Gripes

Professor #1: Trying to crowd thirty-two students into a space meant for sixteen just isn't working.
Professor #2: Oh, really?
Professor #1: Is it at all possible to have the room reassigned without wading through the bureaucracy?
Professor #2: No, and that's why I always assign the thickest and most difficult readings in the first two weeks.

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardatyork/47010.html

Overheard by: Ian

Pained 20-something woman: Ouch! I hit myself in my already sore crotch with my overly heavy purse.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/07/leaving_women_everywhere_baffl.html

Overheard by: Dan

Hallmark salesgirl: My stomach really hurts.
Queer: Does your face hurt too?
Hallmark salesgirl (long pause): Oh my god, gross!

McLean, Virginia

20-something girl: Rehab totally sucks. The halfway house only has basic cable.

#16 Bus
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: unysmpathetic

Professor: Man, I'm sick of this lecture. Let's just leave.

Johnson and Wales University
Providence, Rhode Island

Overheard by: Misaki

Male student: I just… can't control my erections.

Library, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Girl: Oh my god, that is so slutty!
Guy: Not it's not! Sluts in unison aren't as slutty.

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Teen girl #1: Ugh, I get so gassy when I'm on my rag.
Teen girl #2: I'm just gassy all the time!
Teen girl #1: Ugh, I know.

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia

Brother: How come mom drives all the way to the mall to get you but I have to take the bus home?
Sister: I don't know, I guess she thinks it isn't safe.
Brother: Oh yeah, I forgot girls are helpless.
Sister: Uh, probably because I'm more likely to get raped and beaten!
Brother: Ooooh, look at miss popular.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Annoying daughter: Ewww, don't order broccoli pizza. That's gross!
White trash mom: Smell my armpit.
Annoying daughter: Okay!
White trash mom: Here, smell this one too.

Roma Pizza
Ocean City, New Jersey

Overheard by: grossed out