Woman #1: How do you spell ‘rarely’?
Woman #2: R‑A-I-R-L-E‑E… Here, maybe I should fill that out.
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Overheard by: office dog
Archive for the ‘Doctor's office’ Category
Tonight’s Movie: P.S.– I Oven You.
High school girl to friend: History is my favorite subject, my favorite is the holocaust…I love the holocaust!
Dentist Office, Korea Town
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: anon
But Not As Good As the Cucumber, or the Remote Control
Doctor: Okay, we’re going to give you an iron shot.
Nurse: Roll over on your side. Okay, you’re just going to feel a little prick in your butt.
Patient: Better than the finger that was up there earlier!
ER
Newport Beach, California
Now How About a Nice Tranq Dart?
Confused elderly female patient, trying to punch staff: If you kill me, my family will hunt you down and take all your money!
Nurse’s aide, trying to clean up patient: Yeah, we hear that a lot.
Hospital
Burlingame, California
Trust Me– I Saw It on Ellen.
Nurse: We had the father bless the house when we moved in, but weird stuff keeps happening. I don’t think the spirits are happy.
Secretary: Happy? You need the priest to exorcise your house! You want the spirits to be gone, not just happy!
Hospital
Burlingame, California
Overheard by: Just here for the paycheck
Which Is Sort Of Like Reparations…
Black woman, chuckling gleefully at bad financial news on tv: Oh, some white folks gon’ kill themselves now!
Medical Office Waiting Room
Chesapeake, Virginia
Overheard by: Ashleigh
Fair Enough. Solitary Confinement It Is, Then.
Newly admitted psych patient: I’m here because I’m crazy! What the hell is art therapy going to do for me?
Highland Park, Illinois
Kid’s Got a Point
Two-year-old girl: Fuck that. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Fuck!
Orthodontist
Gilbert, Arizona
Overheard by: KBizz
You Only Get Circumsized Once, Sweetie
Mother to four-year-old in doctor’s waiting room: Come on, Sam*, we’re next.
Sam: Are we seeing the doctor?
Mother: Yup.
Sam: (pause) Well, okay. As long as he doesn’t look at my penis.
Hurstbridge Medical Center
Hurstbridge
Australia
