Wishes

Loan officer: Things are uncertain in America. They want to cash out on their equity because things are turmoilous.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Quiet female coworker: I hope my placenta's huge!

Downtown Albany, New York

Overheard by: Oddly enough, I don't

Fellow intern: I think my goal for the next eight months in this company is to become a professional foosball player.

Yaletown
Canadia

Carrie Canyon Set the Bar Pretty High

Old drone #1: In my father's day all the men used to get in a circle and measure each other.
Old drone #2: Well, women do that stuff all the time.
Young drone: What?
Old drone #2: Yeah, don't you be askin' your girlfriends if somethin makes your boobs or butt look big?
Young drone: Yeah, but we don't sit there and see who has the biggest vagina. Gross!
Old drone #2: Yeah, well, you wouldn't want to win that contest.

Delran, New Jersey

Overheard by: Bruce Banner

Woman: Hopefully I'll have a few carcasses when I get home.

Norwich
England

Overheard by: Nat

Coworker on phone: No, no, they want to build a better mousetrap. We want to take the mousetrap, dismantle it, and build an aircraft carrier. It's completely different.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Melissa

CSR to client: You want the number 3 capitalized?

Oxford, Mississippi

Customer to pharmacy tech: I don't want you. I want the guy with goatee. Where's the guy with goatee?
Pharmacy tech: Nobody here has gold teeth.

Los angeles, California

Overheard by: Don't have either one

CSR to friend: So apparently my lymphedema makes me more likely to get cancer in the future…
Boss, interrupting: That's a relief. Not that I'd wish cancer on you. More the fact that you're more likely to get it than me. I like that sort of news. We need more of that around here! (walks off).
CSR's friend: Here's HR's number.

Newcastle
England

Overheard by: Trying to hide

Woman: My boyfriend wants the Florida Marlins hat with the swordfish through the ‘F.’
Man: You mean the marlin through the ‘F’?
Woman: What’s a marlin?

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Taylor