Mom Still Reminisces Fondly About the First Visit from the Police

Girl: When I see small children, I feel like I owe my mother an apology.

Baltimore, MD

Overheard by: Ren

Posted on March 4, 2016
Etiquette, Family ties, Girls, Kids, Maryland, Parenting

Jacoby & Meyers?

Tween: I mean, who just calls to say, how are you, I hear you got punched in the face?
Mom: Totally…

San Diego, California

Overheard by: SaraSmile

Posted on January 22, 2016
California, Default, Etiquette, Moms, Tweens, Violence

Disconcerting and Yet So Right

Middle-aged shopper: There’s something so disconcerting about being poked in the tits by a kitchen fork.

Edmonton
Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: disgruntled shopgirl

Posted on January 17, 2016
Body parts, Canadia, Etiquette, Feelings, Sensory experiences, Sexuality, Weirdness, Women

New Yorkers-in-Training

Conductor: Ladies and gentlemen, we're stopped here because Amtrak's having signal trouble. They're working on the line, but don't know how long it'll take. We could be here five minutes, we could be here fifty minutes.
Loudmouthed commuter: I don't believe this–the same fucking thing happened on Monday!
Even louder commuter: Why the fuck you gotta use language like that?
Conductor: Ladies and gentlemen, let me remind you it is not the conductors' fault the train is stopped. We want to go home too, and we're stuck here on this train with you.

NJ Transit

Overheard by: Graceful Space

Posted on October 25, 2015
Employees, Etiquette, Insults, New Jersey, Public transportation

Yes, the Naked Guy in the Back –Question?

Professor: If you want to get drunk and run around your house naked in your free time that’s your own business, but you’re not going to do that at work when you’re in public.

Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, Colorado

Posted on October 20, 2015
Advice, Colleges & Universities, Colorado, Compare and contrast, Drinking & drunks, Education, Etiquette, Teachers, Wishes

Did That Come Out Of Me?

Woman in bathroom stall, on cell : … That’s just how it is… No, that’s my pee you’re hearing… Anyways, what did she say? Wait a second, I have to wipe…

Spokane Airport
Spokane, Washington

Overheard by: wish i had held it…

Posted on September 28, 2015
Airports & flights, Etiquette, On the phone, Pee, Sensory experiences, Washington, Weirdness, Women, Words

Theme Parks Are Quite Different in Europe

Loud, fat american teen: I have to take the biggest leak ever. Pause. And then I want to check out those hedgehogs.

Market in Freiburg, Germany

Posted on September 21, 2015
Animals, Default, Etiquette, Fat people, Germany, Pee, Stores, Teens, Tourists, Wishes

In Our Family, We Get Our Pornography from the Internet

Boy, holding bodice-ripper romance novel: Dad, is this a book for fifth-graders?
Distracted father: No. Put it back.
Boy: What is it?
Distracted father: Hardcore pornography. Put it back.

Fairwood, Washington

Overheard by: he was so hopeful