Relationships

Coworker on phone, complaining: Oh, no! It's my chocolate friend again!

Schaumburg, Illinois

Overheard by: nextcube

Naive intern: Soo… Bob* from IT asked me if I wanted to go see Blue Man Group with him last week, and so I casually said I had plans with my boyfriend, to let him know I was spoken for, you know?
Office bitch: I'm sorry, I don't see the problem.
Naive intern: Well, ever since then he won't leave me alone and keeps asking me to hang out. Until I mentioned I had a boyfriend he wouldn't even talk to me!
Office bitch: Have you considered the possibility that maybe he just wants to be your friend?
Average worker: Woah! Look who got a soul for Christmas!

Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: i got coal….

Boss to office: I don't even want you guys, I just want pets.

Berkeley, California

Guy to friend: I need to get a girlfriend just for like a week or so. Just to get that stench on me. Besides, girls dig guys with hairy arms.

Shanghai
China

Coworker on phone: Look, she's not my girlfriend, she's just my roommate–you can't evict me because she is walking around outside the apartment with no pants on. Okay, I'll come try to get her to put her pants back on.

Phoenix, Arizona

Creative director: You're making that up!
HR lady: I am not!
Creative director: Why would you want to be friends with that guy? He wanted to name a flower after you!

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Coworker: Women are very Gestalt, you have to take the whole thing. If you start taking just the parts, you're going to end up on the evening news.

Branchburg, New Jersey

Female teacher: So how did the date go?
Male teacher: It went really well up until the part where I mentioned she resembled Kelsey Grammer.

El Paso, Texas

Overheard by: Lena

Woman on cell, happily: Hi! Are you divorced yet?

Tarrytown, New York

Girl: Yeah, I guess I kinda go through men.
Guy: Yep, like I go through marshmallow peeps.

Redmond, Washington