Coworker #1: I like the smell of gasoline.
Coworker #2: Oh, me too!
Coworker #3: That's because you used to do drugs.
Coworker #4: Who are you people?
Coworker #3: I like the smell of jet fuel.
Coworker #5: I like the smell of burnt rubber.
Coworker #3: That's because you used to be into dungeons.
Coworker #5 (wistfully): Oh, not anymore though…I'm married now.
Broadway & Canal
New York City
Overheard by: office peon loves her job
Worker #1: I mean, I just want to tell them I can't make them feel better. *Bob* can't make them feel better. *Katrina* can't make them feel better. Their doctors can't make them feel better.
Worker #2: No, that's what the oxycodone is for.
Law Office
Northern California
Indian developer to Russian-Jewish developer: When you're sitting with Jesus are you going to smoke dope?
State Street
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Brad
Nurse #1: Man, I really like speed.
Nurse #2: This from the girl with “registered nurse” on her badge.
Nurse #1: Just shut up and deal.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Night Nurse
Manager in hallway: Damn! I'm so sick of being a drug dealer!
Clear Lake, Iowa
Chubby CVS cashier to coworker: Yeah, so I've been seeing this new guy recently, it's going pretty well. We're hanging out later.
Coworker: Oh really, what are you going to do?
Chubby CVS cashier: Chill in his car.
Upper West Side
New York City, New York
Lady suit #1 (serious): But I'll tell you this, I flew the highest kite. I usually do.
Lady suit #2 (joking): That's what I've heard about you.
Lady suit #1 (serious): Yeah, I feel high all the time.
Parkway Commons Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Retail employee #1: I’m gonna have to leave early today, my friend and I are going to go and get the Wii.
Retail employee #2: Oooh, the weed? I want some!
Stonebriar Mall
Frisco, Texas
Manager (after finding a flyer advertising “weed for sale” on his windshield): At first I was pissed, because they came to my home and put it on my car. But then I was like: “Really? There’s no way I’m paying that much for an eighth!”
Texas
Receptionist: Oh, I forgot today was Friday the 13th. I do pay attention to that, because I was in a bad car accident in high school on a Friday the 13th.
HR assistant: So no going out and drinking tonight, then?
Receptionist (bemusedly): Well…
HR assistant: You’ll just stay home and drink, right?
Receptionist: (laughs) Yeah, that’s when you know you’re an alcoholic, when you stay home and drink.
HR assistant: And you’re pregnant.
Receptionist: Right. Don’t want people being judgmental at the bar.
Airport Way
Seattle, Washington
