South Carolina

Cube dweller #1: Achooooooo! Oh my gosh, I just sneezed so hard my chair moved backwards!
Cube dweller #2: At least you didn't tinkle in your panties!

Charleston, South Carolina

Office girl #1: She talks about him like he poops gold or something. Wouldn't it be great to poop gold?
Office girl #2: Um, no not really.
Office girl #1: Think about it. It's gold.
Office girl #2: Okay, I guess so. But, I mean, would it still smell?

Charleston, South Carolina

Overheard by: Peps

Nursing home resident, about stuffed cow: Pepper had a baby!
Staff: What's his name?
Resident: Pepper pea!
Staff: How's the baby doing?
Resident: He's peeing everywhere!
Staff: I thought Pepper was a boy.
Resident: He is.
Staff: Then how did Pepper have a baby?
Resident: That's what I'd like to know!

Greenwood, South Carolina

Overheard by: Dana

Male coworker in all-male meeting: I don’t know where Jill* is. She is pregnant. Maybe she’s palpitating.

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Overheard by: Grammatically Stunned

VP: You’ll need to sit between [Jake] and I at the next meeting so I don’t kick his ass.
Peon: I’ll hold him if you’ll hit him.

1500 Hampton Street
Columbia, South Carolina

Reporter: We can’t give Gary an award.
Copy editor: Why not? You know, if it’s the best story and he was here during that month…
Reporter: What, we’re going to give him a posthumous award?
Copy editor: You know, Gary’s not dead.
Reporter: He is to me!

189 W. Main Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Overheard by: W. Texas Mike

Plotting intern to another: Even if we make it to the White House, we do not change our name. Or our skin.

Greenville, South Carolina

Receptionist: How long is your flight going to be?
Employee: By the clock, it will be two hours to LAX and nine hours back, taking into account layovers and the time zones. But I'll only be in the air for a few hours.
Receptionist: Why does it take so long to get back?
Employee: They are three hours behind us, and I have a layover in Atlanta.
Receptionist: Well, I don't think I could be in a plane for nine hours.

Greenville, South Carolina

Overheard by: Ape

Coworker on speakerphone: He tried to put it in today, but he can't get it in the hole.
Boss: Didn't we give him dimensions, Chuck?
Coworker: Yes, we did, but they were too big.
Boss: Let's make a template!

South Carolina

Overheard by: AlyssaFaith

Postal worker: Alright, “express” means this package is guaranteed to arrive by 3 pm tomorrow.
Customer: Is that free?
Postal worker: Ain't nothing free, ma'am. Ain't nothing free. $18.74, ma'am. Dig deep, now. Dig deep.

Post Office
Beaufort, South Carolina

Overheard by: Connie