Colleague: I just had a sense of perverse satisfaction in the gents toilets.
York
England
Overheard by: Yuck
Colleague: I just had a sense of perverse satisfaction in the gents toilets.
York
England
Overheard by: Yuck
Coworker: Hey, do you remember how big his package was?
Boston, Massachusetts
PR coordinator: How did that conference call go?
PR director: Well, I doodled a sketch of myself jumping off the top of our parking garage. So… not good.
Ad Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Mandorama
Admin on phone: …and the baby smelled like fried chicken!
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Burly custodial guy, spotting hand lotion in office break room: Oooh, jasmine! (puts some on his hands) The boys are going to be laughing at me today!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: calgon, take me away
CFO, looking for chocolate: It looks like a goddess with flaming hair or an upside-down horse.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Natalie
Grad student: A few months ago she said it was national bring-your-bunny-to-work day– which I'm pretty sure she made up…so when I walked by her cube she had the bunny in a makeshift fort between her purse and some binders. And the next time I walked by, eight members of the senior staff were sitting in a circle on the floor playing with the bunny in the middle.
Arlington, Virginia
Overheard by: Intern
Coworker: Hey dude, that's how I'm going to make my money. Cat exercise equipment.
Marshfield, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Mikaela
Large effeminate guy with German accent: These are the metallic pencils you do not have! (waves crayola box at employee)
Employee: Okay… Sir?
German guy: Do you know vat I am making? A portrait of Al Pacino! To really capture his manliness! Once I did a picture in charcoal but my art teacher said to really get the effect, I vould haf to burn it!
Joann's Fabrics
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: manybellsdown
