Two-year-old girl: I want a shot.
Mom: You ain’t gettin’ no shot.
Two-year-old girl: I want a shot.
Mom: You ain’t gettin’ no shot. They shootin’ your sister today.
Hospital Hill
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: I always wondered what went on in there
Four-year-old child, excitedly, holding mother's hand: My butt is burning!
Maine
Seven-year-old: Mommy, why is that man going under the train?
40-something woman: Because, sweetie, he works there.
Seven-year-old: He works under the train?
40-something woman: Yes, sweetie.
Seven-year-old: When I get older I wanna work under a train.
40-something woman: Nice, maybe you can pay for my funeral. Not like your older brother…
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Malina
Little girl to mother: Mommy, where's Aladdin?
Mother: He'll come soon, sweetie.
(repeats this for ten minutes)
Little girl, seeing Aladdin on the stage: Who is that?
Mother: Aladdin.
Little girl: Where's Jasmine?
Adventure Theater
Anaheim, California
Biking mom to obviously struggling son: Why are you so weak?
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/with_the_support_system_he_has.html
Overheard by: also struggling
Young girl, spraying perfume: These smell yucky. Who actually buys these, Mom?
Mom: Put those down. Those are for prostitutes.
Macy’s
St. Paul, Minnesota
Overheard by: ChasingDori
Young boy: I’m so hungry! Mom, I’m so hungry I could eat you! I’m so hungry I could eat a fat girl!
Mother: Don’t call people fat, that isn’t nice.
Young boy: I didn’t mean you.
Yavapai Regional Medical Center
Prescott, Arizona
Child runs out into busy parking lot.
Mom: Careful! There are old people driving!
Overheard by: Eric Smith
Daughter: You know, they should put up a warning sign at that camp. “Warning: do not hook up with each other, you are probably second cousins. You will have mutant babies.”
Mother: But they're already mutants, so it's okay.
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Christianne
Mother weighed down with shopping bags: Mummy needs a coffee now, honey.
Six-year-old daughter: But Mummy, I wanna look at–
Mother: –Mummy needs coffee or she will die.
Greensborough Plaza, Main Road
Greensborough
Australia