She Won't Even Buy “Fancy” Ketchup

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.

Posted on June 9, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Friends, Girls, Michigan, Money, Questions, Stores

Nothing Reaffirms My Masculinity Better Than Tasting the Rainbow.

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

Posted on June 6, 2009
Australia, Candy, Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Girls, Gripes, Guys, Questions, Stores

Are You Allowed to Give Me That Advice?

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

Posted on June 6, 2009
Advice, Books, California, Default, Employees, Gripes, Money, Stores, Students

Makes You Want to Roll Around in Her, Huh?

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

Posted on June 4, 2009
Default, Family ties, Girls, Guys, New York, Offers and requests, Questions, Sensory experiences, Stores, Teens

And It's Not Even in English!

Guy picking up copy of Les Miserables: Oh my god, look at the size of this thing! What a crappy book!

Barnes & Noble
Mankato, Minnesota

Posted on May 16, 2009
Books, Default, Guys, Minnesota, Pop culture, Stores, Stupidity

Ooo, Let's Get T-Shirts Saying That.

Sorority girl #1: What did he die from?
Sorority girl #2: Cancer.
Sorority girl #1: Gawd! Cancer sucks!

CVS
Charlottesville, Indiana

Posted on May 11, 2009
Death & dying, Default, Girls, Indiana, Maladies, Questions, Sorority types, Stores, Words

Do You Care If Our DVD Player Is Shaped Like a Schlong?

Man on cell: Yeah. (pause) No, yeah, I'm at Best Buy right now.

Porn Store
Oswego, Illinois

Posted on May 9, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Guys, Illinois, Shopping, Stores, Weirdness

…Aunt Brian Shops Here Before All Her Shows

Mother, digging through prom dresses on rack, to nine-year-old daughter: There's so much glitter here! Did you know that so many drag queens shop at Ross that they call it “cross dress for less”?
Nine-year-old, bored: I know…

Ross Dress for Less
El Cerrito, California

Overheard by: innocent bystander

Posted on May 7, 2009
California, Default, Fashion, Girls, Kids, Moms, Names, Questions, Stores, Women

Now Finish Your Lollipop and Don't Contradict Me Again

Mom: He'll have chocolate ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and gummy bears.
Five-year-old son: But I want the blue ice cream!
Mom: Honey, the blue is cotton candy ice cream. You can't have it…it's pure sugar.

Coldstone Creamery
Carlsbad, California

Overheard by: Amused Employee

Posted on May 5, 2009
California, Candy, Default, Guys, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Stores, Women

Jeez, You're So Literal

Woman, holding up holiday card: This card is perfect! It says exactly what I want! (reads typical greeting card poem)
Man: Wow, it really says that?
Woman: Well, I made part of it up.

Fred Meyer Store
Oregon

Posted on April 28, 2009
Default, Guys, Holidays, Offers and requests, Oregon, Questions, Stores, Women

Stores