People say funny things. I used to write them down, decades before Overheard LA (which was recently acquired for a ridiculous sum of money) was a thing. These are some of my favorites.
“First of all, he ordered milk, which is just weird anyway.”
– Woman on phone, Oakland Airport
“Are you kidding?! Are you KIDDING?! Yoko Ono would know if it's a Beatles song!
13 million people might not know it, but Yoko Ono would KNOW if it's a Beatles song or not.”
– Loud Gramercy Park Hotel guest in room (heard while passing in hallway)
“What does that mean? It means it was disgusting.”
– Woman on phone, 14th & 3rd
“Another funny way to trip people?...”
– Man to friend, NY
“So is shellfish a type of fish? Or is it fish that have a shell?”
– Sav-On Pharmacist Assistant, Detroit
“I'm never gonna speak in absolutes.”
– Nick G., Detroit
“I'm not a patient here (GESTURES TO HUSBAND) but he's been here so many times you probably know him by osmosis.”
– Elderly woman with husband at hospital Urology desk, Detroit
Service Guy: Who was helping you in Quik Lane?
Me: Woman, straight hair, kinda short–
Service Guy: Tonya?
Me: I don't know her name. She seemed in charge.
Service Guy: Yeah, she only thinks she's in charge.
– Ford Service Specialist, Detroit
“I hate this so much I'm gonna take a picture of it."
– Teenage museum patron, Detroit Institute of Art
“I got bad news, man. That dollar-a-slice pizza place? They’re a buck fifty a slice now.”
– Guy to friend, Lower East Side