Archive for August 2007

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Someone needs to hire a new cereal butler.

54C Outbound:

Woman on Cell Phone: I said to him, “Does that LOOK like fucking Special K? Is that Special K?” He said, “Naw, it’s corn flakes.” I said, “YEAH: corn flakes. Now go get my fucking Special K.”

— Overheard by Tiffany Merriman-Preston


Thursday, August 16th, 2007

“Now, why don’t you get me a coffee, Sweetheart?”

Office Building, University of Pittsburgh.
A pretty, young, and thin research assistant is talking with her 70-something award-winning professor emeritus female boss:

Professor: [concerned] You’re not allowed to get fat.
Assistant: Don’t worry: I’m very healthy.
Professor: I don’t care about your health; I care about your looks.


Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Rudolph by Jerry Springer

Commonwealth Pl/Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown:

Girl #1: Every time I watch Rudolph, it gives me stress
Girl #2: That show is horrible!
Girl #1: See, those little reindeer, they didn’t know any better, but Dancer was a grown-ass reindeer! He knew better than to treat Rudolph like that, tellin’ his own kid not to play with Rudolph — that’s some straight-up BULLSHIT.
Guy: And why was Rudolph’s nose red if both of his parent’s noses were black?
Girl #2: `Cause his mom was a ho.
Girl #1: You know, Dancer was probably his mom’s punk-ass babydaddy.
[Guy and Girl #2 start laughing hysterically.]
Girl #1: And you know what? Even Santa didn’t know how to act. If I was Rudolph, I would tell Santa, “OH HELL NO!”
Girl #2: OH HELL NO!
Girl #1: Santa better get his FAT ASS up there and guide his OWN SHIT, after he be treatin’ me like that… Oh HELL NO!


Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Show and Tell Therapy

Outside AAA, East Liberty.
A woman is on the ground, clutching her sobbing young daughter after both have just been hit by a car that has driven off. A man approaches to with the car’s license plate number:

Man: Here’s the number: GKK-5235.
Mother: Thank you.
Man: Are you sure you’re OK?
Mother: Yes, she’s just shaken up; we’ll be fine. I thought the driver was going to come back.
Man: No, it looks like she’s gone. I don’t think she is coming back. [to sobbing girl] Hey, at least now you have a good story, right? When anyone asks what you did over the summer, you’ll flip their lid.


Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

The Future of PAT

Bus Stop, Market/Fifth, Downtown. Rush Hour.
A public works man walks by a crowd pushing a large garbage cart:


Public Works Man:
61A! Anyone? Anyone? No one?


Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

This is what relationships at work reduce you to.

Office Building, Downtown.
Co-workers are teasing each other about no longer “loving” each other:

Man: I’m kicking you out of the tree!
Woman: Is that how you feel about me?
Man: That’s what I said, and I-I-I-I didn’t stutter!


Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Nothing’s harder on a couple than losing a child.

Office Building, Downtown.

Man: [answering phone] Hi, Honey.
— [defensive and apologetic] I know! I know! I know! I’m sorry.
— I know. I know. I should have buried it last night! I’m sorry!
— I know. I was tired and I forgot. Just put it behind the shed and I’ll bury it when I get home.
— I know. I know. I’m sorry! I should have buried it last night. I’ll do it first thing when I get home.
— I’m sorry. I have to go. Bye-bye. I love you!


Monday, August 13th, 2007

“You needed to add more e-postage.”

Walnut Street, Shadyside. 9:30 a.m.
A wealthy woman in a visor and sunglasses leans out of her white convertible Mercedes to yell across the street to someone:

Mercedes Woman: Did the e-mail go through?


Monday, August 13th, 2007

And One to Grow On

Wal-Mart, North Versailles:

Mother: [to young crying daughter] Don’t think I won’t beat you just `cause it’s your birthday!


Friday, August 10th, 2007

The Benefits of Being a Nuisance

Electronics Department, Wal-Mart, North Fayette:

Middle-Aged Black Woman: [screaming] OVER HERE! OVER HERE! I SAID OVER HERE! I NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE!
[A young white woman is staring.]
Middle-Aged Black Woman: [to white woman, laughing] That’s how you have to talk to them if you expect to get anybody who works here to help you.

Overheard in Pittsburgh FunFact™: Wal-Mart does not prosecute those who shoplift under $25. It’s true! Look it up!