Portrait of the Social Worker As a Young Girl

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

Posted on September 14, 2018
Default, Girls, Gripes, Kids, New Hampshire, Offers and requests, Parenting, Stores

Sweetie, We’re Not Rich Enough for You to Be Eccentric

Little girl to mom: Umbrellas are some of my dearest friends!

Chinese restaurant
St. Louis, Missouri

Posted on August 27, 2018
Kids, Missouri, Relationships

Did He Ever Think That Some Of Us Wanted to Be Left Behind?

Five-year-old little boy to grandmother: If I ever meet George Bush, I'm going to kick him in the balls.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/309168161/better-wait-a-few-years-or-youll-just-get-his-kneecaps.html

Overheard by: trying not to laugh parent

Posted on August 22, 2018
Balls, Family, Glad the condom broke, Kids, Overheard in Minneapolis, Politics, Threats

Ad: This Message Brought to You by the Society for the Prevention Of Children

Father, dragging boy for being naughty: I have had enough of this! You're a horrible child!
Son: But I won't do it again, I promise! (cries hysterically)
Father: Yes, you said that 13 times ago, but you still do it! You're a horrible boy, so we're going to disown you.
Son: Nooooo!
Father: Shut up.

Telford
England

Overheard by: nicmunn

Posted on August 21, 2018
England, Insults, Kids, Money, Parenting, Parents, Threats

And Fighting Scares Off Daddy's Dealer

Tough-looking guy with eight-year-old: Don't go over there! Dirty, gross stuff over there, dirty people go there.
Kid, climbing through railing bars: Druggies!
Dad: Don't say that around here! Daddy doesn't want to have to fight anyone.

Chinatown
Downtown Winnipeg
Canadia

Overheard by: al

Posted on August 20, 2018
Canadia, Dads, Default, Drugs, Family ties, Guys, Kids

No Worries– He Was Just Cutting My Brake Lines.

Frazzled principal addressing group of volunteers in library: Sorry I'm a little late everybody, I had to pull a kid out from underneath my car.

Weslaco, Texas

Posted on August 15, 2018
Kids, Stupidity, Teachers, Texas, Weirdness

Please Don’t Put Me Under Your Love-Handles and Carry Me Home

Young boy: I’m so hungry! Mom, I’m so hungry I could eat you! I’m so hungry I could eat a fat girl!
Mother: Don’t call people fat, that isn’t nice.
Young boy: I didn’t mean you.

Yavapai Regional Medical Center
Prescott, Arizona

Posted on July 31, 2018
Arizona, Default, Food, Gripes, Kids, Moms, Parenting

You're As Big a Disappointment As Your Mother!

Elderly lady to six-month-old baby: Now, I want you to say nice and clearly, “here I am, grandmother,” when I ask you where you are.

Oxford
England

Posted on July 28, 2018
Age and ageing, Bringing it back to you, Family ties, Kids, Old folks, UK

Really Brought Down Property Values

Large black woman: They were the finest people on the block, but man, were their kids ugly!

Kohl's
Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Overheard by: Jyoshiki

Posted on July 25, 2018
Beauty, Black people, Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, Kids, New Jersey, Women

And You’re Okay with This Apartheid?

Kid: I want Skittles.
Mom: We have M&Ms at home. We don’t need any more candy.
Kid, after long pause: The Skittles telled me they’re lonesome. They want to go home and see their friends, the M&Ms.
Mom: Nice try, but no… Skittles and M&Ms don’t frequent the same social circles, anyway.

Kroger
Lexington, Kentucky

Overheard by: He-Man Skittle-Haters Club

Posted on July 21, 2018
Candy, Kentucky, Kids

Kids