Arts

Little girl running to discounted WWE book half her size: Yes! Now I’ve got it!

Waldenbooks, Victoria Mall
Victoria, Texas

Client: We’d like the design to stand out. But in a really subtle way.

437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Captain Obvious

Student teacher #1: I have to write a unit on the book My Side of the Mountain.
Student teacher #2: What? Why are you teaching something called “mindset of a nun” to your kids?

Ford City, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Lyndsay

Nurse aide #1: I was up all day watching the old Batman marathon today.
Nurse aide #2: The one with Adam West, right?
Nurse aide #1: Yep, the original.

Bed alarm sounds in the back hall.

Nurse aide #2: Holy Alzheimer’s, Batman!

1111 Crater Lake
Medford, Oregon

Little girl, pointing to ad poster: Dog!
Father, looking at the ad: No, honey, that’s Ellen Degeneres.

Target Shopping Center
Avon, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

CSR #1: We’ve had problems like this all day.
CSR #2: Yeah, there’s something going on somewhere in Denmark.

28001 Napier Road
Wixom, Michigan

Project manager, discussing book: It was so tragic! It’s not just that they were clones and had their organs harvested, but they never got to really love each other!

Main Bountiful, Utah

Supervisor, watching The Apprentice: I like that British guy, I hope he wins. Or that English guy. Wait, what’s the difference?
Coworker: Are you kidding?
Supervisor: There’s a difference, right? Do they want to be called something else?

800 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Erin Eff

Co-Worker: If you’re happy and you know it…?
Co-Worker’s 2-year-old daughter: …don’t touch a knife!

1065 Williams Street
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: manda b

BK guy: What did you do this weekend?
BK girl: I went to Ohio for a concert.
BK guy: Ohio? You went all the way over by California for a concert?
BK girl: Ummm… No…

Burger King, Rhode Island