Wishes

Scruffy hipster dude on cell: I'm tired of selling sex. I just want to sell jeans… Or something along those lines.

Seattle, Washington

Butcher, holding up mallet: Do you want me to tenderize that for you?
Customer: Oh, no, that's okay, thanks.
Butcher: Please?

Adelaide Central Market
Australia

College kid #1: You know what would be tight? If we got some of those plastic containers from Ikea.
College kid #2: Oh yeah, that shit's stackable, yo.

Subway
Boston, Massachusetts

20-something boy: I think I am dropping out of college?
20-something girl: So? What are you going to do then?
20-something boy: Become an artist.
20-something girl: And do what?
20-something boy: Paint some shit and get paid for that.

Camden Market
London
England

Girl #1: So what's up with those boots you bought this weekend? You don't look like the type to wear them.
Girl #2: Uh, Tim* wanted me to buy them.
Girl #1: Oh, that's right. I almost forgot about his boot fetish.
Girl #2: And I'm pretty sure he wants me to wear them. And nothing else.
Girl #1, sighing wistfully: I wish I had a hot relationship like that! All I have is slut sex!

Saint Peter's College
New Jersey

Overweight tourist: Oh, get a picture of me outside Starbucks.

Seattle, Washington

Man in Mötley Crüe t-shirt to little girl: But yeah, I think I'd bring Kurt Cobain back for a day just for the fun of it.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overweight middle-aged woman, about infant crying non-stop: Oh my god, seriously, somebody just kill it.

Target
Norman, Oklahoma

Guy: I think it's just every guy's fantasy to live with a giant black man and engage in tomfoolery.

Santa Clara University
California

Overheard by: Erin

Psychologist #1: He said he was going to do his laundry, which is a really good sign.
Psychologist #2: Yeah, you can't want to commit suicide and want clean clothes.

Manhattan, New York