(at 11:11 am)
Admin #1: My clock is broken!
Admin #2: Really?
Admin #1: Yes, it's showing all ones!
Bedford, New Hampshire
Overheard by: Trapped In My Cube
(at 11:11 am)
Admin #1: My clock is broken!
Admin #2: Really?
Admin #1: Yes, it's showing all ones!
Bedford, New Hampshire
Overheard by: Trapped In My Cube
Girl at register: There's no time for crazy anal tonight. There's never time for crazy anal.
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Overheard by: but i like crazy anal…
Boss lady: So this list needs to be redone and given back to me. The deadline is July 1st.
New worker: But it's August 10th!
Boss lady: Oh, honey, you work for the Government now, nobody gets in a hurry when they work for the Government.
Raleigh,North Carolina
Shipping clerk: What time is it in Virginia? Are they ahead of us or behind us?
Shipping manager: They're to the right of us.
Shipping clerk: Huh?
Shipping manager: Virginia is on the East Coast. The same east that the sun rises on.
Shipping clerk (after some thought): Okay, so it's earlier there?
Shipping manager: No, it's later by one hour.
Shipping clerk (after a little more thought): How can it be later in Virginia if the sun is still rising there? It's been up here for a few hours now!
Des Moines, Iowa
Four-year-old boy: Mom…mom, I have to go potty.
Mom: Okay… Just a minute.
Four-year-old boy: Mom… Mom…I have to gooooo.
Mom: Okay…I said in just a minute.
Grandmother (standing up): I'll take him.
Mom: That's okay, I'll take him.
(grandmother turns away to sit down)
Four-year-old boy: Mom, I just gotta go to!
Mom: Okay honey… Just hold it for one second!
Four-year-old boy: Hold what?
Mexican Restaurant
Huntsville, Alabama
Overheard by: Melonia S
Elderly man, yelling at pharmacist: What the hell do I need a 90-day supply for? How do I know I'm going to live for another 90 days? Change this to a 30-day supply. If I need more, I'll come back!
CVS Pharmacy
Long Beach, New York
Overheard by: Big Larry
Weird coworker: I found a lot of great trash this weekend.
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: huh?
Urologist: Can we do a time-out, please?
Nurse: Mr. Henderson* is here for a cystoscopy. You've seen this patient before.
Urologist: I've never heard of him. (uncovers the field) Hmmmm. I don't remember the patient's name, but I have seen this penis before.
Hospital, Virginia
Overheard by: CJ Wiretap
Office worker: After my father died I needed something to fill my head, so I thought “Oh! Celebrity doll collecting!”
Beacon Street
Newton, Massachusetts
Editor (talking about diabetic colleague): So, around five o'clock he walks by and he's holding a candy bar–a Snickers–and I'm like, what is this? Suicide? If he goes into convulsions, I'm just going to gather my stuff and stroll out of here.
Newsroom
Stafford, New Jersey
Overheard by: inothernews