Office worker to receptionist: I would have been here an hour and a half ago but the goats got out.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Office worker to receptionist: I would have been here an hour and a half ago but the goats got out.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Middle-aged woman: How many years are in a decade? Isn't it eight? Or nine? Or something?
Oshawa
Ontario
Canadia
Newswriter to whole room: I've always wondered something. When they say the space shuttle is returning to earth on Saturday, is it also Saturday in space? Or do you think it's a different day up there?
Gainesville, Georgia
Overheard by: not sure what i'm doing here
Assistant copy editor, checking metro fares: A dollar thirty-five and fifteen minutes.
Senior copy editor, passing by: I'm going to have that written on my tombstone!
Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
Daycare center worker on phone: I mean, we've got a sombrero. We can do that Mexican thing…whatever month it's in.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Overheard by: George
Clerk #1: They said there was problems on the 4 and 5–what does that have to do with the 3? Where did the 3 go?
Clerk #2: They said someone threw themselves on the tracks.
Clerk #3: Did what?
Clerk #2: Threw themselves in front of the train–someone wanted to commit hara-kiri.
Clerk #3: Why they got to do that at this time of day? Why does everyone want to kill themselves during rush hour, but nobody wants to do it in the middle of the night, so we can all get to work?
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Innocent Bystander
Business user: So you're telling me that it will take six weeks to roll out this new bit of code to the stores?
Project manager: Yes.
Business user: This is ridiculous. Why can't we just have a set of rules that tells the systems what we want to do instead of inserting all this coding crap?
Project manager: Well, yes, we could do that.
Business user: Perfect! How long will it take to do that?
Project manager: About six weeks.
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: Firebabe
Assistant to boss: I need to leave early today for a dentist's appointment. Would that be okay?
Boss: Sure, is at 2:30?
Assistant: 2:30?? No, it's at 3.
Boss: Well, it should be at 2:30.
Assistant: Why?
Boss (chuckling): Because you're tooth hurty. Get it? Two thirty, tooth hurty.
Assistant: Are you kidding me?
Dallas, Texas
Boss #1: Joe said we'll meet about it on Monday.
Assistant: Christmas eve?
Boss #1: Well… Yeah, I guess.
(shocked silence)
Boss #2: Joe's Canadian.
Stillwater, Oklahmoa
Engineer: Welcome back. It's 2 pm. Where have you been?
Senior project surveyor: Oh, I had to go out drinkin'.
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: teh intern
