Which Was Not a Kodak Moment

Production assistant, after something crashes to the floor: Oh thank god, I thought you dropped a camera.
Editor: Nope. That was just my ball sack slamming into the floor.

Chappaqua, New York

Overheard by: I can't believe I work here…

Posted on February 16, 2009
Body Parts, Employees, New York, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

Or at Least Not Covered in Crisco Again

Copy editor: I'm just going to knock on his door and hope he's not naked.

Anaheim, California

Overheard by: Parakeet #1

Posted on October 9, 2008
Body Parts, California, Wishes, Writers and Editors

With Baby Kangaroos

Editor #1: Look at what my mom got me! A Chanel handbag!
Editor #2: Sigh. All my parents ever get me is jewelry!
Editor #1: Yeah, but this bag is really practical. It has pockets.

San Francisco, California

Posted on September 29, 2008
California, Compare and contrast, Family, Money, Writers and Editors

Little Did I Know It Was a Splenda Snickers

Editor (talking about diabetic colleague): So, around five o'clock he walks by and he's holding a candy bar–a Snickers–and I'm like, what is this? Suicide? If he goes into convulsions, I'm just going to gather my stuff and stroll out of here.

Newsroom
Stafford, New Jersey

Overheard by: inothernews

Posted on August 20, 2008
Default, Health & Hygiene, Meals and Snacks, New Jersey, Time Management, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

I Mean, It Was the Most Hilarious Exsanguination Ever

Writer: For some reason, I just don't feel bad joking about her death.

Augusta, Georgia

Posted on August 1, 2008
Compare and contrast, Death, Default, Feelings, Georgia, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

Is That a Tachometer?

Designer: You make it sound like I’m a used car.
Copywriter: I didn’t mean to. Nice dashboard, by the way.

Wausau, Wisconsin

Posted on July 23, 2008
Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Designers and Photographers, Wisconsin, Writers and Editors

I Knew We Shouldn’t Have Used That Stigmata Font

Copywriter: Man! Where am I bleeding from now?!

Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

Posted on July 10, 2008
Body Parts, Default, Health & Hygiene, Ohio, Questions, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

Colleagues May Reject the Defining Films of Your Generation. Get Over It.

Copywriter: I haven’t seen Mallrats.
Designer: What?!
Copywriter: Or The Goonies.
Designer: Have you seen any movie?
Copywriter: Those are the only two I haven’t seen.

Plum Street, Cincinnati
Ohio

Overheard by: Erica

Posted on June 11, 2008
Cinema, Coworkers, Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Ohio, Questions, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

Something Grew, Anyway

Editor #1: Is it fiction?
Editor #2: Yeah, it’s an adult book. I mean, regular fiction, not young adult. That always sounds so weird, adult book.
Editor #1, laughing: I know!
Editor #2: Like it was a little book that grew up!
Editor #1: … Yeah. Like that.

Murray Hill
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Posted on June 2, 2008
Age and ageing, Arts, Compare and contrast, Default, Design and Editorial, New York, Questions, Words, Writers and Editors

We’ll Need to Do It Now, But We Can Wear Bermuda Shorts

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

Posted on April 18, 2008
Bosses, Default, Design and Editorial, Offers and requests, Weirdness, Words, Writers and Editors

Writers and Editors