"How can the Red Cross have a president? It's not like it's a country."
"Maybe he was trying to impress you."
--Two girls at the gas station

"Well... he's in a band."
"Oh?"
"But I can't stand their music."
"Oh."
--Two women walking on Grant st.

"But every now and then I'm using Soft Scrub on the dishes and I think, 'you know, this stuff is so much cheaper, and I bet it'd work as well.'"
"It's got bleach in it! Don't let me catch you washing your face with bleach, ever, ok?"
--Two women talking while getting haircuts.

"...nothing personal. No, no. I just 'somehow ceased to be someone whose opinion she cared about.'"
--A girl talking on a cell phone in line for the Matrix Reloaded.

"You know they actually have computers in Mexico, too, right? You were talking about it like they'd have to come up here to mix the music because there's not electricity south of San Diego or something."
"That's not what I meant. I wish you'd never taken that class."
--Two women in line for the restroom at Bimbo's 365 Club

"Contact lens solution. Everybody needs it. It crosses all borders. Ignores all stereotypes and labels. Transcends all class barriers."
"Except for the class barrier of people who can't afford an optometrist?"
--A guy and a girl at Long's Drugs.

"It's gotten to the point that I glare at the people in line buying frozen pizzas."
--A guy in line for the register at Safeway, talking on a cell phone.

"I used to think Macy's was communist. You know, because of the star in their logo."
--A girl talking to another girl outside Macy*s

"Take a left at yogurt, and then straight on 'til salsa!"
--A rather enthusiastic girl giving directions at Andronico's Market.

"How do I get to handbags?"
"Oh, they're on the lower level, you can go downstairs right over there."
"I'm afraid of down escalators! You need to respect the fact that some people are afraid of down escalators!"
"I'm so sorry Ma'am... I didn't consider that because you took the up escalator to arrive here just now. Er... the elevators are around the corner if you'd prefer that."
"Don't you know that down escalators is how you get to *looks side to side, then whispers* Hell?"
--An elderly woman and a clerk at Macy's