Archive for March 2006

Monday, March 20th, 2006

But Laura did deserve to finally hear the truth.

David Lawrence Computer Lab, 10 p.m., Friday:
D-Bag on Cell Phone:
— someone got my A-I-M password and got on my account. She IMed Laura this morning and told her she had hairy arms.
— Yeah, that is not cool. And she told Laura my A-I-M password. She must have hacked into my computer.
Studious Chick: [whispering] I just want to kill that guy.
Studious Guy: Yeah, I know. [laughs]
Studious Chick: It’s just like – fwaah! [makes two-hand motion to depict the idiocy that is exploding into her face/desperation]
Studious Dude: But it is dramatic.
Studious Chick: He’s got to be a freshman.


Friday, March 17th, 2006

St. Patrick’s Week: Because One Day Just Isn’t Enough

Uncle Sam’s, Oakland:

Fifth-Year Senior 1: He was like, “Blehhh, blehhh!” — and it’s a cheeseburger coming up, but he’s so drunk he doesn’t care; he’s just laughing, sitting there having conversations — “blehh, blehh.

— Overheard by zig


Friday, March 17th, 2006

The Definition of Work-Interesting

Giant Eagle, East Liberty.
A Cashier looks puzzled after a Customer hands him his keys, but no Advantage Card™. The Customer then points to his key-shaped Bonuscard, a savings card for the similarly named Giant™ grocery chain:

Cashier: Whoa, look, it’s like a key! [To the Manager:] COME LOOK AT THIS! Their card thing is like a key! Why don’t we ever get anything like this?

— Overheard by Tory and Chip


Thursday, March 16th, 2006

It’s hard to talk through so much foam

46G, Outbound :

Man on Cell Phone: But I don’t have rabies! I DON’T HAVE RABIES!

— Overheard by Wendy Davis


Thursday, March 16th, 2006

He’s a keeper.

77G, Inbound.
“Chicken-Head,” excited: He said for my birfday he was gonna get me the new T.I. and take me to Wendy’s!

- Overheard by Jack Wilson


Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Well, what’s left of it…

Ritter’s Diner, 11 p.m., Thursday Night:

Customer: You’re in a good mood tonight.
Waitress: What makes you say that?
Customer: You’ve got a smile—
Waitress: [Deadpan, completely serious] It’s fake.

— Overheard by Megan


Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Is this irony? Alanis MoriSsette ruined that for me.

Forbes and Bigelow, Oakland:

Sign on An Outside Vendor Truck: “SUPER BOWL SHIRTS AND TEES GET THEM WHILE THERE HOT”

[The Cathedral of Learning looms in the background.]

— Seen by RVW


Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Don’t you hate it when your friends bother you at work?

Sixth Avenue, Downtown, Morning.
A homeless man is sitting on the curb, jangling his cup at passersby while a man who appears to be working-class converses with him loudly and emphatically:

Man 2: And you can NOT be coming over there like you did yesterday! You really fouled things up! I was trying to make some MONEY there, man!

— Overheard by Alyia


Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Getting Hit By a Bus: A Proud Pitt Tradition Since Well Before You Were Born

Gus Miller’s, Forbes Avenue:

Hobo: …and that was when I married your aunt. She’s one of the finest women in the world, and she’s nothin’ but a baby doll.
Guy: Mm-hmm.
Hobo: You know why I have to take this Advil? I have to keep my memory alive. Because I got hit by a bus.
Guy: Ohhh.
Hobo: That was 32 years ago. That was — oh, my — well before you were born.

— Overheard by M.Davies


Monday, March 13th, 2006

“As opposed to when I just punched you now. That’ll be eight dollars.”

Starbucks, Murray & Forward.
A Teen Girl hits another’s knee:

Teen Girl 1: I was testing your reflexes. I tried to test his reflexes before, [points to preoccupied Boy with them] but his leg wasn’t dangling. His feet were on the floor.
So basically I just punched him in the knee for no reason.
 
— Overheard by M. Davies