Gripes

Secretary #1: It looks nice, don’t it?
Secretary #2: Did you just say, “it looks nice, don’t it?”…Doesn’t it! I’m just trying to get us ready for the bigwigs next week!
Secretary #1: It don’t matter, sweetie.

10559 Citation Drive
Brighton, Michigan

Overheard by: Abigail Fisher

Mother to small child: I already spent all of my money on your face.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Overheard by: beckz

Middle aged woman: Ever since I hit 50, the hot flashes have been hitting me like mad.
Teenage clerk: Ummm…yes.

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Anni

Soldiers are doing push-ups on frost-covered grass.

Soldier #1: Man, it’s cold! I can’t feel my hands!

Soldier #2: I can’t feel my testicles.

Soldier #3: My testicles are all crawled up inside my body…so snug…and so warm…

Soldier #4: I wish I was a testicle.

Soccer field #3
Fort Eustis, Virginia

Woman #1: I've been drinking tons of water.
Woman #2: Oh, yeah?
Woman #1: Yeah, I've been peeing like crazy.
Woman #2: Oh, yeah?
Woman #1: Yeah, like every five minutes. I hate peeing. It is so boring.

New York City, New York

Boss: I don’t want you to answer the department phone anymore. Unless I’m on another line, that is.
Drone: OK…sure. Uh, what happened? I mean, did someone complain about me?
Boss: Not yet.

7 Times Square
New York, NY

Man in armchair, to no one: You’re always fuckin’ starting with me. Every morning! [Long pause] And then you start in on the gay thing. I’m not talking to you! You started it, and then you tell me to shut up. You shut up! Always, you start it then tell me to shut up. [Long pause] And you try to tell me I’m sick… Read a goddamn newspaper! There’s child porn, and Anna Nicole Smith is dead and they’re fighting over her baby, and you tell me I’m sick?!

Book store
Greece, New York

Overheard by: confused reader

Film crew girl #1: So, it was really awful, then?
Film crew girl #2: Oh my god, it was worse. He gave me the worst sex ever. I mean, the least you can do when you’ve made me pay for dinner and the cinema and drinks and stayed at my house all weekend is give me a right good seeing to.
Film crew girl #1: Seeing him again?
Film crew girl #2: Tomorrow night.

Brick Lane
London
England

Overheard by: Nics

Boss: What you are talking about only adds up to 10% of snake shit
compared to the problems we have.
Meeting: …

2000 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida

Cashier #1: So, how are you?
Cashier #2: Oh, you know — I’m still really upset about–
Cashier #1: –About that whole David* thing?
Cashier #2: Yeah, I’m still really upset about us breaking up.
Cashier #1: Oh… Yeah…
Cashier #2: But he called last night and said he’ll think about getting back together.
Cashier #1: Oh, well… that’s good, isn’t it?
Cashier #2: So then I drank a whole bottle of bourbon by myself in two hours.

Perth
Australia