Substance Use & Abuse

Coworker #1: Doesn't she know that acid and track marks don't go together?
Coworker #2: But track marks do mean something, that's all she's saying.

Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: don't talk so loud

White coworker: Yo, last night was like a fuckin’ rap video! We had a limo and a bottle of fine-ass champagne! And then we went to the Hustler club! Oh, and I’m still wasted. When is the trial date for [technology company]?

153 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: A. Goldstein

Manager: We’re in Gwinnett County. You need to be 10 feet from the walkway if you want to legally smoke.
Smoker #1: Like, isn’t that unfair? What if you’re a midget? Your feet would be about half the size of mine…No, seriously. Look how big my feet are! They’re like twice the size of midget feet…Oh! You mean like a ruler!
Smoker #2: Yeah, haven’t you ever heard of the metric system?

333 Research Court
Norcross, Georgia

Lawyer on phone: …No…No….They can’t take your kids away for smokin’ pot, that’s bullshit…Ha, ha, ha!

500 5th Avenue
New York, NY

Designer to owner: He wants me to design a sign for him that reads, “Caesar Inn, Crack-whores welcome by the hour.”
Owner: What? (walks away)

Miami, Florida

Patient who just failed drug test: I need a note to stay out of work.
Doctor: What do you want me to say? That you're too stoned from taking too many Vicodin to be productive?
Patient: Sure, but would you mind wording it better?

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Amazed Nurse

Handyman: Can you see the pipe?
Owner of record store, with head in ceiling: Yeah, I think it's rusted though.
Handyman, under breath: Your mom's pipes are rusted through.

Newark, Delaware

Accounts Payable: I wish sometimes I was tippin’ it at my desk.
Accounts Receivable: Tippin’ what?
Accounts Payable: You know, the bottle.
Accounts Payable: Yeah, but you gotta be a good alcoholic, and at least show up for work every day. That’s what I do.

2000 Plainfield Pike
Cranston, Rhode Island

Boss lady: How was your weekend?
Top employee: Well, I spent Sunday morning in the hospital because…
Boss lady, interrupting: Was it because you're a cracked-out whore?

Forest Grove, Oregon

Overheard by: Jessi-ca

Woman #1: I haven’t been feeling well at all lately.
Woman #2: You know what’s really good? Aleve.
Woman #1: What?!
Woman #2: Aleve.
Woman #1: Oh, I thought you said, ‘weed’!

200 Varick Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Eve’s droppings