Guy on phone: Yeah, I hate that. It’s like when someone tells you he has AIDS after the fact.
Columbus Circle
New York, New York
Guy on phone: Yeah, I hate that. It’s like when someone tells you he has AIDS after the fact.
Columbus Circle
New York, New York
Chick looking into her palm, then at thug nearby: Man, I’m a preschool teacher! Don’t sell me the wrong drugs!
Bar
Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Overheard by: her best friend
Angry girl to man: No! It was when you pulled down the top of my dress and exposed my breasts to everyone that it became a problem!
North Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Lisa
Liberated woman: I don’t know what I’ll do until I get married… I’m just so not into, like, doing taxes and stuff.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2007/05/classes-done.html
Overheard by: disillusioned
Drunk girl: I don’t need a man. I need a sex toy. Shit, I got carpal finger.
433 4th Street
Columbus, Indiana
13-year-old goth boy: Hey! You look like a hippie!
Hippie: Yeah…
13-year-old goth boy, offering hand: My name’s Jason*. I thought I should introduce myself since I said you looked like a hippie and all.
Hippie: Okay…
13-year-old goth boy: You know, you look like a Tim. I’ve got a friend named Tim who looks just like you, only his face is mousier.
13-year-old goth girl: Oh. My. God! That’s it! No snowball for you!
13-year-old goth boy: Christ! I can’t play with dead squirrels, I can’t talk to the hippie…! What the hell can I do?!
Snowball stand
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Amused Girlfriend
Sorority girl: Guys! Anybody! Help! I just woke up on a couch and I can’t find my jacket, my purse, my shoes, my phone, my wallet, or my gays!
Sorority house
Texas
Suit to another: She’s no fun with her shoes on.
Boston Common
Boston, Massachusetts
Chick #1: Girl, get off me. You know I don’t like hookers.
Chick #2: Yeah, well, I don’t like Chinese people.
Chick #1: Do I look Chinese to you?
Chick #2: I was just letting you know.
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/
Teen daughter screaming hysterically: Daddy, if you loved me you would have gotten me business class!
Ruffled dad: Are you fuckin’ kidding me?
Logan International Terminal
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: feeling conflicted in steerage
