What With Mrs. Butterworth Morally Judging Me

Elderly woman: You know… It’s so hard to eat pancakes in the nude!

Winchester, Virginia

Overheard by: SB

Posted on September 13, 2022
Body parts, Default, Food, Gripes, Old folks, Virginia, Women

Is It Your Time of the Math?

Puzzled teen: I swear I’ve never seen so much math on a napkin before.

Women’s Bathroom, Wynkoop Brewery
Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: Bathroom Goer

Posted on September 5, 2022
Colorado, Gripes, Restroom, Stupidity, Teens

Are You in the Dark About Gay Sexual Slang, Dear Readers?

Gay husband to his husband: It's these Mexican circumstances. Everyone knows when you pass go, you collect $200.

Fairfax, Virginia

Posted on August 13, 2022
Gripes, Money, Queers, Race, Virginia

So It’s No Problem If I Stub Them Out in Your Eyes?

Angry security guard lady: Hey! There’s no smoking out here!
Smoker guy #1, wearing dark shades and not sorry: Sorry, we didn’t know.
Angry security guard lady: Well, there’s a sign right next to you.
Smoker guy #2, wearing dark shades: We’re blind — that’s why we’re at the Eye Center.
Security guard lady, laughing loudly: Hahaha! Well, okay!

Kellogg Eye Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: Ewan Macpherson

Posted on August 8, 2022
Biotechs, Gripes, Maladies, Michigan

I'm Suing for Breach Of the Social Contract

Smelly drunk in silent library room: You don't work for me? Man, no one knows that they work for me!

Public Library
Seattle, Washington

Posted on July 30, 2022
Drunks, Gripes, Washington, Weirdness

Last Time I Tried That, I Ended Up at the E.R.

Man gassing up his pickup truck to screaming woman inside: Goddammit, Delores, I cannot unfuck that woman!

Gas Station, Alabama

Posted on July 28, 2022
Alabama, Character, Gripes, Guys, Rednecks, Relationships, Weirdness

There’s No Need to Micromanage Me

Man to another in restroom stall: Let go of my ears; I know what I’m doing!

Nightclub, Oxford Street
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Claudia Rose

Posted on July 26, 2022
Australia, Gripes, Guys

No One in Paris Ever Pees on Walls or Sits on Steps

Enraged Frenchman to woman and son who is discreetly peeing on wall: What is wrong with you? Find a bathroom, this is a business! (starts walking away and then comes to a woman and her teenage daughter sitting on steps) And you two, get out! What are you, from the mountains? (to himself, walking away) Oh my god! I don't believe this!

Fira
Santorini
Greece