Feelings

Architect, describing high school renovations to student body: And these will be new bathrooms.
Boy: Fuck yeah! New bathrooms!
(thunderous applause)

St. Joseph, Michigan

Guy on wheelchair to person standing next to him: I've never really been into downers.

Outside Mayan theatre
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Astrid

Chick to friend: Oh, yeah, this doesn’t look suspicious. A taco wrapped in a Dollar Tree bag, a baby, and a grill lighter.

16th Street Mall
Denver, Colorado

Little girl: You don’t like me!
Mother: If I didn’t like you, I’d throw you in the dumpster.

North Branford, Connecticut

Cheerful student: Cheer up! It's going to be okay.
Glum professor: Says who? You?
Cheerful student: Yes!
Glum professor: But you don't know anything.
Cheerful student: True!

UC Berkeley School of Journalism
California

Boyfriend: Remember when you used to love me?
Girlfriend: Yeah…
Boyfriend: That was nice.

Mall
Biloxi, Mississippi

Overheard by: good times

20-something hippie blonde: What can I say? I love humping people!

Tenley Town
Washington, DC

Poetry girl: I've been so depressed all weekend.
Poetry guy: Well, why have you been so depressed?
Poetry girl: I wrote this poem about divorce, so I was thinking about divorce all weekend, and it just made me so depressed.
(long pause)
Poetry girl, loudly: Can you tell me about the human condition? I mean, can you really tell me about the human condition?

George Mason University
Fairfax County, Virginia

Overheard by: The Bu

Teen girl #1: Hey, you know the chubby girl in chorus, right?
Teen girl #2: Elizabeth?
Teen girl #1: No, I’m talking about the whale.
(teen girl #1 makes elephant noises)
Teen girl #2: The one that laughs like a jackal?
Teen girl #1: Yeah, her!
Teen girl #2: Oh my god, I love her.
Teen girl #1: Me too! She’s great…

Tallahassee, Florida

Overheard by: Drama Eavesdropper

Girl: Ever since I started making an effort to look good for school, I've felt so good about myself. Now, people are calling me! (pause) For sex.

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/11/25/hi-is-this-cindy-yeah-im-in-your-math-class-wanna-fuck/

Overheard by: Sherbrooke