# Overheard in the company cafeteria today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698 "2008-03-25T18:06:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/1 "2008-03-25T18:06:02Z")
We have a small cafeteria that probably seats 60 or 70. Most conversations can be carried on quietly and no one except those seated right next to you are going to overhear them. Our company has quite a few younger employees who are either married to each other or living together. Overheard this noontime Her: mumble, mumble, mumble. Him: [undertone of absolute horror mixed with heavy dose of W.T.F.? in 100 decibel tones] You’re going to wax your twat? Have you lost your mind![close undertone] The look on her face was absolutely priceless. As was the look on his face when it sank in that he hadn’t whispered to his beloved after all. I was really, really impressed with my coworkers. The chortling, giggling and snickering was kept to an absolute minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/2 "2008-03-25T18:09:09Z")
Well, I could see getting excited about it, but _not_ in a negative way. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/3 "2008-03-25T18:14:47Z")
Without the context, I would have assume he said it so loud to embarrass a coworker. I could see it being used between two males. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/4 "2008-03-25T18:33:08Z")
The context was everything. These kids are in their early 20’s, first real job after college. I suspect that she was planning on giving him a very, special treat. He was just overwhelmed at what she had to say. He’s in his cubicle with headphones on, ignoring everyone, trying to find a way to turn back time. She took the afternoon off. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/5 "2008-03-25T18:33:57Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Without the context, I would have assume he said it so loud to embarrass a coworker. I could see it being used between two males. [/QUOTE] You’ve heard guys call their junk a “twat”? [QUOTE=Fir na tine] She took the afternoon off. [/QUOTE] Of course she did. That’s not something you do over your coffee break. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/6 "2008-03-25T18:45:42Z")
The guy is obviously a hardcore conservative. Has an uncomprehensible love for bush. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/7 "2008-03-25T21:02:37Z")
C’mon, everyone knows that you spoonerize the verb and noun in a situation like that, to save face. Observe: “ **YOU’RE GOING TO WAX YOUR TWAT?! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!** _Errr_… I, uh… Ha! What I meant to say was, **‘YOU’RE GOING TO TAX YOUR WHAT?!’** _Ahem_, you see, April 15th is coming up fast, and I just wanted to be sure she had all of her 1040s, 1099s, and Schedule Cs in order. Heh heh, yeh…” Then you run. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/8 "2008-03-25T21:08:31Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] You’ve heard guys call their junk a “twat”? … [/QUOTE] No, but I could imagine some guys I know\* call another guy’s junk a twat. USED to know, really. ---
**Author:** ![NunOfTheAbove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@NunOfTheAbove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NunOfTheAbove)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/9 "2008-03-25T21:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] The guy is obviously a hardcore conservative. Has an uncomprehensible love for bush. [/QUOTE] You beat me to it… ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/10 "2008-03-25T21:51:32Z")
[QUOTE=NunOfTheAbove] You beat me to it… [/QUOTE] Nor did he beat around it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/11 "2008-03-25T23:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] No, but I could imagine some guys I know\* call another guy’s junk a twat. USED to know, really. [/QUOTE] Fair enough. I guess I can see that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overheard-in-the-company-cafeteria-today/442698/12 "2008-03-26T00:33:40Z")
It won’t do any good to turn back time or take the afternoon off. Fifty years from now this will be remembered as “Hey, you remember that guy and gal at X Company, the ones who…”