And Wouldn't Share!

Lady carrying huge crate of Girl Guide Cookies to campus rent-a-cop: But they're just kids! They were just trying to have fun!
Campus rent-a-cop, genuinely surprised: They were smoking pot on my campus!

McGill
Montreal, Quebec
Canadia

Posted on January 11, 2009
Canadia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Drugs, Employees, Food, Kids, Women

It Takes A Village

Driver to people leaving the bus at the university: Buh-bye, have a great day, kids. Enjoy your lessons…bye now. Do your homework. Work hard on your exams so you don't become a bus driver! Bye-bye, everyone!

56 Bus
Leeds
England

Posted on January 10, 2009
Advice, Bus, Bus drivers, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Employees, England

That's Where Everyone Does It, Isn't It?

Literacy lecturer with thick Russian accent: When you have a guest, you say to them “feel yourself at home.”

Monash University
Australia

Posted on January 8, 2009
Advice, Australia, Colleges & Universities, Default, Employees, Feelings, Words

Just A Small-town Girl // Livin' In This Lonely Worrrrrllld

H&M worker: Hi, how are you?
Customer: Great, thanks, and you?
H&M worker: I'm okay.
Customer: Only okay? You're listening to a Journey remix in H&M! These are great times!

H&M
Toronto
Canadia

Posted on January 7, 2009
Canadia, Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Employees, Feelings, Questions, Stores, Weirdness

Can You Prove Otherwise?

Nanny to 10-year-old girl: So, who commonly uses Celsius instead of Fahrenheit?
10-year-old girl: Penguins.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Overheard by: S

Posted on January 5, 2009
Animals, Default, Employees, Girls, Kids, Massachusetts, Questions

Or Dead– Whichever

Elevator repair man: Hey, I got a call that someone was stuck in the elevator.
Security guard: Yeah, but I haven't heard any more noise from her in like four hours, so I guess she's fine.

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on January 2, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Employees, Jobs & Careers, Pennsylvania, Stupidity, Weirdness

I'm Talking to You, Mary Todd Lincoln

Tour guide: Be sure to stay with the group. The rats are very large and can sense weakness within the herd. (gives hard look to four old women)

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Julia

Posted on December 26, 2008
Advice, Animals, Default, Employees, Sensory experiences, Threats, Washington

I Just Hadn't Met the Right Transsexual

Store clerk: Oh yeah, karaoke. I used to be totally into that shit back when I was gay.

The Video Underground
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Sam

Posted on December 22, 2008
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Massachusetts, Memory lane, Music, Sexuality, Stores

The Butterball Turkey Hotline Gets Flooded With Calls During the Holidays

Parking lot attendant on phone: Whenever I try to do that my nipples just get really stretched out.

Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina

Posted on December 19, 2008
Default, Employees, Nipples, North Carolina, On the phone

Would You Just Rob the Fucking Bank, Already?

Bank teller: (nods)
Customer: People have forgotten how to praise the Lord!
Bank teller: (nods)
Customer: Don't complain that you can't find a job! Praise god that there are jobs!

Bank of America
Palm Harbor, Florida

Overheard by: Serena H.

Posted on December 10, 2008
Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Employees, Florida, God, Jobs & Careers, Religious fanatics

Employees