Mom, with neck tattoo reading “ape” to toddler daughter picking produce: Put that back. That is not what you think it is.
Wal‐Mart
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Kathyp
Mom, with neck tattoo reading “ape” to toddler daughter picking produce: Put that back. That is not what you think it is.
Wal‐Mart
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Kathyp
Mom to little kid: Shhh! She can’t help it if she’s fat!
Wal‐Mart
Tucson, Arizona
Mom: A 21‐year‐old girl from Oshkosh died today, but they aren’t saying how.
College daughter: A house blew up this morning… Well, a mobile home, actually.
Mom: And it killed that 21‐year‐old girl?!
College daughter: Well, no. They’re unrelated. Actually, I’m just trying to upstage you… But a house really did blow up.
Appleton, Wisconsin
Mother to teen daughter: And then you, me, and your aunt can mount the pillow like last time.
Wal‐Mart
Augusta, Georgia
Overheard by: Annissa
Mom to running, laughing child: Stop running! You can have fun when we get home.
Wal‐Mart
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Overheard by: shannon
Mom to child: Do you know what that is, honey?
Child: No.
Mom: That’s a mannequin.
Child (giggling): It doesn’t have a head!
Mom: That’s right. None of them do!
Iowa City, Iowa
Mom to little girl touching display: Honey, don’t do that! [Kid keeps doing it.] I said don’t do that! Do you want to go to Hell?
Little girl, scared: No.
Mom: Then don’t touch that.
Lansing, Michigan
Overheard by: the girl behind the register
Six‐year‐old girl: Mum, remember when we went on that airplane?
Distracted mum: Mm‐hmm?
Six‐year‐old girl: Was that paradise?
Train
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Wishing I could go holiday there
Mother weighed down with shopping bags: Mummy needs a coffee now, honey.
Six‐year‐old daughter: But Mummy, I wanna look at–
Mother: –Mummy needs coffee or she will die.
Greensborough Plaza, Main Road
Greensborough
Australia
