Money

Obvious minor: Can I get a pack of Marlboro lights?
Mini-mart man: Do you have ID?
Obvious minor, indignant: Yeah, but I don't have it on me!
Mini-mart man: Would you like two packs for $9.45?
Obvious minor: No thanks, I'm trying to cut down.

Greenport, New York

Hobo: Hey, can you spare some change?
Girl: I don't have change, but I do have this muffin.
Hobo: Can't buy no weed with a muffin!

Boston, Massachusetts

Woman, paying for breakfast: I had to beat up my son for this five dollars.

Deli Counter
Bethesda, Maryland

Overheard by: Minivet

Law professor: I don’t get paid very well at this job. And I need beer money.

SFSU
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: RL

20-ish girl: I mean, I thought he was rich, but his sister’s kind of ugly, so I dunno…

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Idle

Dude to buddies: You’re going to spend our hooker money on a cab?

http://www.overheardinvancouver.ca/

Cashier: You're all set?
Man: (places Steal This Book on the counter)
Cashier, seeing title of book: Pussy!

Barnes & Noble
Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: fionasputnik

Student: Did you know that you can live off of student loans?
Professor: No, you can't.
Student: Yeah. All you do is just keep going back to school, and they'll pay for everything.
Professor: But eventually you'll have to pay them back.
Student: Not if you die.

Nicholls State University
Louisiana

Girl: So I booked my cruise and my trip to Florida in the same week. People who aren't Jewish don't understand that going to Florida is not a luxury anymore.

http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2008/10/23/and-im-thinking-of-purchasing-new-rez/

Overheard by: second cup

Girl, pulling bills from strapless dress: Yeah! They's my stripper dollars.
Boy: Man! Sure wish I had titties!

Portland, Oregon