'I can’t hear out of my right eye': 30+ Odd moments people overheard and couldn't help but laugh at

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Aug 3, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

Tell us, what's the funniest thing you've ever overheard? Now, I know it's not nice to eavesdrop, but it is fun! If you have a public commute or go out to public places a lot, you're bound to overhear some wild conversations. 

When people are out in public, there's a general belief that everyone around isn't listening in on your conversation. They're busy having their own chats and probably can't hear yours. But have you ever been on a silent subway car and then a couple comes in and starts arguing? Everyone on that train car is suddenly bearing witness to the conversation! It can be interesting or just plain funny to hear what people are talking about, especially when you have zero context for what they're talking about. 

People also occasionally have really personal conversations in silent elevators, or in the movie theater before the commercials start, or sometimes while they're in long lines to check out. They always have that assumption that no one is listening, but as the people below will tell you, they aren't always right!

After that, read about the very funny ways that some people got fired from their jobs, like one (ex) employee who couldn't help but greet customers with "vvvvelcome!" because they were using "Dracula voices at [the] drive-thru." 

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    What's the funniest thing you've overheard a stranger say? 'I heard some guy... say to a woman, "I'm Patrick, and I'm not gonna lie, I've made some bad life choices."""
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    What's the funniest thing you've overheard a stranger say?
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    Dougness "Sorry I haven't been in the last few days, I slipped and got a really bad concussion" "I know, I drove you to the hospital"
    via u/Dougness
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    SparkleKittyMeow Meow. "Abraham Lincoln says NO!" as he threw a penny at his friend.
    via u/SparkleKittyMeowMeow
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    Ducatirules My buddy was driving down the road and stopped at a stop like. A lady told him to roll down his window and yelled "YO GAS CAP OPEN FOOL."
    via u/Ducatirules
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    RevolutionOne7076. A mom at Walmart was telling her two preteen daughters that this is the last hair brush she was buying and made them both repeat "We will not use this brush as a weapon" I laughed out loud and had to apologize!
    via u/RevolutionOne7076
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    Boubsedo Years ago, I witnessed a man at my college telling a pigeon that was in his way to "get the out of my way" as he was walking to class. The pigeon waddled quickly off to one side.
    via u/Boubsedo
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    Dense_Phrase_5479. I work in retail, kid is being all bratty about to throw a tantrum and the father goes "If you don't stop, we'll just go straight home with no shopping!"
    via u/Dense_Phrase_5479
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    The kid who was maybe about 4 or 5 hits back with "THAT'S WHAT I WANTED THE WHOLE TIME!!!"
    via u/Dense_Phrase_5479
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    Grand-Ad-3177 Friend of mine ran into his Dad in a grocery store, that he did not know was in town at the time. He turned around to us and said " see, I told u Krogers had everything"
    via u/Grand-Ad-3177
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    [deleted] "Why are there so many people here?" - a British woman, shouting this in the dead center of Times Square
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    Redditress428 Overhead at a grocery store when 2 shoppers' carts bumped into each other One apologized to the other by saying, "My bad, I have an out of state license. "
    via u/Redditress428
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    prairiemountainzen. A mom yelling at her daughter from across the park saying: "Olivia! Do not throw away your shoes!"
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    At the exact same moment, Olivia pushed both of her shoes into the trash can and then ran to the swing set as if nothing had happened, while her mom was like: "Olivia!! No!!"
    via u/prairiemountainzen
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    Educated OwlAthena⚫ Once I was at the cell phone store getting my new phone set up, and this amazing woman burst through the door, all scarves and beads and whirls. When she walked up to the counter, she propped her walking stick against it and said, "Gabriella, stay there."
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    Gabriella, who was herself weighed down with several scarves and at least two dreamcatchers that I could see, did not want to stay there. She leaned over, and the woman picked the stick back up and said, "Gabriella, if you don't stay put, you're going to have to go in the corner."
    via u/Educated OwlAthena
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    This was no threat to the Gabriella the Great Walking Stick, and she promptly slumped to the floor again. "Fine," the woman said angrily. "Into the corner you go." NGL, I kinda wanted to give up my worldly possessions and follow her.
    via u/Educated OwlAthena
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    HumbleRutabaga580. A lady was ordering at Chick Filet, and she said what's the least amount of nuggets you can order, and the cashier was like "4 count is the lowest" and the lady was like "NO what is the actual least amount of nuggets you can order?
    via u/HumbleRutabaga580
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    And the cashier was like "ummmm I guess you can order 1 nugget" and the lady said "ok ring me up for one nugget." It was like 47 cents.
    via u/HumbleRutabaga580
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    Prior_Equipment An upstairs neighbor once yelled at 3 AM, "I'm a writer damnit!" Weirdly that ended whatever argument had woken me up and it was the last argument I heard from them. It seemed like one or both moved out soon after.
    via u/Prior_Equipment
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    meowpal33 Once I was in line behind a lady at TJ Maxx. She was taking a few minutes to find her wallet to pay and apologized to the clerk saying, "oh sorry, it was underneath my purse bread." She pulled an entire baguette out of her bag and then found her wallet. It made me jealous that I have been living life without purse bread.
    via u/meowpal33
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    Advanced District789. I went to the beach and heard a group of friends talking about how "Stephanie is such a ." And "Yeah she literally left at like 9p and didnt come back till 3pm." The guy in the group was like "Yeah you know why? Because she was at my house. She was sleeping on my couch." And I
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    remember agreeing being the 10 year old I was, thinking to myself "Wow Stephanie really is a isn't she? How are they all cool about this?" Until he went on and said, "She left fur all over my couch." Stephanie was a cat. I never heard someone talk about a cat like it was a human before and the conversation still makes me laugh a little.
    via u/Advanced_District789
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    yParticle "Are worms plants or animals?"
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    Playgroundclosed. Overheard a little girl in the toy aisle of a store: EXCITED GASP "Helllloooo00 Kitttyyyyyy!" (Inflection high to low and then low to high)
    via u/Playgroundclosed
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    Az_woman I was in the Emergency Room at my local hospital. It's setup with recliners and curtains sectioning off each area. No walls. The elderly lady next to me was irritated and thought the Doctor was not listening to her. She finally raised her voice and said"I can't hear out of my right eye". I lost it!
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    Laughed so hard my stomach hurt. I have no idea how the Doctor held his composure.
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    leylairoyale Another time, at the aquarium, I overheard a young girl, maybe 6, say: "Holy jalapeño! Now that's a fish you gotta see!"
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    kristalwash Overheard someone exclaim "OH SHRIMP!!!!" while playing tennis. I'm sure it was a substitute word for but it's now a saying in our house.
    via u/kristalwash
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    WickedLilThing "IM DUMB BECKY. WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED WHEN I DO DUMB ?"
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    insertitherenow Garden centre. Grown adult saying to the man with her what type of apples will grow on that cherry tree.
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    ZarquonsFlatTire ⚫ I had a customer once complain to me that some of the plants were wet. Yeah lady, it's 110 degrees in here. I spent at least 3-4 hours a day watering or they'd all be dead.
    via u/ZarquonsFlatTire
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    Stupendous Malice. I guy who spent half of a train ride yelling at his poor wife over speaker phone who then hung up and called his bank to deal with someone accessing his account and proceeded to shout his social security number, date of birth, account numbers, mothers maiden name, and
    via u/Stupendous Malice
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    every other identifying piece of information into the train car packed with people who he already made hate him.
    via u/Stupendous Malice
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    leylairoyale Also, as overhead between two people talking at the top of a tall staircase: "What's stopping you from walking downstairs?" "The potential of having to walk back up the stairs"
    via u/leylairoyale
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    924Carrera Sitting at the DMV in an interesting part of town. Lady: "What's the grace period on an expired license?" DMV tells her there is no grace period. Later they tell her she needs cash or check (this was before DMV started accepting credit cards). "Oh well I'll be back then, I need to drive....I mean walk to the ATM"
    via u/924Carrera
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    williamblair woman holding up the line at Arby's: "But IIII don't LIKE curly fries!" I loved the emphasis she put on "I", as if her opinion should have any bearing on the menu of a chain establishment.
    via u/williamblair
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    ShamelessNymph. In winter, astronauts fly on the sun because it freezes
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    Rfalcon13 I was at a Green Bay Packers game with my son, and there was an obnoxious drunk lady a few rows in front of us. Everyone is standing, and at one point late the game this lady is turned around and falls backwards into the rows under her. A guy behind me, with perfect comedic timing, says, "and down goes Frazier"!
    via u/Rfalcon13
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    [deleted] I was laying in the grass behind the plastic fence at a festival and I heard a some redneck walking by saying "I'm gonna go get myself some of those kombroochas" and it just struck me as funny. I still say it when I'm gonna get a kombucha
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    Luckyzzzz I heard some guy at a bar say to a woman, "I'm Patrick, and I'm not gonna lie, I've made some bad life choices." eses
    via u/Luckyzzzz

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