40 Times People Were Not Prepared To Overhear The Conversations They Did
Interview With ExpertSometimes you can’t help but overhear a conversation. The sound waves somehow reach your ears against your will and all that is left for you to do is tune in to the freshest gossip about John being a complete jerk or Margaret forgetting to bring homemade goods to the baking fair (how could she?).
However, not all chats that happen in public are this tame, and people in this Reddit thread definitely know this. From overhearing orders to eliminate some witnesses to receiving news about strange medical diagnoses, scroll down to find the most unhinged private conversations people eavesdropped on in public.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with world-leading etiquette expert Jo Hayes, corporate etiquette educator Adrienne Barker, and modern-day etiquette expert and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry, Jenny Dreizen, who kindly agreed to chat with us more about eavesdropping etiquette.
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I overheard a guy in my school, whom I didn't know because he was two years younger than me, telling someone over the phone that he didn't want to live any more - he was so tired of being lonely all the time and getting bullied day in, day out. His crying pierced my soul...
I was really popular at that time: had a lot of friends, was always pulling pranks with them, knew the teachers pretty well... So one day, me and my best friend followed him to the bathroom (this sounds so weird, but we had been observing him and we knew he hid in the toilets during breaks) and we kind of started a conversation on how his shirt was really cool and that we were a fan of the same band as him. And then we invited him to sit with us, and we kept that up until we graduated, and to this day, we're still friends. I regularly checked up on him during the time I knew he was depressed, without ever telling him I had overheard him when he was on the phone. He's doing great now - he's in his second year of music academy. I don't know if we "saved his life", but I sure bet we made it a little easier for him.
And seriously, he's become one of my best friends. Such a sweet kid then, and still a great guy now.
If this is actually real, then this is the best thing I've heard today.
Today? This is the best thing I've heard in weeks! (if true)
Load More Replies...From someone who was bullied the whole 13 years of school...thankyou....someone cared and took the time to make a small part of school well, really one of the most important parts, a happy time
God Bless you!! You absolutely made a difference in his life! Way to use your power as a popular kid!
I’m a wedding videographer. At every wedding I work with a photographer. Sometimes I get along with them, sometimes not.
Anyways, I’m working with this photo team at a wedding. We’re doing family photos which is the worst part of the day. It’s just a long drawn out 30 minutes of people not knowing where to stand, yelling for people who have walked away and were supposed to be in the next group photo, dealing with kids, etc.
I overhear one of the photographers whisper to the other: “Sometimes, when I’m having a rough time in family photos, I like to imagine everything everyone says came from behind a closed bedroom door, with a very strong implication of sexual intent.”
That was years ago and to this day I can’t help but think of it at every wedding. Hearing someone say something like “GRANDPA GET BACK OVER HERE! WERE NOT DONE WITH YOU IN THE MIDDLE!” Is now the bane of my existence.
I was studying with a friend in their dorm in college. It was a suited dorm with a shared bathroom. Heard multiple girls going into the bathroom together franticly and turn the shower on. Voice one was sobbing uncontrobbly then I heard her say "I told him no, I told him I kept telling him to stop." Voice two responded with something along the lines of "hey, I know you did, it's going to be okay. Let's wash the blood off first"
F*****g horrified me. I will never forget the way her voice and her sobs sounded. I was an RA and was required to report the situation because of my job. I had been through a similar situation, I knew how hard it was and wanted to check on her, but because I was a male I didn't feel my presence would help in the situation. Called a female RA over to come check on her. Felt completely powerless not being able to check on her myself.
Those kind never learn. But we have to try anyhow.
Load More Replies...Your empathy is wonderful. Thank you for getting an RA that could deal with the situation. If anyone finds themselves in the position RA was in (not being able to intervene), shout through the door to Not Wash. Having been through it, I know you want everything gone, but that is what will convict someone.
In a crisis, it's easy to forget the rule "never wash the evidence away!"
blood? what? does that happen during rape? at least i'm assuming this was a rape situation?
Yes. When you force something somewhere not prepared for it, and that you're actively fighting against, there will be a lot of blood. I tore so badly inside that it took almost 3 years to heal completely. I couldn't make love to my husband without intense pain that whole time, it seriously hurt our relationship.
Load More Replies...OMG. That poor girl. I hope somebody beat the hell of the guy that did it before he was arrested and expelled!
she should NOT have showered before going to the police. She washed away a lot of DNA evidence. The police get evidence and the hospital provides care, emotional support, and shots and/or tests
All three etiquette experts agree that eavesdropping is impolite.
"Eavesdropping crosses a fundamental boundary of respect. In my years of teaching etiquette, I've found that deliberate listening to conversations not meant for your ears violates the trust we establish in both personal and professional relationships," said corporate etiquette educator Adrienne Barker.
"It's particularly problematic in business settings where I often consult, as it can undermine team dynamics and raise serious confidentiality issues. When someone eavesdrops, they're essentially taking information without permission—and that's never good form!"
Kids talking at the Park, very loudly, about how they [unalived] my cat. Which I had found earlier and was at the park trying to cheer up. I sued them.
Unfortunately in the US it is not a crime to kill a cat, all you can do is sue for pain and agony , and doing something to the kids would be criminal , so the way the cats owner went at it is the best way.
Load More Replies...I hope so. And the kids need help, it's been proven that kids who abuse/kill animals are more likely to move on to humans when they get older.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry, but kids harming or killing animals of any kind absolutely should get a beating. Belt comes off. Beside the fact that behavior is an early indicator of psychopathic behavior later in life, potentially moving on to thrill-killing people as they get older... Killing or harming an effectively defenseless creature is cruel and unacceptable. Whoever does it, I don't care if it's a kid, needs to feel a significant level of PAIN to hopefully trigger some empathy.
These kids are likely psychopaths and have no emotions but do things like this trying to feel something. I don't know if change will happen.
Load More Replies...Nooooo not your furry baby. Somebody needs an a*s beating for killing pets just because they want to or think it's fun.
i would have RIPPED THOSE A******S APART IF THEY TOUCHED MY KITTY OR ANYONE ELSES PET WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR THOSE KIDS UGH
At the grocery store I heard an elderly lady turn to her husband and say "shall we get naked?".
Took a double take to realize she was reaching towards the "Naked" fruit juice brand.
many old folk homes have problems with std outbreaks
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Dollar store grandma
'' this family really went to s**t while I was in prison''.
Doesn't sound like it was too great before she went to prison either!? 😅
Now I REALLY want to know why she was in prison. Pot brownies? Jan. 6th idiocy? What?!?!?
"When we are in a public space, and there is no concept of assumed privacy, it can be easy to listen in to someone's conversation. I think as long as we are not straining, staring, or letting our jaws hit the floor, it isn't too impolite," explained modern-day etiquette expert and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry, Jenny Dreizen.
"I think where eavesdropping gets into truly impolite territory is actually rooted in the etymology of the word—to drop from the eaves, literally hang within the overhangs of a roof, meant to spy, essentially. Not all information, thoughts, or feelings are meant to be heard by indiscriminate parties, so listening to a conversation someone believes to be private while remaining hidden or unseen is definitely considered impolite."
When I was little my mom and I were at a library next to my dance studio waiting for my dance class. A guy on the phone speaking quietly but not that quiet, was saying “so many girls in this area, and they are all wearing little tutus, you really gotta come check them out, they are basically asking for it”
My mom, and another woman near by went to the police station (also next door) to file a report. The police did nothing.
A couple months later we found out the police station was covering up crimes of a child predator. It made national news I think… at least regional news.
So I lost my trust in police when I was VERY young. But sadly that wasn’t the first time I got a bad feeling about a creepy man. This world sucks.
Maybe I’m just old but this would be a case where the community might be more help than the police. I grew up doing dance and those Moms did not play. Someone would probably have discouraged that guy from hanging around…
Especially when children are involved. But, the Catholic church covering for pedo priests is 10x worse.
Load More Replies...I just don’t understand this. As kids we always believed all police are good and are here to protect us and fight crime, and that’s why they became one. That was the way I was taught to believe. I’m all grown up now and not so gullible anymore. Ignorance IS truly bliss
Load More Replies...Oh s**t! They hopefully cleaned house at the PD and the city was sued.
To serve and protect, but they do neither. They only step in AFTER a crime is committed.
Ah, but you don't -- and neither does your mom. Two people -- that's a start to a better world.
On the bus about 10 years ago. Two girls in their mid to late 20s.
Girl 1 "omg you're pregnant, whose the dad"
Girl 2 "it's brad"
Girl 1 "your brother?"
Girl 2 "he's only my half brother so it's fine"
I think about this conversation more than I should.
When it comes to statistics Florida and Alaska have the highest cases of incest. It's illegal in 48 states except for Rhode Island and New Jersey, if you're over the age of consent. So, no It's NOT the South and it's ILLEGAL in all of the "Southern" States. Florida has its own thing going and we don't claim them. I REALLY want to Murder the person that made "Deliverance." Because, if I have to see one more 🎶 I hear banjo music playing🎶 every damn time someone mentions the South, I'm going to go apeshit. I'm sick and tired of ALL of the damn stereotypes that we are constantly having to deal with, especially on this site. I don't even bother to open my mouth, since it won't do a damn bit of good except get to dogpiled and downvoted to hell and back. God forbid, if you're not ashamed of being from the South or hell, even the US you better NOT say a word. No one is perfect, every single country has problems and if you act or say you don't, then you're lying to yourself and everyone else. The "I'm better then you" attitude is getting to the point, that I'm about done with this site and I'm NOT the only one that feels this way. Everyone else is just to afraid to say it. Ban me, Slam me and tell me how I'm so wrong. At this point, I honestly have Zero f***s left to give.
Exactly. Thank you for sharing this post. Like you, I am fed up.
Load More Replies...I just said the same thing! Seriously how do they not know.
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Woman I worked with thought everyone had already left and I got to listen to the conversation with her and her ex-husband. Man was pleading with her to let him see his teenage daughter more often and she was insisting on more alimony/child support. He told her he was already living in a trailer and going in debt to pay for the daughters private school and couldn't afford more. The woman said he would come up with what she was asking for or she would show the daughter the DNA test that showed she wasn't actually his daughter. I don't think I've ever felt as bad for a guy and as nauseated by a woman so instantly in my life.
If she wasn't his daughter why did he have to pay support? I can understand him wanting to. The woman sounds like a b***h, if they had a father/daughter relationship why would she want to hurt her daughter?
Vindictiveness gets in the way of rational thought.
Load More Replies...What a b***h. Time to go to court and stop paying child support. Put the money in a college fund that only he & the kid can access when she's old enough
Wait a minute. How would this help Mom's cause, if she showed a DNA test that cleared the ex? All it would do is cut off any child support/private school funds -- and show that she was sleeping around at the time her daughter was born.
Depending on location, if he signed the birth certificate he's trapped regardless of DNA revelations.
Load More Replies...If there's proof the daughter isn't his, why TF is he giving her any money?!
That is one cold b***h, clearly the man loves his daughter and wants to be able to see her. So this woman wants more money so she blackmails him; either pay up alimony/childsupport, or she would expose him as not the real father. A lot of people will be hurt, maybe unable to fix the relationships. what a tangled web to weave.
If you overheard information accidentally and kept it to yourself, don't worry, you're not going to be morally condemned.
"For example, if, when walking past your colleague’s office door, you overhear something private and confidential, that’s accidental. That would not be classified as eavesdropping," explained world-leading etiquette expert Jo Hayes.
"Covertly hovering outside your colleague’s door to listen in on their conversation is eavesdropping. But, in the case of the former, if one hovers even for a second to hear more information, that is eavesdropping. And, of course, if accidentally hearing information, one must keep what they’ve heard to themselves."
A woman on the phone with her mother crying about how the man she was having an affair with was cheating on her.
If he’ll cheat with you, he’ll cheat on you. Ladies, why is this so hard to understand?
How long do you have to listen to a conversation to gather all this information? I couldn't be bothered that long, tbh...
Sometimes these conversations are imposed to you, like on a bus for example.
Load More Replies...no sympathy for her. you don't sleep with another woman's man. period
Back when I used to live with my dad and his girlfriend (it was "his/our house" - she was the guest there)
He used to travel for work a lot, I worked full time and had to co-live with the gf and her kid, prepped all my meals and did all my shores.
Once overheard her telling her kid "I f*****g hate that f*****g s**t head, he was making noise last night when cooking, f*****g stupid kid"
And... That's when I got my own place.
and... stop cooking for them if they're going to complain. if the food isn't good enough, they shouldn't get your food at all.
Oh, I would have really made some "cooking noises" then.
“Im afraid! I don’t wanna die!”
My mom’s cousin talking to her via phone call. She had Covid. Her mother and many other people in her family had died from Covid mere days before. I overheard this as I headed to the bathroom and it broke my heart.
She died a couple of days later.
And so many people in Germany now saying lockdowns were unnecessary and Covid wasn't that bad. It's wasn't that bad in Germany BECAUSE we took precautions. Yet still more people died than in years without Covid
I remember someone saying that we'll never know if we overreacted to Covid, but it would've been blindingly obvious if we'd underreacted. I think about that whenever someone whines about how they don't believe it was that bad or just a bad cold/flu.
Load More Replies...This is sad on a whole new level provided the fact that there are many out there who still believes that covid was a hoax.
How can people be that stupid? My auntie almost died of Covid. She has Long Covid and after 3 years, she still suffers every day.
Load More Replies...I am so tired of the muck fuppets who say that the lock down was a complete over reaction and totally unnecessary, because COVID was not as bad as they claimed it would be. Oh and the whole "Co-Morbidity" argument is another reason to throatpunch. So if I get shot and die from a heart attack, due to the trauma from being shot. I was alive before I got shot, I died after getting shot, so I died from being shot. But what do I know, I am just a retired Fire Captain/EMT.
And Covid's still out there. My in-law's care center keeps having outbreaks of it.
So many who voted for trump have completely developed amnesia about the deaths and his part in it.
While resisting the urge to eavesdrop can be tough, Dreizen says it's good to remember some psycho-emotional and practical steps.
"The golden rule reminds us we would have the grace to have a conversation in public without being listened to, and therefore, we would want the same for others, so when the urge to listen arises, try to flip the situation around and remind yourself of this. Physically blocking the conversation with headphones and music, a podcast, or an audiobook is a good idea, and then re-engage with your own work or interests, whether that be sending emails, texting a friend, or reading," she advised.
I was at a bar once with friends and in one of those moments where the room-wide din momentarily dies down, we heard a woman at the table next to us playing voice mails for her giggling friends. It was a distraught wife begging her to stop having an affair with her husband, and the woman and her friends were basking in this wife's pain. All four of us turned to stare bug-eyed like wtf. I think of them time to time, and hope they all get space aids ebola.
"Oops... I am so sorry that I tripped, and two pitchers of beer went all over you and your friends." "My apologies."
petty catty, bitches love seeing anoither woman destroyed. NOne of them offer compassion, a voice of reason, or a kindness. The wife should not have reached out to the girls, by doing so, she sounds desperate, and pathetic and the girls laugh louder. Karma will get then soon enough
A mother talking about her 15 year old daughter having her third kid with a 27 year old man. Talking about it like it was a blessing and they were "so grateful for what the lord provides". This was in a VERY rural town in Kentucky. Still makes me nauseous to think about.
Many of the first European colonies/settlements in North America got started by religious fanatics who thought people in the Old Country weren't pious enough.
Load More Replies...15 yrs old and having a 3rd child? So 13 yrs old or younger for the 1st, that is beyond sick.
But the lord has provided it so it can't be wrong...🤮
Load More Replies...Oh ok, so the mother and presumably the rest of the family is perfectly okay with grooming, statutory rape, underage pregnancy, and attributes it all to religion. PUKE.
Somebody doesn't understand the terms pedophile, child abuse and statutory rape. A 15 yo kid pregnant with her 3rd kid by a 27 yo. That creep would never be seen again.
Pedophilia is attraction to a prepubescent individual. By definition, a pregnancy cannot be a result.
Load More Replies...so, they consider it a blessing that their CHILD is being raped by a paedo nearly twice her age?
"i just don't understand how a colonoscopy can be a virtual appointment.."
Overheard in the cubicle next to me at work 😭😭😭.
Right? Simple blood tests, sure. A colonoscopy, not so much.
Load More Replies...Just in case anyone wants to know how a virtual colonoscopy works (worked in GI office): https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366
WOW!! How cool is that!!!! Much rather that than a colonoscopy!
Load More Replies..."So he told you he was a doctor and then asked you to back up towards to the web cam!"
Some kind of computer peripheral that you plug into a USB port maybe?🤔
Ummm. Neither do I?! Especially after having a colonoscopy and an endoscopy on the same day.
"If a private conversation starts up near you and the conversational partners are unaware that anyone else is present (perhaps they can’t see you), making some sort of noise—e.g., clearing one’s throat—or actually making yourself visible to let them know that others are present is the polite and respectful thing to do," added Hayes.
"This way, they can choose to lower their volume, and/or, move to a separate space to ensure the conversation is not overheard. If neither option is possible, removing oneself from the situation so that one can no longer overhear the conversation is the moral/ethical thing to do (and, therefore, the correct action, etiquette-wise). This is especially true if the conversation is clearly private/personal/confidential."
I was a little kid in the early 90s, and while standing in line at McDonalds we overheard some teenagers joking about running over peoples pets.
My mom saw how upset this made us and scolded them enough that they fled McDonalds. Hopefully not to a car.
There's a swerve-to-hit b.astard comes up my road. I recently had to pick up a marmalade cat which got hit. Don't know if it was the one I've been told about, but how hard is it let the little guys cross the road? Others swerve-to-scare, which is why I wait until the road is clear to .check my mail.
That is so unbelievably fúcked up. I once swerved to not hit a squirrel and didn’t even check the next lane. We were just on a street so if there had been a car there the occupants would have been fine.
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Last week I overheard two women talking in the store.
"The moon landing didn't happen! People are so gullible! I mean, how would they find a phone cord long enough to reach to the moon!?".
I wonder if she's also into the 5g conspiracy theories too. Wouldn't that be ironic?
This reminds me of a comment I overheard on electric cars. "That will never catch on, you would need such long cords and they would get tangled all the time."
She probably is Flatearther, QANON, COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 5G, Dinosaurs Aren't Real, Earth is 6K Y/O, Vaccines Are Useless & Microchipped Cardmember.
HAHHAHA one time at school i overheard someone talking about how to earth was flat and the moon landing was fake. her parents are probably crazy trump fans
"Just poke a hole in it. He'll never know.". Unfortunately, the guy they were talking about was not present at the bar, otherwise my blunt, no-f**ks-given self would have warned him.
I have also known women intentionally "miss" taking their pill for a similar effect. The call it "baby trapping" which is so stupid.
Works both ways. But usually the one who is more trapped is the woman
Load More Replies...I used to have in-laws trying to convince me to baby-trap my fiance this way, or to just stop taking the pill during holiday parties. They have tried convincing me several times over the years. Very shocking to have his own siblings suggesting this. I did tell him as soon as we'd get home. We've together chosen to not have kids as a couple and his family gets baby-fever occasionally. Thank goodness his niece has become an adult, married and had 4 beautiful children for the family to fawn over so the pressure is finally gone for us to have kids.
That's just shameful to do that and get pregnant on purpose to trap somebody.
Poking holes in a condom was considered a practical joke in my early college years (late 60s)
I used to work with a maintenance tech who had formerly worked in corrections. One day he was outside having a smoke when I came up and lit my own and he casually continued his conversation with our other tech. He was busy explaining that he worked overnights at the prison, and they were chronically understaffed.. so when one night he did his rounds and came upon an inmate being gang r***d in his cell, he wasn’t allowed to physically intervene because it would be a 5v1 situation. He had to wait for backup, which he knew wouldn’t be available because they were under staffed. He told the guys to “go easy on him”… that still sticks with me.
no, no...we are animals who do horrible things to our own species. i don't think many others do.
Load More Replies...Knowing things like this happen has been the reason I stay out of trouble. I don't want to ever go to prison.
Not the most f****d up thing I ever heard, but one that frequently comes to memory. I used to bounce at a strip club, and one time, I had to go in the locker room to let one of the girls know someone was there to see her. When I walked in, there were 4 girls sitting in there, all talking about which antipsychotics worked best for them. I was young and didn't realize just how sad of a place that was until I walked in on that conversation.
In my youth I dated some dancers, the ones I got to know were wonderful people who went on to better things. One is a programmer for Boeing, another transitioned to male (considered himself a transvestite while dancing), one is a successful glass artist - I could go on but YMMV
I bounced at a strip club in the 90s. I broke up way more fights between dancers than I ever had to deal with bad patrons.
“I didn’t want the last 2 kids”, my dad said. “Me neither, you’re the one that always wanted $€X” my mom said. “You dumb b” said my dad. This was during their divorce. I was 5. Asked my much older brother what that was.
Thanks for letting me know early. I processed that for years. Still rings some days. Whatever though. Fk em. I’ve got my own kids that I wanted. They know what love is.
This is why I told my kids they were surprises instead of accidents.
I told mine I tried my best to get you specifically and got just what I asked for and more because you are so beautiful and loving. I don't deserve you.
Load More Replies...The thing is, we pretend that once you become a parent, you must automatically want that child. But getting pregnant is just a biological process, and it can happen. Nature doesn't ask you, no more than nature asks you whether you want to have great or s****y teeth. Instead, we should teach kids that parental love is frequent, but if it's not there, it's not a statement about the kid or even the parent, it's just bad luck. All that CAN be expected from parents is to fulfil their obligation to the kids they have, and to it with grace and friendliness. Basically, be good team members.
If parenthood can be planned, if abortion is available, if the social care system can deal with the still "unwanted" children (foster care and adoption) and if the social norm is not pressuring people into parenthood but recognizing the validity of choice, then most of the kids will be wanted. Even if the parents' decision was born after the conception.
Load More Replies...Sadly the only two pregnancies I had were NOT planned. 1st one guy used c****m too late, 2nd was a date r**e. Had hoped to someday have a pregnancy that I WANTED, but never happened.
This was something my mom overheard, not me - and it's f****d up in the sense that it's so sad, it f***s with my heart every time I think about it.
When my dad was sick in the hospital, there was a little boy (maybe 7 years old?) a few rooms down from him. It wasn't the ICU, but it also wasn't just for folks who needed one night's stay to get better if that makes sense. I think it was around Christmas time when this happened, so one night my mom was leaving to head home and she overheard the little boy crying with his parents. As she walked by his room, she heard him say "but mommy, I've been so good this year. Am I in here because Santa thinks I was bad? I'll do better next year, I promise!"
😭.
so sad. I hope they reassured him that Santa would still think kindly of him
From my flatmates’ room, I heard the loudest belch one could imagine. It would’ve been unremarkable, but then I heard her pat her tummy and say
‘Good girl…’.
I cheer some of mine. I'm 51, gotta get my entertainment where I can 🤣🤣🤣
- "Why did you penetrate her while she was sleeping?"
- " I don't know, I was bored" while shrugging shoulders.
I was about 19yo and learn that day you can't trust anybody.
Okay but this is a rape story. So what are you on about?
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American tourists in Helsinki talking about Mammoths being mythical creatures. They couldn't be convinced otherwise.
Well of course they're American. America seems to be in denial about a lot of real solid truths these days
The USA education system is barely hanging on. It's been that way since the 90s. Is there any other 1st world country where they hold bake sales to pay for field trips?
And it just keeps getting worse. If I get one more mug, "I'm a teacher! What's your superpower?" hmm...making actual money?
Load More Replies...Please don't place all Americans in the MAGA bucket, they are only 48% of America.
Of course they couldn't be convinced. You can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't get reasoned into.
Not the most f****d up, but last month there was a guy in the hallway of our school talking with his doctor on speaker. I could hear everything they talked about. He thinks he might have an STD and they talked about all of his symptoms and that his girlfriend told him she was a virgin, etc.
Why the hell would you loudly talk about that stuff with speaker on in a public place?
A girl in the next change room telling her mum “you better fit in a size 16… I’m not having an obese mum”.
It broke my f*****g heart.
It definitely came out sounding mean, but maybe she had good intentions? Such as worrying about her health? 🤷🏼♂️
When I was in middle school a group of girls sat down near me and started talking a bit too loud. One of the girls said she was going to try and "[unalive] the baby" with red bull and liquor. She was 13.
Overturned, not repealed but agree 100%. The numbers coming out of states like Texas that have more extreme bans are horrifying. Since the ruling, maternal deaths are up 50% in Texas alone. Hundreds of women nationwide are dying who didn't have to die.
Load More Replies...Let me guess, Texas? Because their Sex Education curriculum is "Abstinence". But "God Forbid" that a 13y/o girl any other options, but to carry the baby to term. Because pregnancy is a "miracle from God", even if it was due to sexual assault/incest/molestation. So frakkin tired of the "Moral Majority" cult muck fuppets.
To whom? The people who would force her to give birth?
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Overheard a Belgian christian girl on a train telling her friends about her romantic history. Basically she identified as hetero and dated men, then bi, then lesbian and dated women. She was certain that she was a lesbian and that she dated men uniquely because that's what society expected her to do. She then got deeper into religion, got more involved within her church and now identifies as a lesbian dating men. Because that's what the church considers proper. And she told her friends that she's not attracted at all to her boyfriend and would date women if she was not religious.
She said all this very loudly and cheerfully while I was trying to sleep. I found it very sad.
Religion really needs to go away. It’s ruined too many people’s lives already and will only continue to do so
Religion in every form is awful, all it does is repress and harm.
Load More Replies...My heart breaks for people with religion. Kenny was a coworker. Beautiful man, loved fashion and cooking, spoke of his ex fondly as they met at a fashion show where Kenny modeled. Then Kenny " realized " at church that it was a sin to love another man..so..he's committed to being alone and miserable. Poor Kenny
Completely agree. Also your name is hilarious, given…
Load More Replies...People need to start believing in themselves instead of books filled with fairy tales! Besides the fact that some religious "leaders" are in it for the money more than the teachings of their religion! Joel Osteen is just one example! 💩
Overheard my parents talking about being worried I was gonna shoot up my high school.
I just liked playing video games….
I'm sorry, but they were paying attention, unlike Ethan Cumbly's folks who could give a s*** less.
The trial is starting soon. Apparently he stopped being in court for the jury selection because he thought it was boring… Oh please let him be sentenced to life with no parole…
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I overheard a conversation out in public between a couple, where the woman in a chilling, somber tone said “I can’t even look at you, knowing that YOUR FATHER…was performing HUMAN experimentations…” I went into full casual snoop mode to get the tea. The more I listened and watched, the clearer it was that this woman was going through some mental health crisis. Her pattern of speech was so bizarre, and her sentences slipped in and out of coherency. The poor man just looked so defeated. The were both dressed like they were in dire straits, and the man had this expression on his face like he was realizing the reality that his partner was losing it.
Two people, early twenties working in luxurious hotel, casually discussing how lucky Africans were to have been colonized by white people.
A politician said that slaves were fortunate because they learned skills.
Load More Replies...WHAT????? Those poor people weren't colonized, they were trapped, thrown on ships and sold. Animals were treated better if there was an evil owner.
Oye gevalt! Where did blatant ignorance originate? ... Oh right, narcissism.
I would have loudly called out those two CWOHS and their racist shite.
People (presumably brother and sister) discussing the annoyance of having to visit their dying dad at the hospital bc it was ruining their plans. I wanted to berate them with every insult known to man but I would’ve looked insane.
The dad must have been a shix dad if they didn’t want to be with him.
Or they were avoiding the sad feelings by getting angry. Anger at the person who is dying or has already passed is a common part of grieving.
Load More Replies...My dad died last month. He was in the hospital for two weeks before that. My sister and I spent every single day there and spent overnights towards the end. We were holding his hands when he passed. I wouldn't give up one second of that time with him. Not for anything. I am grateful for that time.
2 sides to every story re: dad relationships however they may learn too late how healing it can be to stay with a dying person, You can learn so much from their stories and tell them your last goodbye
I saw my father three times before he died but it was during Covid so complicated. Furthermore he'd been misogynistic, racist, homophobic, controlling etc. I didn't see him in his last few weeks and I didn't attend his funeral. It is Extremely complicated to know about anothers family situation. The guy in the post may have been awful. Or he may have been lovely with s****y kids, hard to know
When i was 13 i overhead my mom talking about how she lost her first son when he turned 3 months old on the phone with her doctor
i had to process that i had a dead sibling at 13.
she never never told any of my siblings about this, she doesn't even know I'm aware of her dead son.
sometimes it keeps me up at night.
That's sad. It is much healthier to talk about these things, even if it's painful to start with. Two girls I teach had a brother they never met because he died as an infant, before they were born. Their mum has talked about him with them and said he is in heaven watching them. The youngest talks about him a lot, trying to comprehend it fully I think. The other day she 'brought' him to school with her so he could 'see' her school and friends. It comforts her knowing he is around.
I think they should have told their mom that they heard that, but I also think it's perfectly fine that their mom didn't tell them. People process grief differently, for some it helps talking about it and remembering, others need to move on.
Load More Replies...I had a stillborn brother, but that was before I was born, so it wasn't like I missed him. He was my sister's twin, and she missed him her entire life.
Mom didn't share it because it's not really their business? If it was her first child, then it's HER trauma, and she is not obligated to share it with her children, especially since it is not something that affects them. Unless they were alive when the sibling died, it isn't their loss, it's hers
Overheard from a couple guys in Statics class in college:
"So, whenever I go to a party, I take the cap off of every bottle I can find in the bathroom; shampoo, conditioner, stuff like that, and pee into it.".
NO!!! Keep going! There is so much more fun to read :D
Load More Replies...And this is why I immediately assume you're an a.sshole if you like to play pranks.
Wow, I hope karma gets him! Maybe someone will put some Nair in his shampoo bottle, or have some fun with his toothbrush
sick MF. Disrespectful to your host and the others there. Its not funny it's acting like a juvenile
In Vegas on a very hungover Monday morning before my departing flight I heard the person in the hotel room next door wailing, crying sobbing and screaming something to the tune of “I’ve lost it all, I’m so f****d” for hours straight.
when in Vegas, don't get drunk and gamble. get a set amount of money to gamble before you get drunk. get drunk in the hotel you're staying in. always have a sober friend with you to make sure you don't do anything stupid. be aware and prepared.
After going there more than once with my ex because he wanted to, I can safely say I have no reason or desire to go myself.
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Not the most but just the other day I overheard “It turns out my whole family’s solar eclipse glasses were fake hahahaha” - Dad to another Dad at school drop off.
I don’t know why, but this struck me dumb in a fit of laughing this morning. Thank you. 😊😂
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Not the most but pretty disturbing. I was sitting on my porch and could hear my neighbors talking.
Granddaughter: look grandma! A cat!
Grandma: I don’t give a f**k
🤨.
I also laughed. My granny had a potty mouth but she was the best so...
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"A dead man doesn't f*****g narc".
Swear to God. I was 12 years old with a couple of friends on our bikes eating gelato outside an Italian bakery that was kind of notorious. Two guys in suits were talking, one big guy was very animated and yelled that out at the other one.
It's so crazy I sometimes wonder if I imagined it, but both my friends confirmed they remembered it too for years afterwards.
I once overheard Charlie Kray (younger brother of the Kray twins) say very loudly he was going to break someones legs, this was in the 90s.
Used to go to the public library to write. Would put on headphones but sometimes they were off so I could hear others at the study tables. One time some guy was arranging meetings on his phone and giving out his phone number. For giggles I typed it into Google and a whole bunch of escort services popped up. Another time it was an older gang member teaching two youngins to never give the cops their real name because they might have outstanding warrants somewhere.
The best thing I've overheard at the library was one teenager telling another "see if they have that move--Nightmare on 34th Street!" We did not, but we did have Nightmare on Elm Street and Miracle on 34th Street. Lol
A mom at the water park telling her 6-8 yr old that she looked fat in the bikini and should’ve worn the one piece.
Sounds like my mom. But seriously that's fúcked up and I'm 31 and still hate myself and my body no matter what anyone says 🥲
Hold on Sara, one day I hope you'll accept yourself as you are and don't give a sh1t about what others think of you. ❤️
Load More Replies...My mom had a real problem with her image (child trauma) and she transferred this on every girl/woman around her. So I was that young girl and I heard this so many times. Now I'm 40 and good with my body, took me decades. I don't resent her for that, she needed help, but I'm very aware of all the bad it can do.
My favorite, a cellphone conversation overheard years ago, I was on a park bench when a guy on his phone walked by, "Yes, alright I get it. I s**t on the floor, you happy? But if she just picked it up when I told her to, we wouldn't be fighting now!"
...wat.
"If she's old enough to cross the street she's old enough to get this meat"
Overheard at work one day.
That’s so damn disgusting. It’s hard to carry something like that once you overhear it.
"Oh I barely drank anything today, just two wines and some water" whilst at work.
...
I work at a school.
If I had to work at a school, I'd probably drink too.
Load More Replies... A girl in a bus was talking to her friends about a guy that murdered someone in a park we passed by. She then continued talking about wanting to murder someone herself to know how it feels, and wondered about wanting to murder people more often after the first one.
Worst part was that she was chewing gum insanely loud while talking too.
I was at work walking past some contractors sitting on a bench smoking. All I heard was one guy say to the other, “well she already took the best years of your life, why shouldn’t she take half of everything you own?” He then started laughing uncontrollably. The whole time the other guy was sitting with his head in his hands obviously upset.
My first day of selling tickets at Disneyland solo. I take my first break and there on a pay phone (1998) is a character performer with the Mickey head off, but they were wearing the rest of the standard Mickey costume.
“Listen a*****e, if you’re home when I get home this will escalate even more than it already has.“
They hung up very forcefully. They noticed me and left.
I just remember thinking “ I hope Minnie is okay.”.
fun fact: Minnie is just a nickname. her full name is Minerva Mouse
At all Disney properties, there is no way a character had his/her head off in public - NO WAY!
Given that the other worker was on a break, they were not in public, they were in a break area - and those are restricted to disney employees only, and they are not allowed to take their breaks wandering about the property.
Load More Replies...In college my friend’s dad would get super drunk and leave her 10 minutes messages. One time he said “your f**k a*s mom should have had an abortion when I told her to.” Nice guy.
I once overheard my manager and his subordinate in the break room saying that no one will find out about the off the book stuff they were doing (they were buying material using company money and doing their own work) they didn’t know I was there because I was in the next room changing into my normal clothes.
A few weeks later they were both caught and no longer work where I am. It was revealed they’d been doing it for 4 years and both made $600,000 each.
Do you think the fact that they were caught just a few weeks later is purely coincidence???
Load More Replies... “You can’t get STDs from a**l because you can’t get pregnant that way.” - a girl I hooked up with years ago.
Yes I got an STD test before my next sexual encounter.
took me a while ti figure out a**l referred to back door penetration.
Sorry but "back door penetration" made me grin a little too much.
Load More Replies...Three girls were at the next table at a restaurant and they were discussing a date one of them had recently. Apparently he was not tall enough for her. I remember hearing clearly amongst her complaining, “He was so short, he could wear my p**sy for a hat.” Maybe not that f****d up but pretty hilarious.
Don’t be judging. Maybe he wasn’t a good fit for you but that doesn’t mean the next girl isn’t gonna think he’s awesome
My daughter's boyfriend is 5'5", exactly the same height as her. He would be way to short for many women, but my daughter loves him, and he is perfect for her. Some women like shorter men as they make them more comfortable. Not as intimidating in an argument. They joke how she could take him because she took kickboxing. He says he is taking Taekwondo so that he can protect himself.
Load More Replies...I am 5'3", and never intentionally dated only short guys, but it worked out that way. I have a messed up neck, so definitely for the best.
While walking under a hotel balcony near a boardwalk “I’m not paying you to shake your a*s”… just kept walking.
if I was there, I would've raised my voice and went "WHAT?" just to scare 'em a bit
Walking past a phonebooth in the city, a 13yo boy says "I don't f*****g care. I'll keep cutting myself, and if you don't come pick me up right now mum I'll try and [unalive] myself again. And that c**t better not be at home when I get back".
Knowing who the "c**t" is could really effect who is in the wrong
They are still around in Australia. Some have free wifi, others free calls. There is one at the end of my street that gets used regularly.
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-"How come you cheated on me with Margaret??"
-"SHE SUCKS D**K BETTER THAN YOU"
Then the woman goes to pick something up and she was wearing a skirt with nothing underneath... I still have nightmares...
"Tony's in the dumpster. We can't do anything about that now.".
I was at cold stone with my child a couple weeks ago and overheard the staff tell each other about how ones uncle was having a secret affair with their cousin and when it had come to light he filed for divorce and married their cousin.
Heard a dude talking about “[unaliving] both the child and parent” on the phone.
But since it’s an area with a lot of IT companies, I’m sure it’s something about [unaliving] the child process and parent process.
Kill. Killed. Murder. Murdered. Unalive should be reserved for the really unalive, vampires, ghosts, mummies, etc.
Those are not the Unalived, they're the Undead. /s
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Not messed up in the way you’re asking, but in college my roommate and I had a couple girls over and we all seemed to be hitting it off. We were hoping to retire to our separate rooms to make out. Girls go to the restroom together and I’m outside smoking a cig. Could hear them talking about getting with us.
Girl I’m with: “are you going to hook up with [roommate]?”
Girl he’s with: “Oh yeah! You?”
Girl I’m with: “Eww no.”
That definitely messed me up bad. I hooked up with girls fairly often so it didn’t ruin my life or anything, but that memory never left my head….
Not me but my mom at the mall overheard a soldiers wife telling her screaming child if she doesn’t stop misbehaving“ daddy won’t be coming home”.
We were visiting New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. We walked down Bourbon Street and kind of got out of the touristy area where some people were sitting on a stoop outside in front of a building and I heard “I’ve seen some s**t! I know people who like get down with animals and let you watch. We should go sometime.” I turned around and went the other way.
“Everything’s OK. The guy is in custody and the woman and child have new names.”
I was on edge for most of my shift after that. .
Overheard a guy I work with (he's in his 40s)
On a call to a woman (who he had on loudspeaker) tell her that he would lie to his mother about what hours he was working so they could meet in a hotel while his mother watched his 2 kids (who don't live with him). Then the woman tried asking him about his kids, to which he replied "don't talk to me about my kids, talk to me about things I like, like p**sy & money".
A few dudes at a bar/restaurant sitting at the table behind me. They're having a few beers and laughing and talking about past sexual conquests. One of them launches into a story about how he was in an orgy, and how hot it was having so many bodies tangled together. Then he drops the bomb that his cousin, who was also a dude, was a part of it too, and the other dudes go quiet. One of them asks if he did anything with his cousin, and he denied it hesitantly, then slowly says something along the lines of "Well, it was very dark, and all the bodies were slick with sweat, it didn't really matter who touched who or what went where." Judging by the silence from his friends, it very much did matter. He kept trying to justify it, saying how hot it was, but they all made excuses to leave within the next twenty minutes, and he was left alone, drinking at the table, staring at the wall and looking very much like he wished he hadn't told that story. .
Most of us don't get to go to a lot of orgies, so when you do you might as well try to p***k everybody there.
I heard a guy telling his wife over the phone that they were going to lose the house inside a bathroom, inside a McDonald’s, inside a Walmart one time. It was real Russian Nesting Doll of depression.
I was sitting in a restaurant and overheard 2 cops talking about pulling over only the workers from a certain factory in town. One said “They’re easy to spot because they all have a parking lot sticker on their cars, so just look for it.”.
Heh. Small town I grew up in, the cops decided to use the driveway of my dad's business to wait and catch 3rd shifters leaving one of the local factories. Dad and I share first and last names, so I went down one night and asked if Officer Friendly had permission to be on the property. And ejected him when he tried lying about having such permission
Asking a Lady if she wanted me to check the oil in her car, she said, "No thank you, I don't check the oil any more, it's always a quart low so I quit checking it...!"
Of course, it was over 3 quarts low after convincing her that her engine was about to burn up...
"if she [unalives] herself I'll be so happy" from what I could gather this group of girls were talking about someone they went to school with.
that's a terrible thing to say but I think we can all admit that we have said this about someone at some point
My mom told me that my dad told her "Even if you die, I don't care. The house and kids will be left to me". She was pregnant with my sister and having some complications. I never asked him about it, but it's not outrageous to believe that he actually said that. And then they had me too🤡
My daughter went to see the Nutcracker ballet with her Grandpa. At the train station on the way back she went to the bathroom and overheard the lady in the next stall on the phone talking about the injecting vs snorting d***s and which one was best; and then a pill rolled under the stall and rested against my daughter's shoe.
And that's how the story of the cracked-nutter was born.
“Don’t repeat this, but my daughter is a f*****g hypocrite. She owns all these horses, and yet still owes me 40 Euros😡!”
Heard this at planet fitness while getting a massage. So confused.
Overheard my mother telling her partner at the time that she hopes my dad agrees to her complicated custody plan, so she'd still get her child support payments.
"I always felt bad for the kids with ugly mothers.".
So one time I was at a really nice wedding; While I was waiting for it to start, I was pacing the pews in the church’s corridor, because for some reason I was feeling really nervous about the whole ordeal. As I was pacing, I couldn’t help but overhear a bridesmaid talking to a waiter about what a w**re the bride was. Man, it really f****d me up hearing them say that. Idk. I just don’t understand why people can’t close the god damn door. You know?
Didn't know whether to upvote or downvote most of these because they were so damn horrifying. 🥺
The 'overhear' meme/post I've read are usually lighthearted and hilarious. These weren't what I was expecting at all.
I have two that never fail to make me chuckle. First, a little girl at a pet store with her grandpa. "Grandpa! You need mouses!" "Why do I need mice?" "You could put them on your ears for earmouses [earmuffs]!" The other one was a toddler with his daddy, upon spotting a bag of potting soil. "Potty soil! Want!" "You don't need potting soil." Yes! Potty soil!" "What are you going to do with a bag of potting soil?" "POTTY TRAINING!!!"
I was sitting in the waiting room at a child psychologist’s office when I heard a mom tell her kid to pull herself together and behave during the session. I glanced over because the voice that answered sounded so young! The girl was about 8 or 9 and said sadly, "Last time, you wouldn’t even let me cry while I was talking!" The mom replied, "That’s because you cry too much. You’re sad all the time, 24/7. You’re never happy." 😭 It was heartbreaking to hear a mom talk like that to a child who clearly needed help. 💔
I couldn't make it to the end. So many revolting people all around us :(
Got to the 4th one and had enough. Too sad and/or sickening. I thought these were going to be funny
I thought these were going to be amusing not heartbreaking. Some were outright horrific
I don't want to know the worst thing you've overheard. I want to know funny things out of context. What a horrible way to start my day.
At Walmart in the 90s I saw an older couple looking at the TVs. The movie that was playing had subtitles. The woman said "What's that for?" the man "I think its for the blind". Me walking by "Its for the deaf!"
Didn't know whether to upvote or downvote most of these because they were so damn horrifying. 🥺
The 'overhear' meme/post I've read are usually lighthearted and hilarious. These weren't what I was expecting at all.
I have two that never fail to make me chuckle. First, a little girl at a pet store with her grandpa. "Grandpa! You need mouses!" "Why do I need mice?" "You could put them on your ears for earmouses [earmuffs]!" The other one was a toddler with his daddy, upon spotting a bag of potting soil. "Potty soil! Want!" "You don't need potting soil." Yes! Potty soil!" "What are you going to do with a bag of potting soil?" "POTTY TRAINING!!!"
I was sitting in the waiting room at a child psychologist’s office when I heard a mom tell her kid to pull herself together and behave during the session. I glanced over because the voice that answered sounded so young! The girl was about 8 or 9 and said sadly, "Last time, you wouldn’t even let me cry while I was talking!" The mom replied, "That’s because you cry too much. You’re sad all the time, 24/7. You’re never happy." 😭 It was heartbreaking to hear a mom talk like that to a child who clearly needed help. 💔
I couldn't make it to the end. So many revolting people all around us :(
Got to the 4th one and had enough. Too sad and/or sickening. I thought these were going to be funny
I thought these were going to be amusing not heartbreaking. Some were outright horrific
I don't want to know the worst thing you've overheard. I want to know funny things out of context. What a horrible way to start my day.
At Walmart in the 90s I saw an older couple looking at the TVs. The movie that was playing had subtitles. The woman said "What's that for?" the man "I think its for the blind". Me walking by "Its for the deaf!"
