Woman to companion while waiting for bus: So, it was really lucky that grandma died on Christmas, because we just drove down and went from there. otherwise, we would have had to drive down twice.

Downtown bus stop
Overheard by …you’re kind of a bitch.

Woman to man: You got your knife on you?
Man: Yeah.
Womand to man: Because I swear to God, I will slash your throat right now, you talk about my baby like that again. I will cut you.

Bus stop near Hennepin and 5th
Overheard by Just trying to get to the train station.

Ghetto Girl #1 (eyeing a book in a bag her friend is holding, looks disgusted): That ain’t a book, is it?! (rips book from bag, flips quickly through it without looking at cover, appalled, as if she’s never seen a book before)
Ghetto Girl #2 looks down, ashamed.
Ghetto Girl: You ain’t gonna READ it, is you?!

MOA bus stop
Overheard by an English major.