You're Right, That Is U.S. Foreign Policy

Waitress talking in the kitchen: I'm going to come back there and smack you till you smile. (now sings loudly) I'm going to come back there and smack you till you smile!

International House of Pancakes
Kansas

Posted on August 14, 2015
Default, Employees, Kansas, Restaurants, Violence, Weirdness

Early Elvis or Fat Elvis?

Clerk to another: And I woke up two days later by the pool, with Elvis.

Campmor
Paramus, New Jersey

Overheard by: Russ

Posted on August 13, 2015
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Names, New Jersey, Weirdness

This Would Be a Lot Less Creepy If You'd Take Off the Nixon Mask

Driver, with boat in tow: How much?
Toll booth operator, in a sing-songy tone: Seven-fiftyyyyy!
Driver: What?
Toll booth operator, sing-songy: Highway robberyyyyy!

Toll Booth, Florida Turnpike
Sunrise, Florida

Overheard by: Broke Commuter

Posted on August 6, 2015
Conductors, Crimes, Employees, Florida, Money, Questions, Singing, Weirdness

The New York Knickerbockers?

Employee: Any plans that start with ‘knickerbockers’ and end with ‘amaretto’ sound great to me!

Barnes & Noble
Orland Park, Illinois

Overheard by: me, too

Posted on August 4, 2015
Employees, Illinois, Words

I'm Writing You a Prescription for the History Channel

Customer: Excuse me. I just have to know, are you Polynesian?
Worker: No, I'm Native American.
Customer: Oh. Where are they from?

Utah

Posted on July 29, 2015
Customers, Default, Employees, Geography, Questions, Stupidity, US Geography, Utah, Weirdness

But I Told You Not to Call Me at Work, Grandma

Salesclerk: Your total is $1.81. [Into her cellphone.] Don’t worry, girl, I am listening to yo’ hideous self!

Lawrence, Kansas

Overheard by: kerblammerz

Posted on July 23, 2015
Default, Employees, Etiquette, Guys, Insults, Kansas, Money, On the phone, Stores

He Left, While Singing, “Everybody Was Kung Pao Fighting…”

Guy on phone: Yo, g, I'm gonna go out to the club and get me some Pad Thai chicken. Hell yeah, you know what I'm talking about. K, peace.
Paralegal: What the fuck? Why Pad Thai? Why not Kung Pao?
Guy: Cause I don't want all that attitude up in my chicken. I want my chicken to sit down and shut the fuck up!
Paralegal: Get out of my office.

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on July 21, 2015
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Food, Girls, Guys, Illinois, Offers and requests, On the phone, Questions, Wishes

My Contract Doesn't Permit Me to Draw Any Conclusions

Guy with chocolate bars: Are these really two for two dollars?
Wal-Mart cashier: All I know is they're a dollar each.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/402280353/you-cant-buy-that-kind-of-knowledge.html

Overheard by: ellie.

Posted on July 15, 2015
Employees, Food, Money, Overheard in Minneapolis, Shopping, Stupidity

So Just Swear to Me You Aren't a Terrorist, and I'll Let You Through.

Poor overworked guy at counter: Please pardon my ignorance. My computers have collapsed, and that means my brain doesn't work anymore.

International Airport
New Orleans, Louisiana

Overheard by: Meaghan

Posted on July 14, 2015
Airports & flights, Body parts, Employees, Louisiana, Stupidity, Technology

At Least There's No Violin Shortage

Starbucks employee: Actually, most of the stores in the city are out of soy today.
Pompous customer: Well, what am I supposed to do? Starve?

Starbucks
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Ho Lexington III

Posted on July 9, 2015
Bringing it back to you, Customers, Employees, Food, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, Stupidity

Employees