Sometimes It's a Good Time, Sometimes It's a Good Story

Woman #1, as bus passes bar: See that bar? There's another location closer to the lake. My dad and I went there for a beer right after I first moved here. I felt something brush my leg and I looked down and saw a rat! I swear, it was a foot and a half long!
Woman #2: Oh my god! What did you do?
Woman #1: Oh, it was crazy. The owner disappeared upstairs and came back with a baseball bat but by that time the rat was hiding between the bar and the wall. So he runs off again and comes back with a blowtorch! It's like, 'helloooo, this whole bar is made of wood!”
Woman #2: So what happened?
Woman #1: They took my address and that Monday I got a bouquet of flowers. For not freaking out, I guess. I dunno. I've never been back…

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on April 22, 2010
Animals, Etiquette, Illinois, Women

Says She Needs the Practice

Elderly woman to friends: Oh, she's lovely, she even offered to sleep in the coffin!

Cambridge
England

Posted on April 17, 2010
Death & dying, England, Offers and requests, Weirdness, Women

Cinderella's Spiteful Stepsister Would Soon Eat Her Words

Woman to friend: That would never happen. Not even in a fairytale you wrote your goddamn self would that happen.

Buffalo, New York

Posted on April 10, 2010
Advice, Compare and contrast, New York, Women

Have We Finally Reached the Historical Point at Which That's Become an Insult?

Emphatic woman: See? That's why this is your first marriage!

Sherman Oaks, California

Posted on April 8, 2010
California, Insults, Relationships, Women

I'm Thinking About Adding a Wallet but I Fear That Might Be Too Frivolous

Lady #1: I usually keep the essentials in my purse.
Lady #2: Well… I keep a toothbrush, vibrator, and pepper spray in mine.

Pennsylvania

Posted on March 18, 2010
Gender issues, Pennsylvania, Toys, Weirdness, Women

My Husband's Chickening Out

Woman to clerk: My turkeys are ruining my marriage!

California

Posted on March 17, 2010
Animals, California, Relationships, Weirdness, Women

Just Like They Taught Us at Harvard Business School

Middle-aged woman on cell: Unless he doubles my salary, I'm not sleeping with him.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/09/sexual-harassment-done-right.html

Overheard by:

Posted on March 13, 2010
Eavesdrop DC, Jobs & Careers, Money, On the phone, Sex, Women

America, Encapsulated

Woman #1: I love TGI Friday's, but if I could pick any local place to go for dinner tonight, I would pick Olive Garden.
Woman #2: Oooh, good pick! What about Macaroni Grill?
Woman #1: I love Macaroni Grill! But isn't it a little fancy for tonight?
Woman #2: No, we can go change.
Woman #1: Are you sure you're okay with driving in this city?
Woman #2: Sure, it is okay.
Woman #1: Maybe we should pray before we leave… you know, just in case.
Woman #2: Great idea.

http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-also-love-small-independent-and.html

Overheard by: Jon