That Isn’t Right, Idiot

Guy: I just don’t think it’s right that they killed [Terry Schiavo]just because she had a disability.

350 5th Avenue
New York, NY

Posted on July 30, 2014
Customers, Death, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, New York, Office Politics

1PM Lunch Hour

Patron: Can you please tell me where I can find post-modern American fiction?
Librarian: Post-modern? That would be in the future, there’s no such thing.
Patron: Uh, okay. Can you tell me where science fiction is?

100 S. Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland

Overheard by: Vince Valenzuela

Posted on July 21, 2014
Arts, Customers, Dumb Employees, General Idiocy, Geography & History, Maryland, Questions

Lets Just Say Your Driving Privileges Are on the Rocks.

Clerk: I saw you driving earlier, did you get your license back?
Customer: Yeah, it's all good now. If I could only stay out of the bar…
Clerk: You don't think there's a connection between those two things?
Customer: What do you mean?

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: BFS

Posted on May 30, 2011
Crimes, Customers, Drinking, Employees, Indiana, Questions

…To Borrow One Of Kate Gosselin's Monologues.

Vendor: I don't want to get into some whole “he said, she said” situation.
Client: What are you talking about? There is only a “he said,” and you're the “he,” and you're a dick!

McLean, Virginia

Overheard by: Septimus

Posted on April 4, 2011
Anger management, Customers, Insults, Questions, Sales, Virginia

Like a Mac?

CSR: You'll need a computer to do that.
Customer: Like a real computer?
CSR: No, a fake computer.

Niles, Illinois

Posted on March 24, 2011
Advice, Customers, Sales, Technology, Weirdness

…High Three!

Guy, while shopping: Naw, dude, the chainsaw really didn't go all that deep. It really didn't even hurt when it went in. My hand is healing up fine.

Jackson, Mississippi

Posted on February 28, 2011
Accidents, Customers, Health & Hygiene, Mississippi, Weirdness

Deciding to Kill Yourself Is Very Liberating, Ma'am

Middle-aged woman: Can I have extra sauerkraut with that? I love sauerkraut but never get it at home, even though I live in a neighborhood with lots of German food. It gives me gas.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: formerteenhero

Posted on February 24, 2011
Customers, Feelings, Illinois, Meals and Snacks, Questions, Sensory Experiences

…As Am I

Lady holding baby: Do you have a high chair?
Starbucks barista: The chairs over by the window are pretty high.

Starbucks
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: I work here

Posted on February 21, 2011
Customers, Employees, General Idiocy, Massachusetts, Questions, Words

Like Alan Cumming

Customer: You really should read The Man in the High Castle. it's a great book, one of Philip K. Dick's best.
Barista: I'll have to read it. I'm a big Dick fan.

Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: Isotope Feeney

Posted on February 9, 2011
Advice, Body Parts, Customers, Pop culture, Sexuality, Vermont, Words

…But Resourceful People Call It Both!

Older female customer: I found this in a pair of pants. What is it, some kind of seasoning?
Clerk: Well… Some people call it a seasoning. Other people call it “marijuana.”

Salvation Army
Ithaca, New York

Posted on December 1, 2010
Customers, Employees, Meals and Snacks, New York, Questions, Substance Use & Abuse, Words

Customers