I Was Hoping to Avoid the Disney Store

Queer: I told you they wouldn't have nipple stars!
Girl: Why the hell would they not have nipple stars? It's a hot topic, they should have nipple stars!

Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: Shopper

Posted on January 24, 2010
Fashion, Girls, Nipples, Ohio, Queers, Undies, Weirdness

That Was the Good News. The Bad News Was, I'd Swallowed It.

Girl to friend: And then, all of a sudden, everything became totally clear. It was like the clouds parted and I just knew. I knew where my purse was.

Columbia, Missouri

Posted on November 25, 2009
Compare and contrast, Fashion, Friends, Girls, Missouri, Stupidity, Weather

Presenting, the Deepest Person at Banana Republic.

Aspiring fashionista: What if I die today and regret that I never dressed up all the time? But if I worked at Banana Republic, I'd be forced to dress up.

BART Train
Berkeley, California

Overheard by: Kaitlen

Posted on July 19, 2009
California, Clothes, Death & dying, Fashion, Idiots, Jobs & Careers, Questions, Stupidity, Train

An Excerpt from How I Knew I Was Gay

Tween: Glitter isn't a color, it's an emotion.

Perth
Australia

Posted on July 15, 2009
Australia, Compare and contrast, Fashion, Feelings, Tweens

If I'm Going to Rent Them Out, I Get to Make the Rules.

Girl in humanities course: I don't trust Chinese people with my eyebrows.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Amused college student

Posted on June 25, 2009
Body parts, Fashion, Pennsylvania, Students

…Aunt Brian Shops Here Before All Her Shows

Mother, digging through prom dresses on rack, to nine-year-old daughter: There's so much glitter here! Did you know that so many drag queens shop at Ross that they call it “cross dress for less”?
Nine-year-old, bored: I know…

Ross Dress for Less
El Cerrito, California

Overheard by: innocent bystander

Posted on May 7, 2009
California, Default, Fashion, Girls, Kids, Moms, Names, Questions, Stores, Women

…And Scuttling Away, Like a Hermit Crab.

Female shopper, surveying bathing suits: The crotch in this looks a little, uh…narrow. Tiny, actually. I feel like it doesn't provide full coverage.
Sales girl: I know. It's sort of the style now, though.
Female shopper: What do you mean, “style”? My labia showing?
Other shopper, walking up: Yeah, I agree. I don't want my vagina suddenly falling out at the beach.

American Apparel, Capitol Hill
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Celessa

Posted on April 1, 2009
Clothes, Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Employees, Fashion, Feelings, Girls, Questions, Stores, Vagina, Washington, Words

Is That What You Call Your Vagina?

Cashier to woman buying lots of sex toys and lingerie two days after Valentine's Day: Sweetie, you're a little late for Valentine's Day.
Woman: No matter. It's always a good time to freshen up the prop closet.

Touch of Romance
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: awesome

Posted on March 26, 2009
California, Clothes, Default, Employees, Fashion, Holidays, Stores, Toys, Women

And Lip Rings Are Less Work Than Babies

Customer to cashier with lip rings: Okay, two questions. One, did that hurt?
Cashier: Um, not as much as I thought it would.
Customer: Second question, why did you do that?!
Cashier, speechless: Uhm…honestly…
Friend of customer: Ah, hell man, because she likes it. Shit!

Music Store
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: I've got metal in my face too…

Posted on March 18, 2009
Colorado, Customers, Default, Employees, Fashion, Friends, Insults, Questions, Stores

Like All Strippers

Teen #1: And we can decorate it!
Teen #2: With glitter and sparkles?
Teen #1: Gawd, you are like a deprived five-year-old.

Fullerton, California

Overheard by: Does glitter make you younger?

Posted on March 2, 2009
California, Compare and contrast, Default, Fashion, Kids, Questions, Teens

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