Overheard and Pet Peeves

OVERHEARD

Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?

“Get here before the meltdown does.”

“Why don’t you slip into something more comfortable…like unconsciousness.”

“It’s hard to be stressed out when you’ve got a bucket of popcorn between your thighs.”

“He tries to be codependent with strangers.”

“We take our ability to read and write for granted.”

“I think she thinks I’m kind of simple, and that’s okay with me.”

“Trees are smarter than flowers.”

“And you know what? They poop on things.”

“Children screaming in a restaurant in any language are annoying.”

“All my friends that had kids early was my birth control.”

“In what world are we compatible?”

“I told her to just enjoy her oldness.”

“I got a grundy, can you help me out?”

PET PEEVES

Is there something that really irks you, gets your goat, rubs you the wrong way, drives you up the wall, gets you bent out of shape, puts a stick in your craw, or makes you want to throw in the towel?

“Women who use a public toilet, ‘pee in the air’ to avoid sitting down and splatter the seat with urine. Lift the seat if you must pee in the air or wipe up after yourself. Sure, I am usually vigilant and wipe the seat with toilet paper before sitting down but for girls (like a six year old) who are unaware of the risk, do your part to eliminate the ‘wet butt, I just sat in some one’s pee – yuck and germy’ experience.” ~ Valerie Fons

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