
Co-worker #2: Um. No.
500 Dulany Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Colleen
