After the popularity of Overheard L.A. and then Overheard New York, it seems that we have all become nosy little eavesdroppers. While listening in on strangers conversations should still be considered rude and intrusive, sometimes you can't help but pick up a juicy snippet of gossip, completely out of context, that is just comedy gold.
People are taking to Twitter in their thousands to document these random overheard conversations, and while this may suck in terms of our privacy when out among strangers, its certainly good for a laugh on the internet!
Scroll down below to check out some of the best, compiled in a list by Bored Panda. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and don't forget to vote for your favorites!
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It's not sad, it should p**s you off. A-holes like this man seem to think it's perfectly ok to say this kind of c**p just because Dumb Trump got elected. He's a racist and a bigot and this is NOT acceptable behavior. UGH!! >:(
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At the beginning of this story I thought to myself: "A 70 y.o and a 40 y.o? So, two old men?" And then I remembered I'm 40 and forgot to read the rest of the story...
Wow, Lots are saying it's fake! But I don't think this is so hard to believe, assumptions are made everyday that are wrong and very silly. I am the female facility manager of a welding/service shop with 30 employees and at least once everyday a man assumes I am the receptionist and asks me for coffee while they "wait for the manager" or whatever. I have dumbfounded many old men who can't seem to understand that there isn't a male in this building with more authority than me.
Great story.. but cardiac surgeons are Surgeons.. they don't work "in the ER".
Pardon me, your racism is showing. What an entitled baby boomer asswipe!
"I am a cardiac surgeon, so be nice, you might be on my table one day soon, you old fart"
For some reason when I read this, in my head it was in the voices of William Shatner and George Takei...... :-)
As an asian person, there are for sure stereotypes and they go both ways. But to be honest, "we" have it easy, one of my closest friends is African-Canadian and the things he shared with me recently just floored me. "I hear your people are afraid of snakes" " You must be good at basketball" Once was profiled for looking like someone else, crazy world we live in!
No it's not sad or funny, the older man is a product of his generation, unfortunately.
Why can’t it be sad that the older man is the product of a racist generation?
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That older white man is probably going to need the services of that asian man before too long.
Honestly, this is the type of stuff that is happening in this country every day and it's sad. Sure, some people use the race card unnecessarily, but if everyone in this country really paid attention and tried to help make a change, we'd all be better off. I commend that Asian guy for not openly showing that he was offended. I just wish people would not jump to conclusions based on race.
It happened to me one day..i am a cashier in a Super Center store, a customer ( with food stamps card) asked me where i came from..i told her that I am from the Philippines..she said,...ahhh from a poor 3rd world country...i'm kinda offended but i replied her nicely..yes Ma'am i am from a 3rd world country indeed BUT, in my country, you need to work hard so you can eat and feed your family on your own! and i am proud to live here in the US without asking any help from the government!
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No offense, but I've seen a lot of old people who are mean, even in my personal life. o.o I haven't seen too many who are nice...
Here's hoping that most of racism dies out with our oldest generation. I'd say ALL, but I am a realist & know that will never happen, at least not in my lifetime.
I've been hoping for racism to "die out" since I was in my teens in the 70's and finally realized what it was. 45 years now and I"m STILL waiting for the idiocy that is racism and bigotry to STOP being a THING! It is ridiculous and absurd and anyone who thinks they are better than anyone else because of their skin color, religion or monetary class are so sadly disillusioned and brainwashed by hatred and willful, deliberate ignorance.
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Really sad. What a tent that surgeon was not to be offended by the old bigot
It does sound made up, but still... What a piece of $#!t. (do I need to say I meant the white man?)
You're obviously a White male. You NEVER experience this, so of COURSE you yell 'fake'. What an idiot
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As a minority who is also a Dev, I can tell you this has indeed happened to me. It tends to be White men that think I work at a Burger King or something......They are also somehow skeptical of my military service, as it seems you have to be male and White to have been in the Army.....
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Too many racists in the world, but still he was an old man, and old believes hard to change.
It will be funnier when the Older White Man ends up in the ER with a massive coronary episode and has this doctor..
Sooooo true...you can see cases like this ALL the time...prejudice, prejudice
Being a racist has nothing to do with a person's age! I am an "old" white woman of 68 who is not a racist and find people who are to be truly deplorable. Racism is unfortunately, passed down from generation to generation by ignorant people and there are probably more racist young people around because the "old" racist people who taught them are now dead. The man referred to in this article is a racist - but that is because of how and where he was raised - not when.
ER cardiac surgeon? Usually there is someone who knows the problem and then they hand them off to the surgeons. Had that happen, actually. ER guy saved my life from an asshoal cardiac surgeon who put me on a drug that could've given me a stroke or embolism. Sent me to the surgeon who got me out of Afib and lost a knife fight with a cardiothoracic surgeon and have the huge scar on the sternum and 4 procedure open heart surgery to prove it. i'll get him next time...
Yet another white person ruining it for the rest of us smmfh
Come to my side of town and you’ll owe me $200
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Pretty sad commentary on our society. Not at all surprising, which is sadder still ...
lets hope the 70 year old does'nt have a heart attack, i think he might be a bit embarassed if the 40 year old were to operate.
A cardiac surgeon in the ER? um, nooo....I'd rather have my cardiac surgeon work in the OR!
Indian. (if you didn't get that joke, please watch Goodness Gracious Me)
No shame here but I was the same way when I got on my first flight at 18 years old lol
I do this with my daughter. I'm always closest to the street and on those rare occasions when she comes in my room in the middle of the night to get in my bed, I always sleep closest to the door just in case I gotta pull out my Kimber Solo and whoop some intruders a*s. Hahahahaha.
Dad's sighing cuz actually he wanna engage in super awesome space travel but can't :(
I don't like most kids but when I hear little children that crazy, I know they'd be something one day
In a few years she will understand that faster is not always better
What's even MORE sad is the folks that just can't find humor in life. Why so serious?
:( I don't care if this comment gets down voted, I cannot keep this inside: This is an awful thing to say to any child of any age. We don't own anyone, not even our kids. They are PEOPLE, with their own bodies, their own brains, their own feelings and opinions and no one owns them. not their parents, no one. they are not belongings or things or slaves.
This is, no joke, why I didn't get anything more than a trim for 10 years of my life.
Well it has some bacteria, right? Unless distilled. So not quite vegan :):) In Canada they sell gluten - free water :) WTF
This sounds like something I'd say. I once worked at our local golf course where people look for puffins. People would come into the pro shop and ask me about them and I got into trouble for telling the rich guests that they taste great. Probably not the best thing to say.
I wear DC's at work. Flat and comfy for *me*. Got a problem with it? Stop looking at my feet, you're weird........
It is rough to date outside your phone platform but it's doable if you work at it :D (my beau has an iPhone but I don't hold it against him)
Some libraries require membership for entry. That is a sin against God and a crime against humanity. When I am empress, those people will be flogged. And keel-hauled.
i'm forever pulling out my debit card to check out books, and i've been known to grab my library card, my Co-op membership card, my Ace Rewards card and have it pay for something. Makes me think my wallet is not organized too well.....
This is friendship goals! I want my girlsfriends to have these convos about me, if I am every going through a break up! :D
In certain London parks it's pelican eat pigeon. See You Tube freakiness
I'm 72 years young, and I still have no clue what the difference is between reptile and amphibian sex? Does it have anything to do with the G-spot?
You guys do realize people smoke meat as in the cooking process... right?
Commonly referred to as a "French bath". My hubs works swing, so he showers at night. I work from home 4 days a week, so I usually don't shower until later in the day unless I'm going somewhere. One of the very few perks of adulting in this day & age - I get to decide when (and IF) I take a shower. Yee haw! I'm living the dream, baby.
ew no, i dont want to see your cheese library, always wash between your folds
Translation: He's used to dating women who are all about the drama, and this one is laid back. That just hurts my brain...
He says that because from his experience a lot of baritone singers tend to get fat and die young. Not that strange if you think about it.
This makes sense. Think about it. 90% + of the time you are using wipes, its because you are dealing with something icky/dirty. So cleaning it off makes sense. Just like you need to clean your sink fixtures.
oh f**k no lol, ukip helped bring about Brexit and it will be a huge massive clusterfuck, most DRs and nurses are not renewing their contracts, companies are leaving en masse, cant even get folk to pick fruit... literally the only good thing about Brexit is that Scotland will go indy
It doesn't matter what she does, she always looks like a fashion store mannequin
She means that God will make a way to provide the funds to pay the bill.
I once heard a child say to another child, "No, don't hug me, you're my ex-wife."
What's wrong with 169??? Like really as someone that has been a waitress I have no idea how anything is odd about that interaction.
The other day while i was at the pool, I overheard two small boys talking. The one said to the other one: 'Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Beyonce?' 😂😂😂
Lame selection. Surely BP can do better? If you eliminate those that are plain stupid (#181 is an excellent example), not funny, notwitty, not perceptive or not literate you have maye two dozen out of 185 that are worth reading.
My 8-year-old nephew said to my (now ex) boyfriend about the film he was making: "are there any car chases? What good's a movie without car chases?"
My brother and I were at a video store a whole bunch of years ago and overheard the following conversation between two cashiers. Cashier 1: She broke it. Cashier 2: How did she break it? Cashier 1: She whipped it out and wrapped around something. This was in 2002 and we still p**s ourselves laughing about it.
oh, that's better. I am of an age that if my wife said that to me I would frantically try to hide all the knifes.
Eavesdropping is okay. Reporting on your eavesdropping is just weird.
once i heard "just feed the sea urchins two loaves of bread crumbs and make sure the cats and hampsters eat them"
I once heard a child say to another child, "No, don't hug me, you're my ex-wife."
What's wrong with 169??? Like really as someone that has been a waitress I have no idea how anything is odd about that interaction.
The other day while i was at the pool, I overheard two small boys talking. The one said to the other one: 'Did anyone ever tell you that you look like Beyonce?' 😂😂😂
Lame selection. Surely BP can do better? If you eliminate those that are plain stupid (#181 is an excellent example), not funny, notwitty, not perceptive or not literate you have maye two dozen out of 185 that are worth reading.
My 8-year-old nephew said to my (now ex) boyfriend about the film he was making: "are there any car chases? What good's a movie without car chases?"
My brother and I were at a video store a whole bunch of years ago and overheard the following conversation between two cashiers. Cashier 1: She broke it. Cashier 2: How did she break it? Cashier 1: She whipped it out and wrapped around something. This was in 2002 and we still p**s ourselves laughing about it.
oh, that's better. I am of an age that if my wife said that to me I would frantically try to hide all the knifes.
Eavesdropping is okay. Reporting on your eavesdropping is just weird.
once i heard "just feed the sea urchins two loaves of bread crumbs and make sure the cats and hampsters eat them"
