Some Snippets
Here are my overheard conversations. I actually had trouble finding a place where I could overhear people without them noticing me. When I went to coffee shops, there was too much noise to pick out individual conversations. When I went to stores, everyone was shopping alone. When I went the the courthouse everyone talked in hushed tones or spoke to the judge in formulas. In the end, the best stuff came from my house:
1
- You got to put some things in it.
- Damn right. I want to clean my basement and my garage.
2
- Now the water leve is completely different.
- Your chair's falling apart.
- I got to stop wiggling. [cell rings. picks up cell] Well inspector, how are you doing? Well that's where we're at. He might have called the office because I'm off the field. Well I appreciate the information. Ok. Bye. [hangs up cell phone] The water level was up about three feet. It was spilling up across the street.
3
- Mom, I need a buck seventy five.
- Why?
- For lunch.
- Ok.
- No, never mind. I'll just take some of that shish-kebob stuff.
- How do I pay for your lunches?
- Give me a buck seventy five.
- No, for the semester.
- You write a check to Goshen High School, I think.
- For how much?
- As much as you want to pay.
4
- Here's a marker.
- Does it work?
- It's blue.