Coworker: Does anyone know where I got this Pop Tart?

Minneapolis, Next office cubicle row over
Overheard by No, but if it’s Brown Sugar flavored I’ll buy it from you for 20 cents.

Woman in cube: You backed away from her.  What did she do? Pass gas?

Plymouth, The land of cubes
Overheard by what is that smell?

Woman #1: So, what are you doing for Thanksgiving?
Woman #2: I’m invited to my brother’s house and I’m invited to my sister’s house.
(pause)
Woman #1: So, what are you going to do?
Woman #2: Stay home.

Saint Paul, an office

Coworker to another: If you want, you guys could come over to my house and hang out while I take a shower.

Lakeville, The office
Overheard by Should I sit in the tub or on the toilet?

Overweight Coworker: I just downed that bag of chips like it was my job!

Minneapolis, Office
Overheard by Supposed to be in a weight loss contest.

Office worker explaining that an international website hadn’t shown Obama the winner yet at midnight on election night: They are, like, six hours ahead of us, so they should have known before us.

Minneapolis, Fifth Street Towers
Overheard by and she voted?

Woman in cube land: I’m a young cat. I’m a young MILF.

Plymouth, Office with too many cubes
Overheard by um, no you aren’t…

Co-worker on the phone: It’s like the old saying, I scratch my back, you scratch yours.

Chanhassen, office cubicle on Lake Drive
Overheard by scratchy.

Guy at the urinal: (rustling) AGAIN??? (seemingly endless urination sounds) Ohhhhhh that felt SO good!

Lakeville, The office mens room
Overheard by I sure hope he was peeing.

Guy in next in cube over: It’d be hard being a transformer.

Brooklyn Park, The cubefarm
Overheard by Holy Cats!

Co-worker #1: Why is Vogue on your Halloween play list?
Co-worker #2: Because all of those homosexuals in the video were wearing costumes.

Minneapolis, Downtown Office

Male co-worker: Well, maybe you should let them shoot you up with it?
Female co-worker: No, I don’t want to grow an unnecessary mustache.

Minneapolis, Cubicle Land, U.S. Bank
Overheard by Huh? As opposed to a necessary one?

Coworker #1: When John McCain wins the election, I’m going to go dance on North Side grave.
Coworker #2: What the hell does that mean?
Coworker #1: I don’t know, a grave of a poor person. Someone who’s poor?
Coworker #2: Wow. How do you even still have a job?

Eden Prairie, Office
Overheard by Somebody fire this guy already.

Co-Worker: What kind of name is Tinkleburg?  It sounds like someone is peeing and pooping at the same time.

Minneapolis, Office in Seward

Employee #1: So, we have to eat chicken ‘cuz if we don’t they will, like, over populate the world.
Employee #2: Oh my god, really? Well, I won’t eat eggs ‘cuz it’s like abortion.

Blaine Super Target
Overheard by Employee.

Older male co-worker after the overhead paging system made an odd noise: Sheesh! That was like a double dong.

Med City, Land of the pippettes
Overheard by special K.

Co-worker answering news tipline for political call: I don’t think that’s a crime, I just think that’s his opinion.

Metro Newsroom
Overheard by when will political season be over?

Coworker: I’m off everything else. A little Prozac will do me good.

Woodbury, 694/94
Overheard by Moving soon; she will be missed.

Older guy talking to co-worker in cubicle: When I was in New York for New years in, like, 1989, we saw some punk bands, but by then punk was getting blasé.

Minneapolis, Cubicle Land, U.S. Bank building
Overheard by Never seen a blasé punk show.

Coworker who just ended call: I don’t think he wanted to get off with me.

Brooklyn Park, The Cubefarm
Overheard by Holy Cats!