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To ask for your interesting and shocking overheard conversation experiences?

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AlternativePerspective · 09/10/2019 09:38

On a train yesterday.

Three other people several rows in front having a very loud, and very explicit conversation. The girl using the f word like it was punctuation and going on about how when she got money on Friday she would be buying some weed because all she needed was a spliff. Shock then telling one of the blokes to be grateful because “Well I gave you two blowjobs yesterday so shut the fuck up.....”. Shock Shock. Man came by with a bike and one of the blokes shouting out to him that he was stealing his bike. He wasn’t and just ignored the bloke.

They were the types that IMO if you approached them you would be asking for trouble. I was both horrified and amused in equal measure...

I’ve come across all sorts on public transport but these were a revelation even to me. Grin.

So anyone else want to share their overheard conversation stories?

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LittleCandle · 11/10/2019 23:14

On Wednesday, while doing stock taking in the shop where I work, there were two men standing outside the shutter chatting. They clearly didn't realise that a perforated shutter allows air and noise to carry. One of them was telling the other that the police in his home country had fancied him for the murder of his wife. Apparently it wasn't him, but only because someone else got there before he did... Shock Confused

The official counter and I exchanged glances and tacitly and silently agreed not to make any more noise than we had to and kept counting. Oddly enough, I had forgotten about it until I saw this thread. Thankfully, the man left long before I had to!

Lessthanzero · 11/10/2019 23:23

middle class types who were on a stopover for their bike ride.
They were discussing in detail, how they fooled their wives and gf's to be able to go on these rides that in actual fact were shagfests

But so many mn's dh's secret hobbies are bike riding.

Mikeymoo12 · 11/10/2019 23:53

I remember getting a flight back from holiday once and my little boy has dropped off so I started listening to the man in front (Was rows of 3 seats). Anyhow it soon became obvious he didn't actually know the couple he was sat with but was telling them all about the swinging parties he went to back home. Then just as the flight landed he said oh I'll give you my number in case you are interested in joining in and the woman of the couple quickly said NO thank you before the man who looked very disappointed!

RobinHumphries · 12/10/2019 04:38

Was in a little pub in Devon, eating a meal with my family. There were three people at the bar, 2 local women and a man who had come to do an outward bound type course and was staying upstairs in the pub. One woman asked the bloke where he was from. I didn’t here his reply but her response was something like oh that’s far. Not like me, I’ve never travelled outside of Devon. Not like my friend here, she’s quite the jet setter. She often travels into Somerset!

MoodyBitch · 12/10/2019 05:51

A couple of young women a few years ago at a bus stop.
A. She's married to Eddie though yeah?
B. Yeah but she was having it off with a bloke called Mark.
A. So, whose is the baby then?
B. Dunno, but it's not either of them cos it's black!
The bus arrived then so I missed the rest of it.

A young woman on her phone walking past me recently.....
'It was that far up his arse it took them ages to get it out'

I'm desperate to know what and who. It sounds bloody painful. 😂

Bluetrews25 · 12/10/2019 11:39

When writing notes in the office on a mental health ward where the patients were all NHS professionals.
Heard 2 of the staff mental health nurses talking, one said to the other
"so I said to him, 'I don't care if you are a consultant psychiatrist, John, take your medication!' "
No-one is immune....

MyChildrenHaveHorns · 12/10/2019 11:40

In the pool on holiday, two brothers, one of whom had a girl wrapped around him. His brother said ‘hew bro, you getting out and go for lunch?’ ‘Nah man can’t, got a right semi on here’
I was swimming past and burst out laughing, brother says ‘hew man watch what ya sayin round people man!’
He said ‘shit, I thought she was spanish’ 😂
Guess my tan was coming along well!

Babybel90 · 12/10/2019 14:52

I was in an Italian restaurant on a Saturday night with an old boyfriend, it was in the city centre and packed, the tables were so close to each other they were practically touching.

A middle aged couple were seated next to us, he was clearly in his ‘best’ shirt and she looked a bit like Marlene from Only Fools and Horses, they had an awkward conversation where it was quite clear she was just about tolerating his company, I assumed it was a first date and there wouldn’t be a second.

About half way through the meal he got down on one knee in the tiny gap between the tables and proposed, she looked unimpressed but accepted in a shut up and stop embarrassing me kind of way, it was like watching a car crash!

missbattenburg · 12/10/2019 15:07

Reading these just reminded me of a an expat party I went to in India. Important because as such events everyone tends to know each other but not necessarily very well. Plus you bump into the same people at any future events.

I'd been dancing and desperately wanted a few mins peace and quiet and to give my feet a rest from the heels.

I went to the loo, sat in the seat and took my shoes off and rested them up against the door.

After a few minutes one of the other women came in and I kept quiet thinking she would pee and leave. She didn't.

It sounded very much like she drunk FaceTimed an old flame and gave him a video show of her playing with herself. Then she broken down and cried.

At one point other people came in the toilets and she just shut up till they left.

It was awful. Like something out of a bad sitcom. I basically had to wait until she was done and left, wait a few more minutes then go out and rejoin the party.

I never could look her in the face after that and always felt desperately sad for her tears. I suspect she was very lonely Sad

Leftielefterson · 12/10/2019 16:16

The most recent from a last few weeks was my dp being called by his exes distraught daughter because another of my dp’s exes had followed the daughter to a club and had it out with her. Said daughter then went on to publicly shame the ex calling her some very unflattering names. If it were not so scary I’d have seen the humour in it but what the actual fuck is wrong with people?

TheSunAlsoRises · 12/10/2019 16:47

@Leftielefterson

What had your DPs Exs Daughter done to your DPs Other Ex? How did they even know each other?

Leftielefterson · 12/10/2019 17:00

Absolutely nothing. The ex apparently stalked her, found out where she hung out and went there and confronted her in front of all her friends. Told her she knew where she lived, where she went to uni etc. Misplaced anger and rejection I think. Understandably the daughter has been distraught and they’ve involved the police.

I’ve been similarly stalked by this same ex. Single whole female style. We saw her whilst out on a run last week in our neighbourhood. London is a big place but she chooses to come to our little area hoping to see us I think. I’m as hard as nails normally but the stalking of the daughter has really shaken me up.

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 12/10/2019 22:39

When I was pregnant with no2 son I was at the hospital antenatal clinic one day, and sat next to a young woman who had a toddler, about 3, with her. The little girl announced "I'm getting a black babba soon" and the mother said ' I told you, we have to wait til it's born to see what colour it is"

glowbabe · 13/10/2019 00:53

I was stood on a bus stop listening to two women slagging off a wedding they had been to naming the bride and groom - I had been to to school with the bride !

Secretlifeofme · 13/10/2019 09:39

Bumping this for (hopefully) more! Such a funny thread Grin

MummyNeedsDisaronno · 13/10/2019 10:07

@PomBearWithAnOFRS ShockGrin

Alpacamabags · 13/10/2019 19:49

Bumping....i need more 😂

Babybel90 · 13/10/2019 20:02

In The Works, 2 youngish women pushing buggies.

Woman 1: Eeee they’ve got a book on that Nelson Mandela.
Woman 2: I’d never even heard of him until they said on the telly that he was dead.

PablosHoney · 13/10/2019 20:11

‘We would get divorced but neither of us wants the kids’ 😂

strawberry2017 · 13/10/2019 20:31

When I was on the labour ward having my daughter, I heard through the curtains a young lady say to someone on the phone " I'm going for a cigarette, the exercise will do me good"
Her baby ended up in the special care unit- no idea why but I did think if she thought going for a cigarette was good exercise then I dread to think what else she did during her pregnancy.

Lorddenning1 · 13/10/2019 23:22

I once overheard my neighbours arguing and went into the back garden for a nosy Smile he is high up in the police force and his wife said "your supposed to arrest them not shag them" they divorced soon after Confused

mummmy2017 · 14/10/2019 09:56

I heard my neighbour screaming at the Estate Agent over the house price.
She had spent 20k decorating the house and it added nothing to the value, she was then screaming at her husband that with mortgage and credit card bills they were in negative equity and couldn't move.

WendyMad · 14/10/2019 19:44

On a train some years ago. Across the aisle were a mother and her son, about 5 years old. Facing them across the table was a man, not with them, sitting quietly reading.

The mother and boy both had slow, whining voices, and each time the mother spoke there was about a minute before the boy tried again:
Boy: I want another cake …
Mother: ... not now, dear ...
Boy: ... I do … I want a cake …
Mother: ... no ... do be good …

After a while it became:
Boy: ... if you don't give me a cake ... I'll throw this orange juice all over the table …
Mother: ... no ... don't do that ...
Boy: ... I will ... I'll throw it all over the table …
Mother: … please don't do that …
Boy: … I'm going to … I'm going to do it now ...

This went on for about 10 minutes. Then suddenly the man burst out, in a strong Aberdeen accent: If you throw that over the table, ye'll get a good hiding from me, laddie!

There was dead silence for about 5 minutes, then:
Mother: … now look what you've done …. the man's had to speak to you ...

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 14/10/2019 20:22

I was on a 4 bed hospital ward. Woman in next bed to me kept having loud telephone conversations in another language. I assumed the volume was because she thought no one else's would understand her. It was really annoying. Waking me up etc. A staff member spoke to her, all cheery in her mother tongue. Phone conversations were much quieter after that Grin

Same ward, different patient. Neurology ward. Woman was obviously suffering greatly from a variety of mh conditions along side her neurological one. Was in tears and telling psychiatrist she wanted to die and how awful she felt. He didn't respond to anything she said and said he'd come back in 2 days time to see if she was feeling any better. It made me so sad.

On the same neurology ward and a poor woman was

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 14/10/2019 20:32

Walking down our street. We had just moved in a few weeks before. A couple of the neighbourhood mum's were having an intense conversation about us. They were so absorbed in making judgements and bitching they didn't notice me. I can't remember what I said....I was polite.....but they were SO embarrassed. They couldn't make eye contact for months afterwards.

Same house. Been there for about a year and had a BBQ that went on a bit late. Nothing too rowdy but 2 family members had had a few beers and were making lighthearted fun of posh English people. Our neighbours on either side were posh English people. I was mortified. They were most definitely frosty towards us after that.