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

Tall, Dark, and Bloodshot

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

Posted on October 17, 2020
California, Chicks, Gripes, San Francisco

Except That Living in Italy Could Be a Good Thing

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

Posted on October 8, 2020
Bimbettes, Frat boy types, Gripes, Overheard in Philly

You're the Worst Thesis Advisor Ever

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

Posted on September 28, 2020
Clothes, Colleges & Universities, Default, Etiquette, Girls, Gripes, Students, Virginia

So Stop Feeding Them That Freeze-Dried Ice Cream

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

Ted’s Restaurant
Virginia

Overheard by: Nic

Posted on September 2, 2020
Dads, Gripes, Virginia

Gripes