Coworker: Where's Qatar?
Office assistant in early twenties: The Middle East. It's where we were in Desert Storm.
Whole office: Oh, you were in Desert Storm?
Office assistant in early twenties: No no no no! I mean “we” as in… like… America.
New Haven, Connecticut
Overheard by: nick T.
CSR, about cleaning off his snow-covered car: I took care of myself at lunch.
Bedford, Massachusetts
Sporty employee: I have a swim meet and I'm not ready for it.
Wiseguy employee: Why don't you swim home?
Sporty employee: I would never swim in this water.
Wiseguy employee: That's not the talk of a champion!
Manhattan, New York
Male employee: Just came over to check and see how cool it is over on this side.
Female employee #1: It gets warmer the further down the room you get.
Female employee #2: You can sit under my desk, it's really cool under there, you can just have a seat all day.
Delran, New Jersey
Overheard by: b
Boss: At least we aren't in Tahiti!
Marketing guy: Tahiti?
Boss: Yeah, I heard they had a bad storm there.
Marketing guy: I didn't hear about that.
Boss: Oh… I think it was an earthquake actually.
Marketing guy: Uh-huh. You mean Haiti?
Boss: Yeah, that's it. An earthquake in Haiti.
Beachwood, Ohio
Overheard by: ~The Cleveland Kid
Ski instructor: Well, at least it's snowing today. Yesterday we had rain.
First time skier: Oh, so this is snow, is it? Not rain?
Ski instructor: Well, yeah…
First time skier: So what does rain look like up here?
Smiggin Holes
Australia
Overheard by: Emma
Boss to office: There's human waste in the air… It must be spring!
Marana, Arizona
Male coworker #1: Supposed to get up to fifty this weekend!
Male coworker #2: Yup.
Male coworker #1: Folks are gonna looooove that.
Male coworker #2: Yep. Especially the doctors.
Male coworker #1: What?
Male coworker #2: Yeah, cuz you know when it gets warm everyone takes off their coats and then gets a cold and they have to go to the doctor, and he gets to poke them in the butt.
Crane, Indiana
Overheard by: Dr. J
Female office manager, coming in from the rain outside: Ugh, now I'm all wet… and not in a good way.
Watertown, Massachusetts
