Mango: Nobody Touch Me!

Lady on PA system: United 119 passengers can claim their baggage at carousel D… D as in delicious. Delicious mango. Delicious, delicious mangoes.

Logan International Airport
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: John Y

Posted on December 27, 2025
Advice, Airports & flights, Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Fruit, Massachusetts, Offers and requests, Public transportation, Sensory experiences, Weirdness, Women, Words

Repeat: Shoe Destruction Is Imminent

Announcement over PA system: If any patients have left their shoes in reception, please come and collect them before they are destroyed.

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardlondon/19000.html

Overheard by:

Posted on October 30, 2025
Advice, Default, Employees, England, Overheard in London's Journal, Shoes

Guns Don’t Kill Old People; Florida Does

Customer: I want that shirt. The one with the cool-looking gun on it.
Employee: Gun? Dude, that’s Florida…

Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on September 26, 2025
Customers, Employees, Massachusetts, Stupidity

And We’re Fresh Out of Gym-Sock Substitute

Employee to another: You gotta stay focused! He’s gonna run out of meat! You’re letting him run out of meat!

McDonald’s
Asheville, North Carolina

Overheard by: Mrs. BigMac

Posted on October 31, 2024
Advice, Employees, North Carolina

Cowering in Surrender?

Newbie: How do I know when the French toast is done?
Supervisor: When it looks like French toast.

Oceanview Terrace dining hall, UCSD
San Diego, California

Posted on October 23, 2023
Bosses, California, Colleges & Universities, Employees, Food, Questions, Time Management

People Who Work in DC Think There’s a Law Against Bad Weather

Office whiner: The weather conditions in here are unacceptable.
Manager: Huh?
Office whiner: This office has been climatically compromised, and I have to go home to be warm, and with full pay.
Manager: Sorry, that’s not an option.
Office whiner: Well, then I deserve hazard pay for working under these conditions.
Manager: Again, I’m sorry, but that’s not going to happen.
Office whiner, agitated: Well, fine! But I don’t like being cold! [Stomps off to cube.]Manager: Neither do I.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/

Posted on September 22, 2023
Eavesdrop DC, Employees, Gripes

Don’t Go Pulling That String in This Country

Pushy rug salesman: Look at these beautiful rugs! How great would they look in your home?
Woman: Yeah, you know, I don’t really need a rug…
Pushy rug salesman: Well, nobody needs a rug!
Woman, angrily: Well, then why are you selling them, sir?!

671 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: I don’t really need a rug, either

Posted on September 12, 2023
California, Employees, Shopping

Debbie Does Dallas, Eh?

Bar manager: So, did you watch that film I gave you?
Bouncer: Yeah, man — I couldn’t get past the opening credits without a box of tissues.

Bar
Westchester, New York

Overheard by: Tom

Posted on June 30, 2023
Bosses, Employees, Movies, New York, Questions, Words

Instead, I’ll Discuss Your Pain With This Complete Stranger

Boyfriend to gas station attendant: She slept with the entire football team in high school.
Girlfriend: Maybe, but I still wouldn’t have slept with you.
Boyfriend: Yeah? Really? How’s your butt feel? Ha! I haven’t even told my friends about that yet!

Richmond, Virginia

Posted on June 23, 2023
Ass, Backdoor, Bragging, Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Couples, Default, Employees, Girls, Guys, Questions, Sensory experiences, Sexuality, Virginia

So “Oreo Cook” Isn’t a Racial Slur?

Girl: I’ll have the chocolate peanut butter car crunch.
Cashier teenage boy: Ummmm… Yeah, the “car” actually stands for “caramel”.

Gelato Spot
Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: Fake Blonde

Posted on May 23, 2023
Arizona, Candy, Customers, Employees, Girls, Guys, Teens, Wishes, Words

Employees