Overheard in the Burbs

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added on 05/11/2012

  

Trust Us, It's 50% Off

Customer: This is 50% off?

Sales Clerk: Yes.

Customer: Of what?

Sales Clerk: The original price.

Customer: Last month it was the same price, before you put up the sale sign.

Sales Clerk: No, the original price, before the other price.

-- Overheard in: Gift Store, Evanston ILL --

added on 04/29/2012

  

When A Baby Grand Grows Up

Piano Mover: It won't fit through the door.

Woman: You said you could move a baby grand.

Piano: It isn't a baby grand.

Woman: It is. I bought a baby grand.

Piano Mover: If you did, it grew, it's now a teenager.

-- Overheard in: Home, Redbank NJ --

contributed by jenniferL on 04/03/2012

  

Throwing Away Money At The Mall...Literally

Kid: How come there's coins in the fountain?

Mom: People throw them in.

Kid: That's stupid.

Mom: It's tradition...something people have done before.

Kid: What if it was stupid before?

Mom: It's not...

Kid: Can I throw some coins in?

Mom: No.

Kid: Why?

Mom: (pauses) It's stupid. (mom smiles)

-- Overheard in: Fountain S.Hills Mall, NJ --