Gems from Leah Garchik, Public Eavesdropping
There is a columnist in the San Francisco Chronicle. Her name is Leah Garchik. She includes a part called Public Eavesdropping.
Below are some of her gems.
"I'd actually rather be drinking wine than doing yoga." Person in parking lot at Crissy Field.
"If you don't stop crying for no reason, I'm going to start deleting Mickey Mouses." Father to young son, overheard at a Pleasant Hill car wash.
"I had on a Vanderbilt T-shirt under my Harvard sweatshirt. I realized if I just had a Cal Bears cap, I could round out all the colleges that didn't take me." Man walking near the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
"We're going to name the baby Zen. If it's a boy or a girl, it won't make any difference." Pregnant woman on Valencia Street.
"Look, I don't think Dad has dementia. He's just fed up." Woman on cell phone, overheard at Whole Foods in Napa
"I don't like guys with prettier hair than mine or cell phones that are smarter than I am." Woman in lobby of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
"What size pants do you wear? 33? 34? You're fatter than that." Man to friend, perhaps former friend, on cell phone on BART.
"A lot of pretty women are downgrading to ugly guys." Young man to young man overheard on BART.
Below are some of her gems.
"I'd actually rather be drinking wine than doing yoga." Person in parking lot at Crissy Field.
"If you don't stop crying for no reason, I'm going to start deleting Mickey Mouses." Father to young son, overheard at a Pleasant Hill car wash.
"I had on a Vanderbilt T-shirt under my Harvard sweatshirt. I realized if I just had a Cal Bears cap, I could round out all the colleges that didn't take me." Man walking near the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
"We're going to name the baby Zen. If it's a boy or a girl, it won't make any difference." Pregnant woman on Valencia Street.
"Look, I don't think Dad has dementia. He's just fed up." Woman on cell phone, overheard at Whole Foods in Napa
"I don't like guys with prettier hair than mine or cell phones that are smarter than I am." Woman in lobby of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
"What size pants do you wear? 33? 34? You're fatter than that." Man to friend, perhaps former friend, on cell phone on BART.
"A lot of pretty women are downgrading to ugly guys." Young man to young man overheard on BART.
"Look, they cut all the green off the trees!" "It's fall man, the leaves fall off then." Conversation between two teenage boys overheard in Berkeley.
"How will the pants fit after lunch? Burger and fries or just burger?" Woman in Banana Republic dressing room, overheard in Walnut Creek.
Good post!!
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