Words

Project manager: I just plop on the best places I can plop on the calendars.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Sales girl: I’m a screw hunter, baby!

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Co-worker #1: So the new governor of New York is legally blind!
Co-worker #2: Yeah, and he’s black. And he’s something else too… Blind, black… And… What else?
Co-worker #3: What else is there?

Burlington, Massachusetts

Woman #1: So is it a booty call if you only have sex some of the time?
Woman #2: No, it’s worse.

3600 Port of Tacoma Road
Tacoma, Washington

Reporter #1: So, I was interviewing her about what she was going to do next, and she said she hoped she’d just get, you know, a Joe Blow job.
Reporter #2: You’re not going to put that in the story, are you?
Reporter #3: Where can I find this Joe?

149 Penn Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: I just work here

Cube rat #1: Hey, come look at this! The way Firefox cuts off the wording on my tab spells out “web anal”!
Cube rat #2: What? What are you talking about?
Cube rat #1: Seriously. Instead of “web analytics,” it just says “web anal.” that cracks me up!
Cube rat #3: Hey, I'm actually with him on this one. I'm looking up a recipe right now to make my girlfriend for dinner, and coincidentally my tab says “basil bals” for “basil balsamic vinaigrette.” You gotta admit it's funny.
Cube rat #2: You two have no idea how much I hate you guys.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Whitest white girl talking to black store manager: You will see me at your store, fo' sho'… Er… for sure.

Hawthorne, New York

Insurance coordinator on phone: I received your mold report and just for future reference, “caulking” is not spelled “c-o-c-k-i-n-g.”

Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Kanee

Legal secretary: And then the phone calls started to peter out.
Paralegal: What? Peter? As in “dick”?
Legal secretary: No! “Peter out” means “to come slowly to an end.”
Paralegal: Oh. (pauses) Still sounds a lot like a dick.

Greenwood, South Carolina

Overheard by: Wondering if everything has to be naughty

Tech guy: I need to update your microscope software, have you seen the dongle?
Grad student: Um… Excuse me?
Tech guy: I need to plug the dongle in to get access to your machine.
Grad student: Uh… What would… That… Look like?
Tech guy: Oh wait, never mind, I see it. Thanks!
[Tech guy leaves.]Grad student, to undergrad nearby: What the hell was he talking about?
Undergrad: I don’t know, but I feel like we were about ten seconds away from being in a very nerdy porno.

North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat