Substance Use & Abuse

Office girl: So I decided to be different and do psychotropic drugs while everyone else did cannibalism. It was pretty cool.
Office guy (nodding): That makes sense.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Slowly backing away…

Employee #1: So, I’ve been taking them for about a month now.
Employee #2: Yeah?
Employee #1: I don’t feel bigger. Definitely… rounder… and harder, but not bigger.

Elk Grove, Illinois

Overheard by: Nick Danger

Visiting IT guy: You want some crack? Oh, I can get you some crack. You should have said something, I was at Pawley’s Island this weekend and had a boatload.
Assistant: Hmm, and you are on crack now. I see your hands are not shaking from withdrawal. Get out of my cubicle.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Executive: So I ended up with the meth head’s blood all over my face.

8081 Wallace Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Loan officer: My husband’s parents were married for 50 years.
Receptionist: What’s the secret of being married that long?
Collector: Alcohol.

802 South Westnedge Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Overheard by: just passing by

Business Officer: You remember when I told you that?
Editor: No, I was drunk at the time.

409 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut

Mother: I think Grandma Olson has a little bit of a cirrhosis thing going on.
Little girl: Why’s that?
Mother: Because Grandma Olson drinks much, much, much more than-
Little girl: -Than grandpa?
Mother: Than anyone in the world.

120 Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, Minnesota

Woman supervisor: So the manager called and asked me if I could open today.
Man supervisor: Yeah, me too. I was supposed to close tonight.
Woman supervisor: I told him I had some very important things to do this morning. Mostly it was getting over my hangover, ’cause I was gonna get fucking drunk last night.
Man supervisor: Sounds like a legit excuse to me.
Woman supervisor: Don’t worry, you can get drunk tonight.

8341 NW Roanridge Road
Kansas City, Missouri

Legal assistant to coworker: If I'm going to kill my liver, I'm sure as hell not going to let ibuprofen do it –I'm going to have fun and let alcohol do me in.

Durango, Colorado

Male worker #1: Would you do coke off of Lindsay Lohan's ass?
Male worker #2: What, like snort it out of her asshole? Yes.

SoHo
New York City, New York