Wednesday Ugliners

Employee: I was eatin' with my fried Okra and I vomited all over your fetus…and that's why you're so ugly.

–The Strand Bookstore

Overheard by: Dazzle

Girl on cell: Oh, please! That bitch is ugly and her cooch probably smells too, he can have her! Because I don't need him or his greasy ass head or pencil dick. (pause) What? Oh, fuck you also! (hangs up and storms off)

–Columbus Circle

Overheard by: Rich

Serious gay black man on phone: Oh, please honey…there are just so many ugly white women in Europe…it's got to be something in the water!

–45th & 8th Ave

Overheard by: Culturally Challenged

20-something guy on cell: She ain't the prettiest bitch, but she got these crazy little hands.

–Throop & Macon, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Overheard by: elephantgiraffe

Hipster girl: I have ugly friends. I just don't hang out with them on weekends.

–McCarren Park Pool

Overheard by: I don't hang out with ugly people

Attractive tween to friends: And then Lindsay's aunt came into the bathroom to comfort us and said, "pretty people always get blamed for things ugly people do."

–W 65th St. & Columbus Ave

Posted on October 29, 2008
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It's a Hop, Skip, and a Plumed Hat from Being Prince Charming at Disneyland

Straight male employee: How gay do you have to be to shop here?
Gay male customer, overhearing employee: How gay do you have to be to work here?

–Michael's Craft Store, Queens

Posted on October 17, 2008
9 to 5-ers, Comebacks, Coworkers, Customers, Default, Gays and Lesbians, Queens, Queer guys, Questions, Shopping, Store

Eventually, Snoop Would Find His Calling As a Rapper

Manager: How could you bring a dutch to work and not think that I would write you up for it? You'd better have a doctor's note for that.
Employee: Damn nigga, what'd you think? Of course I have a doctor's note!

–Duane Reade

Posted on October 9, 2008
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I Told Him to Use the Ladies'

Barnes & Noble employee #1: Some bum is washing his ass in the men's restroom.
Barnes & Noble employee #2 (in horror): Oh god.

–Barnes & Noble

Overheard by: Yesenia

Posted on September 30, 2008
9 to 5-ers, Ass, Coworkers, Default, Etiquette, Health and Hygiene, Store, Weirdness

New Yorkers Love a Game of “So You Think You Have Problems?”

Screaming child: Mommy, I want to go home!
Disgruntled employee: You think you have problems?! Try graduating from art college in the middle of a recession! Then you can cry!

–H&M Store

Posted on September 1, 2008
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No Tip for You, My Good Man

Man at McDonald's drive-Thru: I'll have a #1 with a Diet Coke please.
Employee: Anything else?
Man: Nope, that's it. And this is all to go.
Employee: Ya think?

–McDonald's, Bayside

Posted on August 29, 2008
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Amy Discovers the Law Of Karma

(seven-year-old girl gives 10 books and a few DVDs to library clerk)
Girl: Can I please have a bag?
Clerk: Sure, miss.
(clerk hands girl the bag, girl grabs it)
Girl: God! What did you put in here, a hippopotamus?

–Brooklyn Central Library

Overheard by: Jessie

Posted on August 25, 2008
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The Most Original Thing a Former SNLer Has Done in Years

Employee: Bathrooms are to the left!
Tracy Morgan: Right there?
Employee: Yes, to the left.
Tracy Morgan: Can I go poop in there?
Employee: (laughs) Yes.
Tracy Morgan: I'm gonna poop in there…I gotta go poop!

–AMC Empire Movie Theatre

Posted on August 25, 2008
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Ah Well– I'll Be Back Tomorrow to Summarize Gone with the Wind

Old creepster: Do you have The Princess Bride?
Employee: Let me see. (goes to shelf) No, we don't have it.
Old creepster: It's the one that's got whatshername, Sean Wright Penn. It was the film that made her career.
Employee: Right, but…
Old creepster: She used to have hair down to her waist, but she had to cut it for this film. And the whole thing is a story told by Peter Falk, he's a pretty old guy…
Employee: Right, but we don't have it.

–Circuit City, 79th & Broadway

Overheard by: EthanK

Posted on August 16, 2008
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We Stay Together for the Sake of the Espresso Maker

Bank teller: Are you two married?
Asian girl and white man (angrily): Yes. Just.
Bank teller: You're so loving.
White man: Our marriage doesn't start until noon each day.
Asian girl: After two cups of coffee.

–17th St & 5th Ave

Posted on August 14, 2008
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