Overheard in the newsroom
  • T: Does anyone want to go to the Miss Universe press conference tomorrow?
  • N: I kind of do...
  • B: Why's it in Shanghai?
  • J: Because Shanghai's the centre of the universe.
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Intern: “You guys sure do cuss a lot in here.”

Assignment Editor: “Just wait until payday.”

- Overheard in the Newsroom

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Woman #1: Have you ever heard of Feng Shui?

Woman #2: I’ve heard of him but haven’t heard him.

—55th St & Ave of the Stars (via Overheard in NY)

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Source: “My daughter is considering journalism so I sympathize with your plight.”

Reporter: “Journalism is the only career I’ve ever heard called a plight… ”

- Overheard in the Newsroom

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Skinny girl to clerk: Hi, do you have a soy-based, non-dairy substitute for heavy cream?

—Whole Foods, Union Square (via Overheard in NY)

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Thug: Yo, shorty, lemme buy you something special at McDonald’s, show you I ain’t a cheap date… why you laughin?

—117th St & Lexington (via Overheard in NY)

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Reporter: “Why did you go into journalism?”

Coworker: “To report the goddamn news. What a quaint idea.”

- Overheard in the Newsroom

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Proofreader: ‘I swear… everyone in the world is turning into assholes who don’t know how to punctuate.’

- Overheard in the Newsroom

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(Intern does not show up to work)

Editor, to no one in particular: “Alright, after last night’s party, which of you took the intern home, this time?”

- Overheard in the Newsroom

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Suit on cell: It’s not that I don’t like people, I just think that they’re expendable.

—Union Square Cafe (via Overheard in NY)

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