Cashier (handing over receipt): Would you like this?
Customer: No, they make babies in my purse…
David’s Supermarket
Whitney, Texas
Loud white ghetto guy on cell: Dude, I’m at Target. They don’t got nothing here! Man, I should have gone to Wal-Mart. (pause) Oh, here’s a sweet knife. Maybe I’ll buy that for shits and giggles.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/298723208/this-guy-knows-how-to-have-fun.html
Overheard by: gee, you have to wonder what this guy does with his free time…
Mother to ten-year-old son at supermarket check-out queue: And then we’ll go and look for a dress for me.
Ten-year-old son: I’m not going clothes shopping with you. You go in every shop, you try everything on, you never like anything and come home with nothing and I’m not standing around waiting!
[All male members of the queue cheer.]
Luton
England
Angry father, to young daughter: Do you wanna go to Chuck E. Cheese?
Daughter: [scared silence]Father: Then stop touching shit!
Wal-Mart
Long Island, New York
Overheard by: Molly BOOM
Cute chick on cell: No, I’m on my way to work. Come visit me there! … No, it’s not weird! … Well, yeah, it’s a sex shop, but it’s a boutique sex shop!
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Want her business card
Mom: I think that I will get him his first Rubik’s Cube. He’d probably eat it.
http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/08/he_doesnt_seem_to_be_ready.html
Overheard by: someone who doesnt eat rubik’s cubes
Little girl holding up toilet brush: Hey, Mom, I could scrub your butt with this when we get home if we buy it!
Target
Enfield, Connecticut
Waitress indicating empty seat: Would she like some dessert when she gets back?
Recently abandoned old man: No. She wasn’t feeling good so she went to the Hallmark Store.
Atlas Diner, Strawbridge
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Girl to guy: You get the starch, condoms and Red Bull. I will get the rest.
Austin, Texas
Pushy rug salesman: Look at these beautiful rugs! How great would they look in your home?
Woman: Yeah, you know, I don’t really need a rug…
Pushy rug salesman: Well, nobody needs a rug!
Woman, angrily: Well, then why are you selling them, sir?!
671 South La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: I don’t really need a rug, either