Strangers

Hobo to suits: Don't be hatin' on me 'cuz I'm digging in the trash.

Overland Park, Kansas

Overheard by: Cube neighbor

Man leaving pay station to woman next in line: Have a nice day!
Woman next in line: Well, I have cancer, so I don't know how nice it will be.
Man leaving pay station: Well, you don't want any more of that!

Houston, Texas

Random guy to male coworker #1: I don't know you, man, but you look great in that beard.
Male coworker #2: Oh man, you got dudes giving you compliments now!
Male coworker #1: I think it's time for it to go.

Copley Square
Boston, Massachusetts

Taxi dispatcher: Where to, miss?
Girl on cell: What?
Dispatcher: Where do you want to go?
Girl on cell, impatiently: I need to go to Huntington. (goes back to phone conversation)
Dispatcher: Excuse me miss, but whereabouts in Huntington?
Girl on cell, annoyed: What do you mean, whereabouts?

Long Island, New York

Overheard by: Morning Glory

Elderly lady, waving cane: Since that new President got elected, I have seen more and more black people at the grocery store.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Man, to woman he accidentally bumped into in elevator: Sorry, didn't mean to nail you like that!

Lansing, Michigan

Pregnant employee at coworker's baby shower: Oh, an anti-roll pillow! Thank you!
Male employee: What's it for?
Pregnant employee: To keep the baby from rolling onto his stomach and possibly suffocating in the crib.
Chatty woman: My two babies died from sleeping on their stomachs.
(stunned silence)
Chatty woman: Just kidding! (laughs)

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: office monkey extraordinaire

Benefit lady: Would you like to buy a raffle ticket?
Pompous cube dweller: I've already bought a muffin for three times as much as I normally would. That's all the boobs get from me today.

Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale & Silent Auction
Maitland, Florida

Overheard by: crisa

Caller: I need to speak to your meteorologist now.
Producer: Sorry, she's gone to dinner.
Caller: But I really need to know about the moon. Will she be saying anything about the moon tonight during the news?
Producer: What are you, a werewolf?

News Station
Jackson, Mississippi

Man walking down hallway: And I've lost the rhino somewhere…

Toronto
Ontario
Canadia