overheardinboston

Overheard in a restaurant in Marina Bay

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:23:00 +0000

"No, no, not like that. It's H-O-A-R."

America's game

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:31:00 +0000

Fan A: "... your muscles look tight!"
Fan B: "like your mom"

- 2 Red Sox fans trying to get the attention of one of the Detroit Tiger warming up near the 3rd base line

"Rent-a-wreck" & "I got 'roid rage!"
- Detroit's Edgar Renteria proved a popular target for the fans tonight

Older and wiser

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:30:00 +0000

Cashier 1: "I think that elderly sounds older than senior citizen"
Cashier 2: "I'd rather be called an old lady than a senior citizen"

-overheard in CVS in Dedham

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:30:00 +0000

"I'm going to start charging for the view."

-patient in the ER curtain area next to my roommate when yet another doctor asked to see the problem area, which was located where the sun really don't shine

Hairy situation on the Orange Line

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:49:00 +0000

"Hair fallin' out in chunks. That ain't stress... That is a HAIR MALFUNCTION!"

-loud Orange Line passenger on his cellphone (overheard by my boyfriend during his evening commute home)

(He arrived home and the first thing he said was "I have something you should post on Overheard in Boston!")

Food frenzy

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:20:00 +0000

"... 3 sandwiches, fries, and 3 Happy Meals... a whole truckload of food here... "

-manager at a suburban McDonald's that was crawling with kids on vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:10:00 +0000

"There's this movie, Big, with Tom Hanks. And it's like... old."

-one young man to his friend in the Newbury Comics in Harvard Square

Shopper's paradise

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:04:00 +0000

"...and all this shopping in Boston. Imagine that!"

-woman to her male companion as they strolled through Downtown Crossing

Wait, who?

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:02:00 +0000

Two women walking in Copley Square:

First woman: Yeah, John Kerry was pro-choice when he was governor, but now he's suddenly anti-choice.

Second woman: Seriously. It's so frustrating.

Politcally incorrect?

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:38:00 +0000

"I wish they'd just make him President already. Then maybe Barak Obama would finally shut up."
- nail salon patron, Franklin, MA

Trader Joe's may not love Jesus

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:26:00 +0000

"You do see why the customers might feel threatened or harassed when they enter or leave the store and you're shouting at them about Jesus... and why they complained to the staff, who had to call us..."

-Brookline police officer to Jesus enthusiast outside Trader Joe's

(see pictures here)

no, those aren't style points

noreply@blogger.com (Ron Newman) — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:32:00 +0000

Fenway Park scoreboard:
SCORE THAT PLAY
9

Young lady (whom I don't know) in seat next to mine: "Another one? Every time he catches it, they give him a 9."

- thursday night, in right-field grandstand seats, at red sox-tigers game

Sounds like a duck...

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:34:00 +0000

"Quack quack!"

"Quack quack!"

-woman in Pho Lemongrass, Brookline

Copy-editing MBTA signs with Sharpie can't be overheard, but this is the next-best thing...

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:34:00 +0000

On a green line train with a broken rollsign the other day as it pulled into Park Street:

Operator, over speaker: "THIS IS A HEATH STREET TRAIN. HEATH STREET. HEATH STREET. THIS IS A E. THIS IS A E. THIS IS A E."

Big urban Black guy, loud enough that the whole train could hear: "An E."

Operator: "THIS TRAIN DOES NOT GO TO KENMORE OR HYNES. THIS IS A E."

Guy, loudly: "An E."

Then, under his breath: "DAY-um." *shakes head in irritation*

Scents of Boston

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:35:00 +0000

"...the guy behind me was smelling my hair the whole time I was on the train."

-overheard on the Silver Line

A shut-door policy

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:53:00 +0000

Coworker in hallway to other coworker: "Y'ever start to launch into a tirade, then you realize it's one you should have your door shut for, only you can't excuse yourself to go close the door, because, uh yeah?"

I thought I misheard... sadly, I was wrong

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:11:00 +0000

"I'd like two bagels, toasted with cream cheese, one with bacon and one with sausage."

-woman in front of me at a bagel store, asking for the grossest combo of bagel toppings I've ever heard. My stomach turned just watching the counterperson put that order together.

I'm not sure you two NEED any alcohol...

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:53:00 +0000

Two young gals walking down Brighton Ave in Allston on Friday night. One says to the other:

"That's what happens when you try to go into a bar and you're under 21, ASS."

You make a better door than, uh, an escalator?

noreply@blogger.com (eeka) — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:06:00 +0000

Woman at North Station today, after the orange line train had been taken out of service there and people poured out onto the platform and stood right there at the base of the escalator to wait for the next train, oblivious to the fact that some of us might have wanted to exit the station:

"Fawk! Ya people gotta move. Da ya people not realize this is an escalatah, not a fuckin doah?"

Frats rule!

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:50:00 +0000

"TKE was the first party I went to..."

-said by a college student with poor taste in parties at Carlo's in Allston

Dinnertime musings

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:10:00 +0000

Overheard at a tapas restaurant in Brookline:

Man: "Why aren't you a lawyer? I mean, you like to argue and stuff..."
Woman: "No I don't"

A very Brady market

noreply@blogger.com (Lyss) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:38:00 +0000

In Shaw's this morning. A woman calls to her three young daughters:

"Marcia! Jan! C'mon..... Cindy, get over here!"

Is she Asian?

noreply@blogger.com (Tim) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:55:00 +0000

"Nah, dude. I think she's American Indian, but that doesn't really matter to me. "

-from a passing car at Orient Heights

So no one told you it was gonna be this way.

noreply@blogger.com (Kristine) — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:11:00 +0000

Outside of Redbones in Davis Square, a group of people discussing a coworker:

Girl: Recently he came to work and said: "Guess what I watched last night for the first time? 'Seinfeld'. It was good. It was really good.

Guy #1: He's always a few years behind when it becomes to pop culture. He watched the second Matrix after the first and didn't understand any of it.

Guy #2: I remember someone in the office had a poster for the TV show "Friends", and he asked her, "Wow, is that a picture of your real friends?"

The Devil Wears Mismatched Prints

noreply@blogger.com (Tim) — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:54:00 +0000

Approximately 8-year-old girl to mommy: "Adult books have such weird names!"

Mommy: "Hmmmmmmm."

--Barnes and Noble, Walpole