Substance Use & Abuse

Male coworker: Why don't you get some prescription sunglasses?
Female coworker: Fuck that! Those are like hundreds of dollars, and that's money I could be spending on food and marijuana!

Atlanta, Georgia

Employee #1: I love Chex Mix so much I'd grind it up, stick it in an IV and mainline it.
Employee #2: I…well… (pauses in thought) You couldn't *freebase* it…

Mesa, Arizona

Overheard by: Chris Cardinal

Lawyer, offering cigarette: Need one?
Non-smoking secretary: I’m gonna need something a lot stronger to deal with you today!
Lawyer, exiting door to smoke: Top, right desk drawer in my office.

Law office
Indiana

Lady #1: I’m very tired. I went out last night.
Lady #2: Oh, did you have a lot to drink?
Lady #1: Of course not, I’m pregnant.
Lady #2: It’s pretty bad to drink when you’re pregnant.
Lady #1: Yeah, it’s so expensive, and you’ve gotta save money to buy baby stuff.

Goulbourn Street
Sydney, Australia

Cashier #1: So, how are you?
Cashier #2: Oh, you know — I’m still really upset about–
Cashier #1: –About that whole David* thing?
Cashier #2: Yeah, I’m still really upset about us breaking up.
Cashier #1: Oh… Yeah…
Cashier #2: But he called last night and said he’ll think about getting back together.
Cashier #1: Oh, well… that’s good, isn’t it?
Cashier #2: So then I drank a whole bottle of bourbon by myself in two hours.

Perth
Australia

Lady peon #1: I just got out of de-tox …
Lady peon #2: Oh, yeah? Which one this time?

500 West Cummings Park
Woburn, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Chuck

Lawyer: Put your John Hancock on these documents, please.
Daughter: You sure this is legal? I mean, with me being your kid and all?
Lawyer: It is very legal. Far more legal than any of the drugs you have experimented with on my credit card.

Broad Street
Louisville, Georgia

Boss: I wonder what I could accomplish if I had 10 more hours in a day and a bucket of speed.

East Street
Goderich, Ontario
Canadia

Coworker #1, introducing coworker #2: His favorite thing to do on the weekend is to be loose.
Coworker #2: Lazy, not loose!

Broadway & Canal
New York City, New York

Overheard by: office peon loves her new job

Woman to man in front of soda machine: Really? You don't seem like a guy who is into DP.
Man: Yeah, that and coke.

Austin, Texas

Overheard by: I sit way too close to the kitchen.