Violence

Elderly overweight coworker: Yes, it was expensive to take a taxi one city block everyday, but I didn't want to get raped.
Young uncomfortable male coworker: No, I don't blame you.

Scarborough
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: not a rapist

Photographer: You can’t just leave and not tell anyone. You guys left and no one was here to help.
First assistant: Look, I’m sick of you bitching at me about this petty bullshit. Don’t talk to me unless you’ve got something important to say.
Second assistant: Mom and Dad are fighting again.

2616 Industrial Row Road
Troy, Michigan

Cube jockey #1: Attack me now like how you are talking about.
Cube jockey #2: If I attack you horizontally, it will cut open your middle.
Cube jockey #1: I know. That’s okay. Do it anyway.

Santa Clara, California

HR rep: I thought we killed the dinosaurs!

Toronto
Canadia

Applicant, explaining multi-year gap in employment history: I got sent to jail for stabbing a guy twelve times, but it was bullshit.
Manager: Oh yeah?
Applicant: Yeah. I only stabbed him six times; I just had two knives in my hand. It was bullshit.
Manager: Hmm. I see.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Cube dweller: I can't discipline my children, they don't listen to me.
Boss: Nothing better than spanking a wet, naked ass.

Peabody, Massachusetts

30-something coworker to staff member’s nephew: So, you can get weapons… Can you also cast spells and do magic?
Nephew, playing a medieval computer game: Yeah. That’s called ‘Religion.’ Some people get really into religion, but I don’t. I just like killing stuff.

University of Sydney office
Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Wil Dog

Rite Aid employee #1: My friend died last year, he was really sick, it was sad.
Rite Aid employee #2: Yeah man, my friend from high school recently passed away too.
Rite Aid employee #3 (in a Dominican accent): Yeah, that happened to my friend too. Actually, he did not die. Someone killed him.

Rite Aid
New York, New York

Overheard by: Marie Ziskin

Loud guy in lobby: I mean, I love sharp knives a lot, but not that much. That’s just too much!

495 Metro Place South
Dublin, Ohio

Overheard by: Wondering How Much Is Too Much

Woman in line with unruly child: Now you stand there and behave! (two seconds later) Ow, don't you bite me!
Younger woman behind her: That reminds me, I have to pick up my birth control pills!

Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: Kevin