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January 31, 2005

the walls have ears

One of the questionable benefits of working in an office is that you get to hear all about other people's lives, either because they tell you, or because you overhear their conversations. From child-rearing advice; to heated phone arguments with husbands, boyfriends, mothers and bill collectors; to wedding planning--it all goes on while people are on the clock.

A new Web site launched this month makes the most of the bon mots that spring, apparently unattended by brain power, from the mouths of coworkers: www.overheardintheoffice.com. Give it a whirl.

To the list of astonishingly idiotic comments on that site, I add to this one:
"I hate straight people; they're ruining Adams Morgan."

Said to me by a coworker caught in the first giddy flush of the "you kept me in the closet but now I'm free" hetero-bashing ritual of the recently out. I did think to remind him that if it wasn't for us breeders he wouldn't be here to despise us, but I don't think it registered.

Posted by JudyLa at 06:00 AM | Comments (0)