Counselor: Oh, I read about a blind couple that sailed to Australia without any assistance!
Secretary: They think it's Australia. Their kids just pulled them around the harbor for a few days, and took them to outback.
Tampa, Florida
Overheard by: Sandy Paws
Admin on phone with daughter: Sure, you can go to Puerto Rico with the Jones*. (pause) How far is Puerto Rico, anyways? (pause) It's not really that far, right? It's like, part of the US, but it's one of those things–like a stepchild.
Lutherville, Maryland
Secretary #1: I'm going to Atlanta this weekend.
Secretary #2: Cool! The city or the island?
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Vespertine
Boss: Where have you been the past week?
Agent: I went fishing with friends.
Boss: Why?
Agent: I love fishing with friends, and I took a vacation.
Boss: Listen, I love fucking and drinking, but you don't see me taking a week off to do that.
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Nicole
Woman in line: I want to go somewhere foreign this summer. How about Guam?
Cashier: Actually, Guam is part of the United States.
Woman in line: Ugh, these things change so often. We must have gotten it, like, a year ago, right?
Cashier: Actually, we've owned Guam since the 1800s. It sends a non-voting member to Congress, but they have no elector, so they don't matter for presidential elections.
Woman in line: Oh, thank god.
Rite Aid
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Grad student: So I think that the manuscript should be organized differently…
(advisor's phone rings, he has a quick conversation in Arabic)
Advisor: Goddammit, sorry. I hate when my damn Arab relatives call, they always want me to set them up with prostitutes for their trips to the United States.
Grad student: Uh…
Advisor: Anyway, where is figure 3 going in your paper now?
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Service rep #1: We went to that campsite for the weekend. We really had to rough it out there.
Service rep #2: Oh, yeah? Like how?
Service rep #1: Well, they didn't really have all the anemones.
Cranston, Rhode Island
Overheard by: Mercier3
TSA agent at security checkpoint: Ladies and gentlemen, please remove all liquids and gels from your bag! Take off your shoes! And pay attention to that jewelry! That's right, if you have too much bling, you will ring! Let's speed this up here, people!
Airport
Newark, New Jersey
Overheard by: PetRunner
Sales associate #1: So I might go to Japan.
Sales associate #2: You should go. I would be Japanese as shit.
Sales associate #1: The only reason I wouldn't would be to get my degree in pharmaceuticals.
Sales associate #2: Oh. You should do that. I always need drugs.
Clothes Store
Williamsburg, New York
Boarding agent: Last call for Felix Calderon, we're about to close the door on flight 2175. You've been waiting for it all day. (shortly after) Boarding has ended for flight 2175. Felix Calderon, you're S.O.L.
Bob Hope Airport
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Alan J. Pedersen
