Grumpies

Guy on cell, very angrily: Fuck you! (then suddenly calm) Well, that's what I was thinking of saying to her…

Brighton
England

Annoyed guy: You want me to talk to you during sex?! Let’s do it on the kitchen counter! That way I can make you an omelet, too, while we’re at it!

Cypress Run apartments
Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: likes it in the kitchen

20-something artist: She's pretty puritanical for someone who gets naked for money.

Portland, Oregon

Woman: You can’t lay a guilt trip on me! I was raised Catholic!

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardincali/27699.html

Bum women: Do you have bus fare? I need bus fare.
Woman: Sorry, I don’t have any change.
Bum: Well, fuck you, you fat, scheming, cheap bitches!

Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut

Cheerful student: Cheer up! It's going to be okay.
Glum professor: Says who? You?
Cheerful student: Yes!
Glum professor: But you don't know anything.
Cheerful student: True!

UC Berkeley School of Journalism
California

Office grunt: Valentine’s Day lunch is for people who are having affairs. I’ve worked every Valentine’s Day. The nights are all couples, but the days are all people who say they’re coworkers but then grab each other’s legs under the table.

http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/02/special-valentines-message-from-savvy.html

Overheard by: mk

Girl: I hate geese.
Guy: Because they’re Canadian?
Girl: No, the fat white ones. I hate them because they’re fat. And greedy.
Guy: Yeah, what’s up with that? They always run right up to you if you have bread.
Girl: And they totally harass the ducks, man!
Guy: Yeah, what the fuck?! Stupid geese. Fuck that shit, man. Fuck that shit.
Girl: Yeah!

http://overheardinthevalley.blogspot.com/2007/03/that-swan-lake-really-annoyed-hell-out.html

Professor: My job is pretty sweet. All I have to do is show up and talk about something I'm interested in. How sweet is that? It would be even better if I didn't hate all of you.

Columbia College
Chicago, Illinois

Flea market lady: I don’t see the big deal about sanitation these days.
Older flea market lady: I know. The other day at work I dropped a cookie on the floor, then picked it up and ate it. You know, just to see what people would do.

Flea Market
Burley Park, Michigan

Overheard by: Amanda