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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Mom to her young daughter who’s entering the bathroom: Don’t forget to wipe.

CVS Midway
Overheard by considering quitting.

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

CVS Midway
Overheard by Nathan.

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.

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.

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

Woman: I promised myself I’d never hotwire that car again.

CVS Midway
Overheard by Male cashier.

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.

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.

Kid: It’s her baby daddy’s other baby momma.

Midway
Overheard by Wow…