Can you summarize a conversation that you overheard, or one that you were part of, that made you cringe?

I was sitting on a bus in Germany. The man behind me said to his daughter, I’m surprised we haven’t seen more swastikas. My jaw literally dropped at the man’s ignorance. He was quite serious.

When a friend called Memphis Memfrica.

A Facebook conversation against gays in the military.

Conversation about pedophilia in the Catholic Church and the friends of mine who talked about it being about gay people, or about men not allowed to have sex by the church. I told her if I deny my husband sex and he decides to cheat do you expect to go find a 12 year old for sex? Seriously?! WTF?! She understood my point.

Just two days ago a friend saying she is very bothered about Obama not saying Muslim terrorists instead he was only saying terrorists and she wanted to know if it bothered me. First, I never noticed. Second, I am absolutely fine simply calling them terrorists. Do we call the KKK the Christian KKK? It made me cringe that the conservative crap she listens too is saying this sort of thing.

@Earthbound_Misfit Did you recognize his accent?

Scottish.

^^That surprises me. It surprised me to begin with, but then to be Western European? Even more surprising.

In a book store one day I heard (as did everyone else within three city blocks) a woman screaming at whom I presumed to be her husband or ex about money.

I always cringe when I hear guys proudly talking about their guns and/or how much they love hunting.

Overheard at another table in a restaurant while vacationing in Isla Mujeres, Mexico: “Here ya go honey, you use this tip for you – dontcha give it to your boyfriend. You save up those tips and you can come to America and study hard and learn English.” (Said the American in Mexico speaking English.)

Me (to my friend while looking at the large, dome-shaped, purple birthday cake baked by the birthday gal’s friend who makes specialty cakes): “That totally reminds me of something… Oh! Haha!”

My friend: “Well, you know the guy who made it is totally gay.”

Totally gay cake baker (standing right in front of us serving cake): ”...”

Me (after a nervous laugh): “Good cake, dude.”

Totally gay cake baker leaves party.

End scene.

Back in the 1980’s I was in a small town in Texas. I was having breakfast with a friend of mine who lived about 10 minutes out of town. The cafe was pretty crowded with the breakfast rush, and tables were unusually close. I overheard one rancher talking to another about a project that would involve some extra man-hours, and that he would have to go out and hire a few laborers for a few days. I had a few uncommitted days ahead of me, and I could always use a little extra cash; I was just about to open my mouth to offer my services when the other rancher spoke up and said something like, “Well, hell! Why don’t you just borrow a few of my wetbacks!”

Can I post a couple that my mom overheard? She seems to experience some bad ones.

After my parents came back from Australia, they were discussing the trip with a co-worker of my dad’s. My mom commented on how she saw few non-white people in the city they were in and not one black person (in contrast to how things are in the Bay Area). The co-worker, completely serious, responded with “Well, there must be no crime, then.”

My mom also overheard a couple local moms in the PTA talking (when I was in high school) and one of them said to the other in an exasperated voice “It’s so difficult to find good help around here!”

I would’ve cringed if I had been in those conversations.

A few months after my mom died an ex-boyfriend called me. He asked how my family was doing and I told him my mom had died. He said “my mom’s getting ready to kick the bucket too.”

@chyna That was probably the least of the reasons he was your ex boyfriend. What a prick!