Words

Worker bee #1: Hey, did you notice Claire* doesn’t wear that green suit thing anymore?
Worker bee #2: No, I think she realized people were calling her Shrek.
Worker bee #1: [after a pause.] yeah… Yeah I can see that actually.

Civic Drive
Greensborough
Australia

Overheard by: it’s so true

Systems administrator: No, it isn’t a flowchart, it’s a chart that just happens to flow.

Aberdeen
Scotland
United Kingdom

Overheard by: Auditor in the corner

Developer, talking about boss: Yeah, and I was giving him crap because he wouldn’t come out with us because his wife’s gay… I mean pregnant!

State & Water
Peoria, Illinois

Overheard by: only girl in an office of men…

Boss: Who is this? You have to identify yourself — my hard drive is full!

Baltimore, Maryland

Coworker #1: So, did you hear that Keith Richards said the N-word in his comedy bit the other day?
Coworker #2: That’s a shame. I thought he was from England.

Missoula, Montana

Overheard by: Ray

Coworker #1: I have Popular, NipTuck, and Six Feet Under in my queue, but I’m really a movie whore.
Coworker #2: That’s good. Admitting you’re a whore is the first step towards actually getting paid for it.
Coworker #1: What the hell are you talking about?

Wausau, Wisconsin

Male employee: Well, I guess we’re the last ones here.
Female employee: Yeah, we’re like… the Lone Rangers.
Male employee: Oh, yeah? Who gets to be Tonto?
Female employee: I don’t know. Who was he, again?
Male employee: The Indi– Native American.
Female employee: Oh. Well, all he wore was a loincloth.
Male employee: That’s not gonna be me, then.
Female employee, looking down at her large breasts: It sure isn’t going to be me! … Besides, I’d rather be a horse… Look, that didn’t come out right, okay?

Scott A.F.B
Illinois

Overheard by: they overlooked me

Employee to another: Oh, is that the girl you put the rack on for?

Bike shop
Wantagh, New York

Overheard by: eviltwin

Suit: Why does she have to be a devil? Why can’t she be a demon?

375 Hudson Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Coworker #1: How do you spell ‘Awww’? [Sounds it out] Awwwwwww… O-W?
Coworker #2: A-H.
Coworker #3: No, A-W-W-W.
Coworker #1: A-W-A-W?
Coworker #2: I think it’s A-H.
Coworker #3: No. A-W-W-W.

Atlanta, Georgia