Crime and Punishment

Woman on pay phone: They can’t arrest him because he didn’t even expose himself.

–Worth & Centre

Overheard by: Daniel Krieger

Little boy #1: If they lost my bag, it would be so cool!
Little boy #2: Um…no it wouldn’t.
Little boy #1: Yeah, it would! I would sue them. Do you know how many dress up clothes I had in that bag?

–JFK

Overheard by: La Machine

Girl: I can’t believe you just made me jaywalk!
Guy: Where the hell are you from?

–4th & Broadway

Tourist man #1: We can probably find it at a Wal-Mart.
Tourist man #2: Yeah, Wal-Mart.
Tourist man #1: So let’s just keep walking until we find one. Keep your eyes open.
Tourist man #3: Well, in any case, we shouldn’t keep standing here on this corner looking at this map. We’ll get mugged.

–30th & 7th

College girl #1: I was just about to slap that bitch of a bus driver, but then I remembered it’s a federal offense.
College girl #2: Federal? I think it’s only a state offense.
College girl #1: Dammit!

–123rd & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Julia G

Guy #1: Keep your wallet in your front pocket, dude.
Guy #2: This city would be so much safer if there really were Ninja Turtles.

–A train

Overheard by: Jake Glazier

Crazy lady: I hate my fucking mother and I want to kill her. I want to watch her bleed. She is a fat lazy bitch. She was nothing but a container!
Guy: God will not forgive you if you kill your mother. Can you also keep it down please?

–PATH train

Overheard by: JMK

Girl on cell: If you beat somebody up real bad and they press charges, how much time can you get for that?…No, if they press charges against you.

–Macy’s

Overheard by: Katie C

Boy, 5: Lady, I’m gonna cut off your head and feed it to my family.

–14th & 2nd

Overheard by: djlindee

Suit #1: We should join the citywide watergun assassination competition!
Suit #2: Great, then we can worry about the cops.
Suit #1: Oh come on, it’s waterguns.
Suit #2: Cops have killed over less.

–Old Slip office

Overheard by: Kevin

Petition guy: Hi, are you a registered Democrat?
Dude: No, sex offender.

–20th & 1st