All the Other Times I Didn't Need the Vodka

Hipster girl: I wasn't invited to the wedding but maybe I'll go anyway. I could be your date. Who knows, maybe you'll even score.
Guy: Shit, all I have to do is give you two vodka sodas and point you to a pool and I'll score. Easy.
Hipster girl: One time that happened. One time.

Marta Train
Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on October 2, 2026
Default, Drinking & drunks, Georgia, Girls, Guys, Hipsters, Relationships, Sexuality, Train

If You Have Anything to Say to Me, You Can Say It Via Text

Girl on subway: Hey, can we talk for a minute?
Guy sitting next to her: What are you, some kind of psycho?

http://community.livejournal.com/overheardatbu/65550.html

Overheard by: Ian

Posted on September 15, 2026
Default, Girls, Guys, Mental illnesses, Offers and requests, Overheard at BU, Questions, Train, Weirdness

Your First Mistake Was Trying to Talk to Him

Black girl to girlfriend: He's young, like 24, 25. And get this: I was like, “So, what else do you do?” and he goes “I make beats.” I said, “Of course you do.”

Subway
New York City, New York

Overheard by: EL

Posted on September 7, 2026
Age and ageing, Black people, Default, Friends, Girls, New York, Questions, Sexuality, Train

You Mean Conductors Are Like This Everywhere?

Train conductor: Thank you for traveling on this 3:30 service to Southern Cross. If you need to use the toilet, they are located at the end of each carriage for your convenience. Please remember to both close and lock the door, which will save you from embarrassment and other passengers from blindness.

Train Service to Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Meg

Posted on June 23, 2026
Australia, Conductors, Default, Offers and requests, Pee, Poop, Train

Hookers and Blow, Sweetie. Hookers and Blow

Little boy: This is boring!
Mom: You know what? Life is boring if you make it that way.

Katonah Train Station
New York City, New York

Overheard by: lisa

Posted on June 20, 2026
Default, Kids, Moms, New York, Parenting, Philosophy, Train

Their Lips Say “Shut Up” But Their Eyes Say “Play On!”

Young woman, after graphic conversation about sex and drugs: Do you ever think, while we’re talking: “Wow, the people on the train are so lucky to get to listen to us on their morning commute!”?
Older woman: Oh my god, all the time.

Train
Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: catherine

Posted on April 19, 2026
Australia, Compliments, Default, Old folks, Pride, Public transportation, Questions, Train, Women

The Water-Walking, Fig-Tree-Blasting Badass from Nazareth

Freshman theater student: So we were in acting class and we did this exercise where we had to portray mythological creatures, and afterwards when we were telling the class what we were, this one kid said: “I was Jesus!”

MBTA
Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on April 14, 2026
Default, Education, Guys, Jesus, Massachusetts, Students, Train

Everyone’s a Beautiful Woman After 12 Tequila Shots

Drunk guy on cell: Dad, I can’t talk right now, I’m surrounded by FBI agents, but I’ve got your $100, your beer, and your marijuana. Oh, and your toilet paper. [Pause.] No, dad, FBI agents. [Pause.] I don’t know, they’re all beautiful women.

B Line
Boston, Massachusetts