Cube rat: I enjoy a good stapler.
Manhattan, New York
Salesgirl #1: Can you believe that shooting at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach?
Salesgirl #2: Yeah, it's the front page of the LA Times.
Salesgirl #3: I could really use a weekend getaway…I wonder if they are doing a shooting death discount.
Venice, California
Male coworker to another: I just couldn't pass up the chance to dominate you.
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Platinum
Boss to peon: Because I don't want you edgy. I want you your usual fuzzy self when I beat you up.
New York City, New York
Overheard by: happy she is always edgy
Bizarre cube dweller: Cornmeal, hamocks, gunpowder, and guitar strings. I mix it up and just sit, pray, meditate, that sorta thing. I found a great place, too. The problem? Ethel don't want to. Given our natural proclivities, we'd be out raping and pillaging if it weren't for that stuff.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: Cube Guru
Cubicle dweller on phone: If you are right, I will cut off my own foot and mail it to you.
Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Nikki
Assistant: My ass has taken enough punishment for one day.
Newcastle
Australia
Overheard by: At the next desk
Accounting peon #1: This pen leaks. I look like I killed a smurf with my bare hands.
Accounting peon #2: Which smurf?
Accounting peon #1: Jokey.
Accounting peon #2: Nice.
Westridge
Watsonville, California
Overheard by: Happens to me too.
Male officer: I’ve hit women before.
Female coworker: I bet you have.
Male officer: Prisoners. Like this one who tried to scratch me. I told her, ‘You’re not a cat, and I’m not a post. Now I’m gonna have to change your future.’
Newark, Delaware