overheard from a coworker

"I hate all this University Lecture Series stuff. I mean talk about a waste of money. All people do is throw it away."

When working in a department that has no connection to the academic side of things, I shouldn't be surprised to hear something like this.

[Update: Said coworker just received an email from the staffing director requesting a meeting this afternoon. Now I have to overhear this conversation: "Do you know what? I think I'm getting laid off...pisses me off." I've heard it 4 times already in the last 3 minutes.]