Malls

Puberty Should Be Fun

Precocious five-year-old girl: Lipstick! Lipstick! I want lipstick!
Harried mother: Okay, fine, you can pick out one lip gloss. But your father will get really mad if he finds out, because he says…
Precocious five-year-old girl: I know, he says, “we shouldn't waste money, blah blah blah…”

Target Cosmetics Section
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Becca

Posted on September 20, 2008
Default, Fashion, Georgia, Girls, Kids, Malls, Moms, Money, Parenting, Wishes

You Don't Even Want My Boobs?

Adopted Chinese daughter: I just wish we looked more alike.
Mother: Aw, you wish you looked more like me?
Adopted Chinese daughter: No, I wish you looked more like me.

Mall
Washington, DC

Overheard by: kellerz

Posted on September 18, 2008
Asians, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Kids, Malls, Moms, Washington, DC, Wishes

Isn't That the Title of a Kanye West Song?

Man in mall: Excuse me, where can I hail a taxi?
Mall employee: This is Vermont, dude.
Man in mall: There has to be taxis. There are roads, aren't they?
Mall employee: Nope, no taxis. But lots of guns.

Rutland, Vermont

Overheard by: MeggerzDotCom

Posted on September 13, 2008
Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Employees, Malls, Offers and requests, Public transportation, Questions, US Geography, Vermont, Violence

Later, They'd Collaborate on a Paper About the Post-Structural Significance of the Poorly-Constructed Leopard-Print Tanktop

Middle-aged woman to friend, exiting Forever 21: Well, that was a foray into a subculture we're not familiar with.

Kenwood Mall
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: Lisa

Posted on September 9, 2008
Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Friends, Malls, Ohio, Women