Peon #1, reading spam title out loud: “…all wet and pink…”
Peon #2: Are they talking about a flamingo?
Palmer Street
Missoula, Montana
Peon #1, reading spam title out loud: “…all wet and pink…”
Peon #2: Are they talking about a flamingo?
Palmer Street
Missoula, Montana
Coworker #1: Yeah, we should go ahead and fix that. Then, when we’re done, we could dance around it like pagans.
Coworker #2: What? I don’t even know what to say to you sometimes.
Coworker #1: Just stand back and pity my mother.
Washington, DC
Peon #1: But you don’t drink that coffee.
Peon #2: I just want something down my throat.
Peon #1: Oh, you shouldn’t say that.
Peon #2: I mean I just want something warm down my throat.
Peon #1: You shouldn’t say that either.
Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, California
Radio commercial: Next time you’re in the shower, take a look at that caulk!
Office worker: What?!
Peters Brook Dr
Hooksett, New Hampshire
Investment broker: My kid’s a socialist. He’d rather hang out with his friends than ski with us.
Portland Square
Portland, Maine
Editor-in-chief, about how urgent a specific task is: Fairly urgent, but in a leisurely sort of way.
Mississauga
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Confused, but in an understanding sort of way
Very serious ditzy receptionist: On project runway last night, I picked the winner and loser of the challenge and the order everyone was going to be called out before Heidi even called them.
Receptionist friend: You rock.
Very serious ditzy receptionist: I know. [pauses] But that doesn’t mean I’m made of stone.
Columbus, Ohio
Editor-in-chief: So I can’t say “pubic” on one of our editorials?
Opinion editor: No.
Editor-in-chief: And you won’t let me say “Anal osculation?”
Opinion editor: No!
E Pratt St
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Working at
Female coworker #1: What did you do at the tailgate party?
Male coworker: I just started playing beanbags with some random people.
Female coworker #2: Hey, have you ever heard of a game called Redneck Horseshoes? It’s sort of like beanbags.
Male Coworker: No, I haven’t heard of it.
Female Coworker #2: Oh, it must just be a Missouri thing.
Female Coworker #1: That’s sounds more like a Missour-ah thing.
Female coworker #2: Missour-ah…where’s that?
Female coworker #1: You know. Everything that’s not St. Louis.
Female coworker #2: Is that a state, or a city or something?
West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois
Prospective intern #1: So, how was it?
Prospective intern #2: Dude, he mentioned EBTIDA so many times that I got a boner.
Broad Street
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Lloyd Blankfein
