In This World There Are No Unmixed Blessings

Chick: I love going to the Jimmy Buffet concert, but every year someone throws up on my shoes.

In line at Kroger’s
Cincinnati, Ohio

Posted on February 2, 2021
Chicks, Gripes, Ohio

Now Who Wants Ice Cream?

Administrator (mumbling to herself): Maybe I should just fire everyone here. (opens a drawer) Oh, here's my spoon. Okay, maybe everyone can keep their jobs.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/431193022/its-my-special-spoon.html

Overheard by: spoon.

Posted on February 1, 2021
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Gripes, Jobs & Careers, Overheard in Minneapolis

And Don't Get Me Started on the Blood, Dawg

Pastor, placing a piece of bread in guy's hand: The body of Christ, given to you.
Teen girl, just in earshot: The body be stale, yo.
Teen girl's friend: I hear ya.

St. Jude's Church
Oakville, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Feebriel

Posted on January 18, 2021
Canadia, Default, Food, Girls, Gripes, Jesus, Religious fanatics, Sensory experiences, Teens

Said She’s Too Old to Start Wearing Pleather Again

Old lady to another: Mary started crying because she thought they were taking her back to New Jersey.

Pizza Shop
Lima, Pennsylvania

Posted on January 7, 2021
Fears, Feelings, Friends, Gripes, Old folks, Pennsylvania, Restaurants, US Geography, Women

Shouldn’t This Be Eleventeen

Statistics professor writing on board: I’ll leave the numbers out because I always get them wrong anyway.

University of Chicago
Illinois

Overheard by: too early for this class

Posted on January 5, 2021
Class, Education, Gripes, Illinois, Teachers, Weirdness

Using a Venus Razor Does Not Make You a Goddess, Ms. Pratt

English teacher: It’s a big responsibility to be a goddess, it troubles me all the time.

A.C. Flora High School
Columbia, South Carolina

Posted on December 25, 2020
Bragging, Default, Gripes, Pride, Religion, School [Elem., Middle, & High], South Carolina, Teachers, Women

All I Said Was, “Stop Doing It in My Class”

Girl: Are you seriously telling me how I should masturbate? When did you become a sex tyrant?

MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Posted on November 7, 2020
Colleges & Universities, Default, Girls, Gripes, Massachusetts, Masturbation, Questions

You’re Not Sure What to Bite Off First

Chick to friend: I really thought the chocolate Jesus with the giant dick would sell!

Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri

Overheard by: Carri Jo

Posted on November 1, 2020
Candy, Colleges & Universities, Girls, Gripes, Jesus, Missouri, Penis

Maybe You Could Throw a Few of Those Stalkers My Way?

Girl #1: I hate being stalked over Facebook. They’re also creepy guys that I’m not interested in. They are just wasting their time and mine.
Girl #2: It can’t be that bad, can it?
Girl #1: You don’t understand — you’re not pretty like me.

http://overheardina2.blogspot.com/2006/08/facebook-stalking.html

Overheard by: kolby

Posted on October 31, 2020
Biotechs, Gripes, Insults, Overheard in Ann Arbor

That’s the Fountain on the Right

Loud guy in restaurant: So, we were out shopping and there were all these women in burkas taking pictures of each other. How fucking pointless is that? It’s not like they’re going to look back afterwards and go, ‘Oh, look, there’s Doris by the fountain!’

England

Posted on October 22, 2020
Default, Fashion, Gripes, Guys, Religion, Stupidity, UK

Gripes