Food

Construction worker eating pizza: So basically, pizza is just glorified cheese on toast.

Hatton Garden
London
England

Overheard by: Katy Out To Lunch

Angry suit on phone: Listen, I don't care what you think, if you don't think I'm doing a good job, don't fucking ask me to work for you! (pause) No! No! No! I don't care, I'm doing more important things right now! (pause) I'm buying plant food!

CVS
Connecticut

Overheard by: Guy

Bored woman on cell: Wow, you have a lot of potatoes.

Airport
Salt Lake City, Utah

Overheard by: … What?!

Guy: She makes her own salsa, too! And God, it’s good. Almost better than sex with a stranger, though I wouldn’t know what that was like.
Girl: I’m also a salsa maker.
Guy, laughing: Well, hello random…
Girl: No, we were talking about your mom making salsa… Until your side-trip to stranger-sex-land.

Huntington Beach, California

Overheard by: Jeff

Wife in line at water ice stand: I want a gelati!
Husband: They don't have any gelati. What do you want?
Wife: I want a gelati!
Husband: But they don't have any gelati!
Wife, pointing to menu, where it says gelati: What's this?
Husband: Rules.

Ambler, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Gracie

Black girl on one side: We look like an Oreo!
White girl in middle (jokingly): Oh, is that a race thing?
Black girl on the other side: Yes.

Outside Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hipster guy: Hey guys, this shirt's 100% organic. This shirt's made outta food! (quiet pause)
Hipster guy's friend: That is like, amazing.

Clothing Boutique
British Columbia
Canadia

Overheard by: Lauren.

Cute, hungry 20-something: I love menus, they're like porn.

SEPTA Bus
Philadelhia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by:

Little girl looking at display of puffed wheat snacks: What’s the difference between puffed and fried?
Mom: Puffed is better for you, so you can eat more of them.
Little girl: But I don’t like puffed.
Dad: Puffed is gay.

Crossroads Market
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia

Overheard by: Laura

Old lady: Look at that cheese–such a pretty color! Like one of Hillary Clinton's pantsuits.

Santa Rita Cantina
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: Katie