Young white girl: You need to wear sunscreen. My mommy told me that skin gets dark if you don’t wear sunscreen.
Young black girl: I was BORN dark.
Young black boy: Me, too.
Young white girl: Really?
Young black boy: I wear sunscreen, too.
Young white girl: You were born that way? So it’s not the sun? Really?
Preschool
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Amused Pre-K teacher
Girl #1: So we had sex last night and we didn’t use a condom and I’m ovulating.
Girl #2: Uh huh.
Girl #1: Should I be worried?
10th & Washington
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sales guy: Sooo, how do I get on our intranet again?
His assistant: We put this on your Favorites list, remember? We’ve done this before.
Sales guy: No.. no.. I’m not seeing it.
Assistant: Yes, the very first time I showed you how to log in, I had you add it to your Favorites first.
Sales guy: I don’t know, but I know I’m not seeing it.
Assistant: Hmm, I can’t remember if it was under a subfolder or not.
Sales guy: What are you talking about?
Pause
Assistant: Okay, let’s start from the beginning… Open up your Internet Explorer….
Sales guy: Okay… done…
Assistant: Now click on Favorites….
Sales guy: Oooh. Is it called [Company Inc]-home?
Assistant: Mmm hmm. That would be it.
Cubicle neighbor: Is this the same voice you use to explain things to your daughter?
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Female with short cropped hair, dressed like a man: All the men here act like they haven't seen a woman in 25 years… They just keep staring.
South Michigan
Tech guy #1: Jimmy Carter’s son has a MySpace page.
Tech guy #2: Who the hell is Jimmy Carter?
600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
Bicycle Girl: Take the 101 to the 405, and then you’ll hit Santa Monica. There are great bike trails there.
Bicycle Boy: Great. I was having trouble finding good bike trails around here.
Bicycle Girl: Yeah, there are no good trails in the Valley. You have to go by the beach or mountains. No one rides their bike in the Valley unless they’re Mexican and on their way to work.
North Hollywood, California
Overheard by: Jen
Colleague on cell: Haha! Oh, yeah, we could use that to celebrate September eleventh!
Government office
Wellington
New Zealand
Boss: How do you spell “Matthew”?
Receptionist: Ask Matt, he might know.
Vancouver
Canadia
Office idiot: Dublin and Luxembourg is two different places, right?
Wall Street
New York City, New York
Coworker on phone: Fool me once, shame on… you. (pause) Fool me… the second one is where it’s my fault.
Thurston Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: Audrey
