quotes from the street

“you’re about to deliver me a shit sandwich, aren’t you?”
overheard: London, UK
context: an exec to her manager whilst receiving feedback on her work

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“some people say, “tidy desk, tidy mind.” I say, “fuck off, you patronising fuckpiece. piles of stuff are AWESOME.”
overheard: London, UK
context: one man’s feelings toward his ‘process’

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girl: “i’m liking the outfit today, looking good darling ”
guy: “does it look like i’ve just been on holiday? because that’s a look i do quite well”
overheard: king’s rd, london
context: one sloane ranger to the other whilst greeting with a double kiss

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“hmmm, zat’s an exzellent idea. very good. it could have been MY idea”
overheard: Amsterdam, Holland
context: a german client to his agency in a meeting

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“sorry, i got out the wrong side of bed this morning, and mood is not being helped by people receiving a liberal sprinkling of retardation dust from the incompetence fairy”
overheard: London, UK
context: one colleague to the other over morning coffee in the kitchen

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“another day, another forty-six cents”
overheard: Vancouver, British Columbia
context: one man to another on the bus home from work

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Interviewer: “how do you motivate yourself through the more dull parts of the job; because we both know it can’t be exciting all the time”
Interviewee: “I sing to my self out loud”
(interminable pause – interviewer gives strange look)
Interviewee: “well not very loud – only enough so you can hear it if you’re really close by”
Context: College [...]

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“this week has asked more of me than I have been able to give it”
overheard: profero, london
context: one colleague to another on a friday morning

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