“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

“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’

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

“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

“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

“another day, another forty-six cents”

overheard: Vancouver, British Columbia

context: one man to another on the bus home from work

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 graduate at first interview post uni

Overheard: London, UK

“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