Toaster Strudel Is My Religion

40-something tourist woman: But is it beneficial for your toaster?
40-something tourist woman #2: Umm…do I really have to answer that?

Underground Mall
Montreal, Canadia

Overheard by: Yes, yes you do.

Posted on December 11, 2008
Canadia, Default, Food, Malls, Offers and requests, Questions, Technology, Tourists, Women

Dear Gays and Lesbians– Sure You Want This?

Sexy businesswoman on cell: No, I'll be here at the office for at least four or five more hours, honey. Love you. Bye. (sits down at bar next to young man and rubs his crotch) Husband's taken care of.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Posted on December 7, 2008
Default, Indiana, Infidelity, Jobs & Careers, Lies, Malls, On the phone, Suits, Time Management, Women

Wasn't Much of a Game for the Other Guy, If You Follow Me

Guy (looking around suspiciously): Yeah, well, it was a couple baseball bats really. Let's just say I was really in the game last night, so to speak.

Beachwood Place Mall
Beachwood, Ohio

Overheard by: Just Buying Votives, Sir

Posted on November 29, 2008
Default, Guys, Malls, Ohio, Weirdness, Words

In This Case, Even Dad Would Agree

(outside Abercrombie & Fitch)
Little boy, pointing at picture of shirtless male model: Look mommy, nipples!
Mother: Yes, honey, nipples. We aren't supposed to be looking at nipples.

Rockaway Townsquare Mall
Rockaway Township, New Jersey

Overheard by: We Aren't?

Posted on November 7, 2008
Default, Etiquette, Kids, Malls, Moms, New Jersey, Nipples

Oh, That's It— I'm Blocking BET!

Four-year old black boy, as security car passes: Run, mommy, run! The cops are coming!

Outside of Wal-Mart
Cortlandt, New York

Posted on September 23, 2008
Advice, Black people, Crimes, Default, Fears, Kids, Malls, New York

For the Last Time, Those Strippers Were There to Help Make a Quilt

Six-year-old boy: What happens at grandma's stays at grandma's!
Mother: Ssssshhhhhhhhh!

Wal-Mart
Grand Junction, Colorado

Overheard by: Vanessa

Posted on September 22, 2008
Colorado, Default, Family ties, Guys, Kids, Malls, Moms, Words

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

Malls