Gripes

Dude: I may be bipolar, but she’s fucking crazy!

650 NE Holladay Street
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Too Many Papercuts

Three-year-old climbing on plastic Ronald McDonald: He’s not real! [Smacks his face.] He’s not real!

Walmart
Pleasanton, California

Overheard by: Stephen

Teen girl, to friend: I’m tired of being stuck with a bunch of 12-year-olds who think Knight Rider and Batman are the same thing!

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Indian entrepreneur: I am tired of listening to people talking. I want to listen to me talking.

http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/05/internal-dialogue.html

Overheard by: rich

Guy #1: We had to read Catcher in the Rye and Uncle Tom's Cabin last year! It was ridiculous!
Guy #2: Aren't they the same story?

Fauquier High
Warrenton, Virginia

Overheard by:

Black lady #1, after riding Superman: Did you sit on them tree sides?
Black lady #2: No, I didn't.
Black lady #1: You should've! You could see them motherfuckin' trees! And I was like “what the fuck!” I mean, I was cussing my ass off!
Black lady #2: So that was you?

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Emma

Law student: She just gets all boner-fied about civil procedure.

Mississippi College School of Law

Girl on phone: So, we had this bet that if the Patriots won, we were going to break up, so we were both hoping for that. But that didn’t happen, so now we’re just kind of stuck together.

Seattle, Washington

Eight-year-old girl standing on shopping carriage to mother 15 feet away: Do not leave your child unattended! (slight pause) Mom! Get over here!

Wal-Mart
Seabrook, New Hampshire

Overheard by: Amanda

Young girl, spraying perfume: These smell yucky. Who actually buys these, Mom?
Mom: Put those down. Those are for prostitutes.

Macy’s
St. Paul, Minnesota

Overheard by: ChasingDori