Posts Tagged ‘midway’

• That Will Only Make It Worse

  Date: 2008.08.17 | Category: all | Response: 0

  African American grandmother with cane crawling out of the back seat of a hatchback with 4 grandchildren of various ages: Well, put some cologne on, you stank!

  St. Paul, Target Midway
  Overheard by BikingSmellsBetter.

• How To Make A Trip To Target More Interesting

  Date: 2008.07.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Mother to pre-teen girl carrying her little sister on her back: I hope she doesn’t pee on your back

  Target-Midway
  Overheard by I hope so too.

• Who Can Crack This Mystery?

  Date: 2008.06.02 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Mother: I said sit down!
  2-year old girl: (smack) BLAH!
  Mother: Don’t smack your mother! (smack)
  Girl: (smack)
  Mother: I said stop! (smack)
  Girl: (smack) STAWP!
  Mother: (smack) Stop!
  Girl: (smack)
  Mother: (hard smack) Girl, where did you learn to hit your mother?
  Girl: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

  Bus #16–By Midway
  Overheard by I just want to get home…

• They’re Just So Much FUN!

  Date: 2008.05.26 | Category: all | Response: 0

  10-year-old girl: The sky is black, the garbage is blowing out of the garbage cans, we’re gonna get a tornado!
  Mom wearing scrubs: No, it’s way up north, it’s not even going to come here.
  10-year-old girl: That’s a damn shame! Why don’t we ever get tornadoes?
  Mom: I don’t want no tornado!

  Midway White Castle
  Overheard by twitchy.

• Ohhhhh, That Kind!

  Date: 2008.05.03 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Man on his cell phone in the baby aisle:  No, not that kind of Mexican!  The cowboy hat and boots kind!

  SuperTarget in Midway
  Overheard by juju.

• Break The Cycle!

  Date: 2008.03.25 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Ghetto-fabulous mother to her daughter: You’re acting stupid.
  Daughter: No, I’m not!
  Mother: Hey! It’s “no you ain’t!”

  Midway Target
  Overheard by maybe homeschooling wasn’t a good choice.

• Someone Has To Be Louder Than Her

  Date: 2008.03.10 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Mom YELLING at young child: WHY WOULD YOU WANNA MAKE THAT KIND OF NOISE IN THE STORE?

  Midway Target
  Overheard by someone TWO AISLES OVER wondering where he gets it.

• Because You Think We Should Get Sex Tips From Cosmo

  Date: 2008.02.25 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  A man talking to his friend about Cosmopolitan sex tips: If they have all that shit in the magazine, why don’t women ever do it?
  
  CVS Midway
  Overheard by the same male cashier.

• Why Limit It To Target Shoppers?

  Date: 2008.02.11 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Man talking loudly on cell phone in Target: Yeah, she went out and bought some new underwear, ’cause the stuff she got’s too small.
  
  Midway SuperTarget, St. Paul
  Overheard by I’m sure she’d be pleased to know Target shoppers have been informed.

• I’m In Line For A Room On The Death Star

  Date: 2008.01.27 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Male College Student: I need a spaceship. *pause* Where are you living next year?
  
  Frozen Foods Aisle, Midway Target
  Overheard by I’m living at Target.

• Until It Leaves Rainbow

  Date: 2008.01.23 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Rainbow Foods cashier #1: Should I tell Rick you’re cheating on him with Craig?
  Rainbow Foods cashier #2: Hell, no. What stays at Rainbow, stays at Rainbow.
  
  St. Paul Midway Rainbow Foods

• …Again

  Date: 2008.01.10 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Mom to her young daughter who’s entering the bathroom: Don’t forget to wipe.
  
  CVS Midway
  Overheard by considering quitting.

• Oh, It’s Only 4 Out Of 5 Toys

  Date: 2007.11.26 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Fortyish man, to his young daughter looking at toys: Let me see if it’s painted, with poison.
  
  CVS Midway
  Overheard by Nathan.

• We Replaced Our Mission Statement With A Beer Menu.

  Date: 2007.11.04 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Regular Customer: You can’t harass the customers like that!
  Waitress: Sure I can, this is Midway Perkins.
  
  Midway Perkins
  Overheard by she has a point.

• Math Is Hard.

  Date: 2007.09.04 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Employee #1: I gotta work on Monday.
  Employee #2: That’s a holiday. You’ll get some time and a half!
  Employee #1: What’s time and a half?
  Employee #2: Girl, that’s where they pay you, like, double.
  
  Midway Super Target
  Overheard by that’s some good time and a half.

• Santa, The Easter Bunny And The Tooth Fairy Aren’t Good Enough Anymore.

  Date: 2007.08.23 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Liberal preschool-aged baseball fan: GO SAINTS! You can do this!!!
  Conservative preschool-aged baseball fan: GO USA! You can win the war in Iraq!!!
  Liberal preschool-aged baseball fan: What is WRONG with you?!?!
  
  Saints game at Midway Stadium

• Keep Your Goals Realistic.

  Date: 2007.08.19 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Woman: I promised myself I’d never hotwire that car again.
  
  CVS Midway
  Overheard by Male cashier.

• Later, The Least Coherent.

  Date: 2007.08.07 | Category: all | Response: 0

  Guy returning from the concession stand with three enormous beers: These [nods to indicate beers] were enough to make me the most important person on the walkway.
  
  Midway Stadium during Saints game
  Overheard by unimportant guy with one regular sized beer.

• This One Is Dedicated To My Little Brother.

  Date: 2007.06.14 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Ditzy 20-something talking about music with friend: Is Journey a band? I think I saw Journey!
  
  Midway Stadium during a Saints game
  Overheard by won’t stop believing.

• The One He Knows About.

  Date: 2007.05.14 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Kid: It’s her baby daddy’s other baby momma.
  
  Midway
  Overheard by Wow…