Gripes

Marathon runner #1: Yeah, I really like him, but he’s been in rehab since he was fourteen.
Marathon runner #2: All the best ones are.

Nike Women’s Marathon
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: shyinvisiblegirl was running with them just to hear this conversation

Frat guy: You ever been to the Franklin Mills Mall?
Bimbette: No! I live in King of Prussia! If I left King of Prussia to go to any other mall, it’d be like leaving Italy to eat at an Olive Garden. No!

http://overheardinphilly.blogspot.com/

Overheard by: impressed, she has a point

Girl walking through campus: I can't believe you, I'm sitting in my living room in nothing but a towel, with mascara streaming down my face and you don't even care!

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Overheard by: You sit on a throne of lies

Man: I just wanted to go to the cafeteria lady and say, ‘My children are not astronauts!’

Ted’s Restaurant
Virginia

Overheard by: Nic

Library worker #1: Do I have to lick it?
Library worker #2: … What?
Library worker #1: The envelope. Do I have to lick it?
Library worker #2: You could tape it, I guess…
Library worker #1: Great, because after last night, I am totally out of saliva.

Main Library, Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Property professor: They’re only on the land about 25 days a year, and they get full possession? ‘What the fuck?!’ as they say!

http://overheardinlawschool.blogspot.com/

Overheard by: sa

Gym bunny: Man, I feel like a beached whale! Mooo!

Gym, Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia

Drunken girl: I don't know, Luke, I'm just sick and tired of people who want to sit in their rooms and watch YouTube videos and eat sherbert.
Drunken guy: You don't like sherbert?
Drunken girl: No, I like it… but only with adventure.
Drunken guy: I wanted adventure. I feel kind of bad, though, that I didn't experiment enough.
Drunken girl: With what?
Drunken guy: With guys. I don't know, it just hasn't happened.
Drunken girl: Well, don't rush it. If you let it happen naturally, it will.
Drunken guy: But what if I don't like it? And say, “No, this isn't for me”?
Drunken girl: Let's go eat something.
Drunken guy: Sherbert?
Drunken girl: Yep.

Claremont, California

Dish hand: Did you fuck it all up again, chef?
Chef: Sure did.
Dish hand: You do this every fucking shift.
Chef: Yeah, but my wife’s hot.
Dish hand: That is not a valid defense!

Adelaide
Australia

Girl, frantically looking through fridge: Shit, I’m gonna be late for work… What the hell? Why is your rice in my freezer?
Boyfriend: Because then it will be happy and prosperous.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Nic