Girl: Yep. That’s a big ass tree all right.
Guy: Mm-hmm.
Girl: Yeah, okay, great, big ass tree. I’m freezing, can we go to Starbucks now?
–Rockefeller Center
Girl: Yep. That’s a big ass tree all right.
Guy: Mm-hmm.
Girl: Yeah, okay, great, big ass tree. I’m freezing, can we go to Starbucks now?
–Rockefeller Center
Crazy woman: Get out of my way Andrea!
Guy: Wow, I didn’t know my name was Andrea; maybe I should grow my hair out so I at least look the part.
–Fairway, 74th & Broadway
Black girl: I didn’t want to say this in there, but have you noticed how all Mexican men working in bars and restaurants look the same?
White girl #1: Well I bet they all think that white women look the same.
White girl #2: Well all elephants probably look the same to gorillas.
–West 3rd Street & 6th Avenue
Girl: So, I was thinking we could have a hick themed Thanksgiving.
Guy: What does that even mean?
Girl: You know, we could drink bad beer, and eat gross deep-fried food, and, like, rent hick movies and stuff.
Guy: “Hick movies”?
Girl: You know, like that Nicolas Cage movie where he lives in a trailer park, or that Hilary Swank movie where she’s, like, a lesbian and stuff. Those are pretty hick.
Guy: That movie is about rape, and discrimination.
Girl: It’ll be really fun.
–A train
Guy #1: How long have we been coming here and how long has that waitress been working here?
Guy #2: She’s been here for at least 2 years.
Guy #3: She must be the worst actress in all of New York City.
–Brother Jimmy’s, 3rd Avenue
Overheard by: Fritz Chestnut
Hobo: Hi, My name is Sonny Page, I’m homeless and I’m hungry. If you don’t have it I understand ’cause I don’t have it. But if you could spare some money, food, a sandwich, I would really appreciate it.
Guy: Aw. Fuck, didn’t I give you change this morning? You’re still hungry?
–F train
