30 OverheardLA Posts That Truly Show What Los Angeles Is Like

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AmyBrown
Jan 2, 2019 2:00 PM EST

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in LA? Just read the posts below to find out.

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  • 01
    Overheard - Text - "How serious are you guys?" "He got me a residential parking permit for his neighborhood. I feel like that's equivalent of a diamond in LA." Boverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 02
    Overheard - Text - Customer: "I'll have a margarita, and don't give me one of those communist paper straws, I want a plastic straw like an American." Server: "My apologies, sir, but we're currently trying to 'Make Oceans Great Again." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 03
    Overheard - Text - "Now boarding group A as in apple bottom jeans'... and group B as in 'boots with the fur." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 04
    Overheard - Text - Teacher: "What's your favorite color?" 6-Year-Old Girl: "Rose gold." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 05
    Overheard - Text - Customer: "Wow, your skin is amazing!" IKEA Food Worker: "Oh thank you. My coworker says it's the steam from the hot dog water that keeps me young." @overheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 06
    Overheard - Text - Girl: "I have 100K instagram followers. If I tag this place in a photo, can I get a free meal?" Waiter: "Instagram followers are not an accepted currency here." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 07
    Overheard - Text - "My coffee this morning was $83." "What the hell did you order?" "I got a $10 latte and a $73 parking ticket." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 08
    Overheard - Text - Man to waiter holding parmesan: "I want you to give me so much cheese you'll get fired." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 09
    Overheard - Text - Flight Attendant: "Please store your Louis Vuitton bag in the overhead cabin... we know it's fake or you wouldn't be flying Spirit." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 10
    Overheard - Text - Bartender: "Hello miss, can I see your ID?" *Lady pulls ID out from her wallet and her Costco card falls out Bartender: "Nevermind. If you have a Costco membership you must be an adult by now." Boverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 11
    Overheard - Text - Barista: "Ok, that will be $4.84" Girl: "Ooh, how much would it be if I posted it for my 75k followers and tagged you?" Barista: "$4.84" @overheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 12
    Overheard - Text - "We're 'millennial poor... So in debt because of school loans but somehow have money for brunch, ramen and festivals." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 13
    Overheard - Text - Woman: "The barista wrote 'Kelly is hot' on my drink. I'm old but I've still got it." Friend: "That says 'Kelly 1 shot!." @overheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 14
    Overheard - Text - Girl: "I think you're really great but I have to stop seeing you my therapist says you're emotionally unavailable." Guy: "Why did you pay a therapist to tell you that? I would've told you that for free." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 15
    Overheard - Text - Customer: "What candle or incense is it that has the smokey scent that I'm smelling?" Sales Associate: "That would be the fire that is taking place in Malibu." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 16
    Overheard - Text - TSA Agent: "Sir, can you put your coat in the bin?" Man: "Really? It's Italian" TSA Agent: "You're flying Spirit." @overheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 17
    Overheard - Text - Judge: "Please state your occupation." Adult Male Juror: "Um... I host a podcast with my roommate where we recap original Gilmore Girls episodes." Poverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 18
    Overheard - Text - Drunk Girl talking to married friends: "I'm just upset because I feel like you think I'm pathetic because I'm not married yet..." "Honestly, Natasha, I'm not trying to be a bitch... but we literally never think about you." @overheardsanfrancisco
    via @OverheadLA
  • 19
    Overheard - Text - "Why are all these beautiful women with average guys? Where are all the good looking guys in California?" "They're dating each other." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 20
    Overheard - Text - Girl walks over to guy: "Hey! So I asked my insta poll if I should ask you out and the answer was yes by 63%... so do you want to go on a date with me?" Guy: "Uhh, I have a boyfriend." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 21
    Overheard - Text - "My girl dragged me to see that big Christmas tree at the Grove. I was like ten seconds from dumping her but then I realized that shit is magical. Somehow I wound up agreeing to take her on a cruise to Cabo for New Year's." @overheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 22
    Overheard - Text - Woman stroking a rug at IKEA: "I want you, but I dont need you." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 23
    Overheard - Text - "Your flight is at 9:15 so you should get to the airport at 7:15, which means we need to leave the Pho place by 6:15, which means we should just leave our apartment now." "It's 2:45." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 24
    Overheard - Text - Professor: "Can anyone think of an example of slang that never became mainstream?" Student: "Fetch." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 25
    Overheard - Text - Dad: "You got me sick." Daughter: "You put me in public school." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 26
    Overheard - Text - Girl on the phone: "Can you pour a La Croix into the mineral water in the fridge, add 3 shots of vodka and bring it to me at pilates? Thanks Mom." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 27
    Overheard - Text - Customer: "Hi! I'm looking for some hiking boots." Employee: "Ok, what kind of hiking do you do?" Customer: "I just need them for tomorrow. I'm hiking in Malibu!" Employee: "Oh, you can just wear regular sneakers for that." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 28
    Overheard - Text - Woman: "I, like, have to get off this plane. I left my $5000 jacket at the gate." Flight Attendant: "If you get off the plane we can't let you back on." Woman: "Omg ok, I choose the jacket." Coverheardla
    via @OverheadLA
  • 29
    Overheard - Text - *At a meat-focused restaurant Woman: "I don't really like meat, what should I order?" Waiter: "An uber." Coverheardla
    via @OverheardLA
  • 30
    Overheard - Text - Cashier: "I think I know you from somewhere." Customer: "I have a big following on Instagram." Cashier: "Don't you work at the car wash on 3rd?" Customer: "Yes. It could also be from there." Coverheardla
    via @OverheardLA

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