How Mrs. Bisbee Made the 'Naughty' List

Mom: I don't know what I should get for him. He likes video games and that kind of stuff. I got him a GameCube last year and he loves it.
Five-year-old child (looks away from game display, shocked): But you told me Santa got me the GameCube!

Best Buy
Seattle, Washington

Posted on January 27, 2022
Default, Kids, Lies, Moms, Santa Claus, Stores, Technology, Washington

I Hate This Country and Its Degenerate Cinema!

Frustrated man with heavy Arabic accent to wife: I got the most chicky-flick movies I could find!

Supermarket
Connecticut

Posted on January 19, 2022
Compare and contrast, Connecticut, Couples, Gender issues, Movies, Stores

Um, That's Just Beer, Sweetie.

Boy, screaming into pregnant mother's belly: We're going to give you up for adoption!

Tanger Outlet
Riverhead, New York

Overheard by: bemused

Posted on January 14, 2022
Kids, New York, Pregnancy, Should have used a condom, Stores, Threats

The One with Big, Glossy Pictures Instead of Words

Man to store employee: It's one of those real estate investment books, the yellow ones.
Employee: Let's see, follow me… Is this what you were looking for?
Man: No, no, that's the one for idiots, I want the one for dummies.

Barnes & Noble
San Diego, California

Overheard by: Lisa

Posted on January 13, 2022
California, Compare and contrast, Customers, Default, Employees, Offers and requests, Stores, Words

With the Confucianism on the Side

Yoga lady: I mean, really: just give me the Eskimo sex, not the cannibalism.

Powell's Bookstore
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: kate

Posted on November 28, 2021
Default, Offers and requests, Oregon, Sex, Stores, Weirdness, Women

And Then We'll Hold This Nice Man Up.

Father with two small sons dressed in Halloween costumes, walking into liquor store: Okay, guys, now pick out the kind of whiskey you want and go put it up on the counter.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Posted on November 21, 2021
Dads, Default, Drinking & drunks, Guys, Kids, Offers and requests, Stores, Wisconsin

And They're Less Of a Drag

Hobo walking out of convenience store, tapping a pack of cigarettes to his hobo lady: I don't need you anymore. I got cigarettes.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Matt

Posted on October 18, 2021
California, Compare and contrast, Default, Feelings, Guys, Hobos, Smoking, Stores

….If There Any Left

College kid: Excuse me, what is the difference between these potato pancakes and a potato latka?
Grocery stocker: Um, I don’t know what a latka is, so I couldn’t tell you.
College kid: A Jewish potato pancake.
Grocery stocker: Well, those potato pancakes are German.
College kid: I wonder if a German Jew would eat them.

Sendik’s Grocery Store
Grafton, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Arthur

Posted on September 27, 2021
Compare and contrast, Customers, Employees, Food, Geography, Questions, Religion, Stores, Students, Wisconsin

Kids Are Easily Fooled by Short Haircuts and Baritone Voices

Mother holding small child as she sees a girlfriend: Sammi* look! It’s Debbie! Say hi to Debbie!
Small child: Hi, ugly man!

Target
Traverse City, Michigan

Posted on July 17, 2021
Assholes, Default, Kids, Michigan, Moms, Parenting, Stores, Women

Fowl Behavior?

Woman: So, I want a small frozen turkey.
Meat guy: Okay, just right over here.
Woman: Ewww… What's wrong with this one?
Meat guy: Sorry?
Woman: Well, is something missing?
Meat guy: Um… No.
Woman: Well, what is this “grain fed” business??
Meat guy: Oh, that means it's fed with grains.
Woman: Oh! (picks up turkey and leaves)

Grocery Store
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Matt C

Posted on June 26, 2021
Canadia, Customers, Default, Employees, Food, Offers and requests, Questions, Stores, Stupidity, Women, Words

Stores