Substance Use & Abuse

Suit to a group of coworkers who just crowded into elevator: Do you think we’ll get to talk about Matt’s nuggets at this morning’s meeting?

SoMa
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Green

College girl #1: I keep thinking I should smoke more often.
College girl #2: That’s probably not a valid assessment.

Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York

Coworker #1: I can’t believe he sells drugs. He just doesn’t look the type.
Coworker #2: He works in procurement. He’s probably really good at it.

Park Road
Milton, Queensland
Australia

Chick on cell, going to see her dad at work: Not shaving my legs is my chastity belt — now I can get drunk and not be a slut.

Main Street
Dallas, Texas

Overheard by:

Tech: Are you planning on pressure washing the entire space?
Boss: Yeah, baby!
Tech: That’s gonna take you a week! You coming in this weekend or something?
Boss: Yeah… But I’m gonna be high.

6th Street
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Tomcat

Sick coworker, in sing-songy voice: Vodka and antibiotics …what more could you neeeeeed?

New York City, New York

Nurse: Where are your pants [Tobias]?
AlcoHobo: I must have forgotten to put them on before I left the house.

North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia

Coworker #1: Okay, if you're 60 years old, why are you still smoking pot?
Coworker #2: There's no age limit on letting the good times roll.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Giddy woman: You like alcohol, don’t you?
Not-So-Giddy woman: I like when everyone around me’s drunk. It makes my life easier.
Giddy woman: I like when I’m drunk. It makes my life easier.

10 Exchange Place
Jersey City, New Jersey

Overheard by: 3rd cubicle to the left

Detective #1, walking away from meeting with chief: Man,where do you come up with some of this shit?
Detective #2: There were a couple summers in the 70s when I thought LSD was a vitamin.

Manhattan, New York