Office mate: Someday I'm going to have to crawl under my desk and pick up my husband…
Memphis, Tennessee
Overheard by: Andrea
Office mate: Someday I'm going to have to crawl under my desk and pick up my husband…
Memphis, Tennessee
Overheard by: Andrea
Co-Worker #1: Do you know who I’m talking about?
Co-Worker #2: Wait, is she attractive?
Co-Worker #1: I guess.
Co-Worker #2: Blonde? Short?
Co-Worker #1: Yah, that’s her.
Co-Worker #2: She’s married.
Co-Worker #1: Yah. Does she smoke weed?
Co-Worker #2: I don’t think so. But she should. That or a Xanax.
150 South Wacker
Chicago, Illinois
Student: So how many participants will I need to use?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: So you could just use eight friends.
Student: Oh. Okay. Really?
Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Do you have eight friends?
Otago University
New Zealand
Overheard by: he's my supervisor too…
Male employee, angry about benefits: So my live-in girlfriend is not a domestic partner but Steve's* boyfriend is?
HR generalist: Yes, that's right. Domestic partners are same sex partners, that is the policy.
Male employee: So if my girlfriend became my boyfriend I could put her on my insurance?
HR generalist: Yes, if she grows a penis and discovers a deep abiding love for Cher, she can be on your insurance.
Male employee: Really?
HR generalist: (sighs)
Skokie, Illinois
20-something female coworker, about guy he's met online: He's so smart. He uses real sentences, with real words, with real punctuation!
Grandview Heights, Ohio
Overheard by: Rich Hamburglar
Coworker #1 in elevator: You know Dave*, in credit? I think he's kind of cute.
Coworker #2: Yeah. But I think he's gay.
Coworker #1: Uh-huh, I thought maybe.
Coworker #3:, freezingly: He happens to be my husband.
Houston, Texas
Boss, talking about client: It’s a love-hate relationship. They either love or hate us. We just hate them.
Herndon, Virginia
Copywriter, after noticing web designer refreshing makeup: Wow. Look at you. Got a hot date?
Web designer: No. I'm meeting people. And I've never met them in person before.
Snarky PR specialist: And you don't want them to know right away that you're a horrible person?
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Looks like Diva
Coworker #1: You wouldn't believe who just called me. Juan*. I haven't heard from him in six months, and now all of a sudden he thinks I'm going to talk to him again?
Coworker #2, jokingly: Well, maybe he just wants to be good friends.
Coworker #1: You know what? He can just go and be good friends with his horse!
Melbourne, Florida
IT techie working on networking junk: Uh-oh. I ain't communicatin' good.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: I noticed…
