That's What WE Said

Good Parenting

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:42:55 +0000

Outside a clothing store in Lexington:

“I’m going to this shop over here real quick. Don’t get lost or I’ll have to call the cops.” – Mother to her five kids.

Honesty in the Workplace

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:37:21 +0000

After a male employee knocks a coffee container over, spilling coffee beans down the aisle:
Female Employee: “Haha!”
Manager (to Male Employee): “What happened back there?”
Male Employee: “Well, some of it seems to have kind of spilled on the ground…”
- Hartland Kroger, Lexington

…and now we know why.

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:36:53 +0000

20-something Guy: “I know all the words to that song…”
20-something Girl: “I don’t know if I should be proud of you or just worried…”
20-something Guy: “Both. My mom is…”
- Downtown Louisville

Makes sense to him

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:36:26 +0000

Homeless Man #1 (to Homeless Man #2): “Y’better get arrested tonight. Snow’s’a com’n…”
- Outside McD’s, Lexington

Nope. He’s IMMORTAL!

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:36:02 +0000

At a bookstore:
Female Customer: “Excuse me… Do you have any books by Charles Darwin?”
Male Employee: “We sure do! They’re right over here…”
Female Customer: “Oh, that’s great! Now, is he dead?”
- Barnes & Noble, Westport Road, Louisville

At least she knows where she lives

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:35:39 +0000

Man from Michigan: “Where are you from?”
Girl from Kentucky: “Louisville.”
Man from Michigan: “And how do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky?”
Girl from Kentucky: “Loo-uh-ville.”
Man from Michigan: “No, honey, the capital of Kentucky is Frankfort…”
- Louisville

Good thing she didn’t buy melons

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:35:16 +0000

At a check-out lane:
Female Employee (to a lady buying some fruit): “Oh WOW… You have huge bananas!”
Lady with Fruit (after a pause): “Huh? Oh… Yeah, you guys usually sell some big bananas…”
Female employee: “Yeah, but all of my customers today have had REALLY BIG BANANAS!”

- Whole Foods, St. Matthews, Louisville

A likely story

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:34:52 +0000

At a check out line, a cashier looks awkwardly at a male customer who is only buying a bottle of hand lotion and a twelve-pack:
Cashier: “Did you, uhm, find everything you needed today?”
Customer: “What? I’m just buying my girlfriend a drink…”
- Wal-Mart, Lagrange

I have to agree with him…

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:34:30 +0000

Overheard at a soccer game:
Guy in a wheelchair: “Soccer isn’t a real sport. You can’t use your hands!”
- Louisville

Why can’t they all be the same?

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:33:48 +0000

Overheard at a call center:
Call center employee: “Okay sir, I’ll need to send a technician to the site to repair your cable. I just need you to verify the address please… (pause) No, sir, not your work address. The address where you are right now… (pause) You don’t know that address, sir? (pause) In order to send a technician, we need to make sure we’re sending someone to the correct address…”
Customer (audibly screaming): “I don’t know what the address is! The addresses change! All the buildings around here have different addresses! The building accros the street is a different address than this one! It’s very confusing!”
Call center employee: (pause) “…I think that guy just hung up on me.”
- Louisville