“Who are all these people on the ballot? I thought there were only five people running for mayor.”
“They’re just a bunch of random people who don’t have any chance of winning.”
— An ill-informed voter gets an equally ill-informed answer from a worker at Sunday’s advance poll.
Tag: overheard
Who's in whose way anyway?
“Bike lanes interfere with cars.”
“Isn’t it the other way around?”
— Two pedestrians crossing Queen at Yonge this morning, with nary a bike lane in sight.
Why Loblaws is losing money
“Nope.”
— The acting store manager in the Loblaws at Broadview and Danforth on Sunday, when I asked if he could do anything about the lineup that snaked from the one open non-express checkout all the way across the front of the store and up the dairy aisle.
“I keep forgetting not to come here anymore.”
— A frustrated woman making her way to the end of the line.
You and me both, sister. The newly-renovated Sobeys up the street beckons.