Trainer: You like the weather out here?
New girl: Yeah, it’s really dry… And, um, weird for directions and stuff, you know? Like, does the sun set in the west out here, too?
Trainer: Uh, yeah.
Phoenix, Arizona
Trainer: You like the weather out here?
New girl: Yeah, it’s really dry… And, um, weird for directions and stuff, you know? Like, does the sun set in the west out here, too?
Trainer: Uh, yeah.
Phoenix, Arizona
Male grad student to female TA: Oh, hey! Congratulations on not fracturing your skull!
Geology Department
University of Iowa
Overheard by: Another Grad
Trainer: When you answer the phone, feel free to say something like “good morning” or “good afternoon.”
Trainee: You mentioned “good morning” and “good afternoon” but what am I supposed to say if it's evening?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Karen
Art teacher, looking at another eating Pringles: Pringles are the perfect chip, based on the texture, shape, and lines. They fit perfectly in your mouth.
History teacher: I don't know. If you asked me, I'd just prefer a Lay.
Teacher's Lounge
Marvell, Arkansas
Overheard by: They Let Me Teach Children
Professor #1, referring to box on front desk: What is that?
Assistant: Tetramethylammonium hydroxide.
Professor #1: What?
Professor #2: It's just a bomb.
Wichita, Kansas
Overheard by: Listening for Ticking
50-something woman on Stairmaster, to personal trainer: I've got the heart of a whore, and I want the body of a virgin.
Oakland, California
Student teacher #1: I have to write a unit on the book My Side of the Mountain.
Student teacher #2: What? Why are you teaching something called “mindset of a nun” to your kids?
Ford City, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lyndsay
Professor: … And so, if X equals three, then Y— [loud commotion out in the hall] … I’ve been a little jumpy ever since this one time when I got stabbed in class by a student.
Norfolk, Virginia
Overheard by: thinking about transferring
Prof: Questions, comments, concerns, snide remarks, songs, poems, eloquent discourses on the topic of your choice? No? Good.
Economics Class, East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
Teacher #1: My dad hit a deer once!
Teacher #2: Oh, really?! Did it die?
Teacher #1: Yeah, and it totally wrecked the car, too.
Teacher #2: My dad hit a cow!
Teacher #1: Oh… Well, my dad hit a whale!
Bexhill College
England
Overheard by: Corinne
