"It's only in situations like these that I find I hate mankind."
--A girl, speaking to no one in particular, in the line for the women's restroom

"You know, it's not nice to automatically assume that any woman wearing heels higher than 2 inches is for hire."
--A girl about 25, to a guy who appeared to be her boyfriend, outside the restrooms at Caesar's Palace

"You can't just fire her though, she could sue."
"How about the time she threw away $600 of beans because she thought they were old, but they weren't? That was a not good thing."
"True, that. I think every hiring contract should say, 'we reserve the right to fire your ass.'"
--Two guys behind the counter of a coffee place

"Los Angeles is a black hole. I wonder where the event horizon for LA is?"
--A guy waiting in line for the restrooms at the Rose Parade

"They're not really made to keep you warm you know. It's all just for fashion. If their clothes were honestly that... rugged, wouldn't they do photo shoots in Alaska, not Boston?"
--A girl about 15 years old, in J. Crew

"Thesis Pieces, favorite candy of overworked, underpaid, malnourished grad students everywhere."
--A guy at the Cal Convenience Store

"You know, Dad's not made of money."
--A very serious 5 year old, to her mother who was trying on footwear in the shoe department of Macy*s.

"No, women and men are just different. We don't say, 'Ok, I'll allow myself to like this guy,' but they do..."
"Sounds like it's an emotional dictatorship."
--Two waitresses in Raleigh's

"You know, when you're wearing a wig that's neon blue, there's really nothing you can do to your make-up that would be considered, say, 'over the top.'"
--A woman at the Bourjois cosmetics counter in Macy*s

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Obviously she hadn't seen the stick-on rhinestones at the next counter over.

"Dammit, would you stop being so PC? It's not stereotyping to say that gay men aren't attracted to women, it's a fact..."
--A girl having a heated conversation at an early hour outside my window