Chipper cashier: Oh, I like cats. Do you have a kitty?
Crusty old man with large bag of cat food: Yeah. 39 of them.

Maple Grove, Super Target
Overheard by No matter how hard Maple Grove tries to be Edina or Eden Prairie…

College Kid: Not sure what we were thinking, but you can’t substitute bananas for eggs.

Minneapolis, Target
Overheard by Old Timer.

Little boy: My feet hurt.
Mom: Wait ’til you’re fat and old, then we’ll talk.

West St. Paul, Target
Overheard by DB.

Five-year-old girl to Mom: Is Valentine’s Day when the Easter Bunny comes?

Maple Grove, Target Valentine’s Section
Overheard by Dreaded girl.

4 year old son, whining: But Dad…
Dad: No, no one is going to rob Target.

Apple Valley, Target
Overheard by Don’t think I don’t want to.

Bundled up apparently non-frat boy to friend: I’ve never been to a frat party, but the story is it’s total bros and total hoes.

St. Paul, Hamline Target
Overheard by What else would you expect?

Old Lady to father of 10ish year old boy having a temper tantrum: You should teach your son that he is too old to act like that.
Father: He can’t help it; he is autistic.
Old Lady: Well, my grandson is artistic as well and he would never act that way.

St. Louis Park, Target Pharmacy
Overheard by Turn up your hearing aid!

Concerned mother to rather girly looking son: Do you have a Wii injury?

Crystal, Target
Overheard by Ah, modern day.

Little girl: I want a candy bar.
Her mom: No.
Little girl: Fine, if I don’t get one I’ll shit in your car!

Apple Valley, Target

Girl: Dude, Argyll is punk. You see those socks I was wearing today?
Young Punk in training: Yeah, socks, not shirt!

Minneapolis, Downtown Target
Overheard by My junior high math teacher must have been punk, too.

Man to two preteens: I’ve been locked up the past 8 years. How am I supposed to know what to get you for Christmas?!

Richfield Super Target
Overheard by did you look in aisle 5?

Wife interrupting her husband while he was suggesting a gift idea: NO, NO, you’re being stupid!

Apple Valley, Target
Overheard by TheirTwoChildren.

Girlfriend: These look really good. They have ricotta cheese in them!
Boyfriend: Ick, the cheese will make me sick.
Girlfriend: Your lactose intolerance is really getting on my nerves.

St. Paul, Midway Target
Overheard by Deli Man.

Classy woman wearing too much blush, on her cellphone: You got your court date, too?

Minneapolis, Downtown Target
Overheard by Lindsay, Tess and Kevin.

Teenage girl to friends: Why does he want to kill himself SO BAD?

Minneapolis, Hi-Lake Target, Black Friday
Overheard by trying to live up to his father’s legacy.

Lady at Target: Oooo! Dollar movies! That’s what you get for your mother-in-law!

Vadnais Heights, Target, Dollar Spot
Overheard by The Girl Buying Her Niece’s Christmas Gifts at the Dollar Spot.

College guy #1: Dude, should we buy some soap soon?
College guy #2: Nah, I don’t want to waste my plasma money.

Minneapolis, The Quarry, Target
Overheard by Burrhead.

Religious Woman #1: When you feel the spirits coming on, when you feel those bad demons, you have got to expell them as fast as possible!
Religious Woman #2: Mmm hmm, honey.
Religious Woman #1: You have got to get some blood and put it on your forehead and speak the good Lord’s name!
Religious Woman #2: Mmm hmm!

Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall Target Store
Overheard by Not my blood please…..

Target employee over walkie talkie: Do we have any space dividers for… dividing spaces?

St. Paul, Target store on Snelling Ave.
Overheard by Captain Obvious.

10-year-old boy #1: What is a social worker anyway?
10-year-old boy #2: It’s a gay person! Duh!

Edina, Super Target
Overheard by lol.