Stores

Random male shopper: We're looking at meat accessories!

Costco
Raleigh, North Carolina

Overheard by: Anna

Girl on cell: But I really ruined his life. I mean, what should I do? (pause) Should I, like, text him and say, “I'm sorry for ruining your life”?

Cold Stone Creamery
New Jersey

Dad to kid: Come back here, or I'll have to beat you!
Kid, indignant: You can't beat me! I'm a belly button!

Wal-Mart
Pasco, Washington

Female salesperson: I keep all my secrets in my Furby!

Toy Store
Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: i keep mine in tupperware

Woman to four-year-old daughter: Do not touch anything. Do you know what will happen if you touch something?
Little girl: You'll smack me in the face!

Liquor Store
New Jersey

Mother: These sheets smell weird.
Child, enthusiastically: Yeah, like other people's houses!

Thrift Store, St. John's
Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: Sandy

Girl, looking at a bag of chips: How about these?
Friend checking for price: They're three dollars.
Girl, putting back the bag of chips: Dayuuummm! We don't need anything that fancy!

Grocery Store
Michigan

Overheard by: just buying some salsa.

Angry male: You don't have a couch! Where are the boyfriends and husbands supposed to think?
Tiny shop assistant #1: I really don't know.
Tiny shop assistant #2: Well, we don't have a couch. But we do have Skittles!
Angry male: That will suffice.

Supre Store
Australia

Student, yelling at no one in particular: I can't believe this stupid book is $52! It's a fuckin' softcover 40-page book!
Bookstore employee: Dude, just photocopy it and return it.
Student: Ohhh! Good idea! Thanks!

Bookstore
Los Angeles, California

Cute girl: This lotion is great! I actually have it on now, and keep smelling myself!
Teen boy, dragged in by his mother: Really? Can I smell you?
Cute girl: Sure! Smell me!
Teen boy: Wow, you do smell great! Mom, smell her!

Soap Store
New York City, New York