Girl: He’s gross.
Guy: Well, he likes you.
Girl: He’s like Jabba the Hut!
–79th & Lex
Overheard by: Shivvers
Girl: He’s gross.
Guy: Well, he likes you.
Girl: He’s like Jabba the Hut!
–79th & Lex
Overheard by: Shivvers
Fat lady elbowing her way onto train: Shit, they need to get some bigger subway cars.
–6 train, 28th St
Wife to hubby, after daughter got up from table: She still has a big ass and thighs, but she’s getting better.
–City Bakery, W 18th St
Overheard by: katherine
Man holding huge burger in small bun: Dude! This is like a fat man in spandex!
–Upper West Side
Blonde rubbing grouchy guy’s head: I’m sorry, baby, but you know how I get around fat people, and those two women were huge! Just disgusting!
–Metro-North
Overheard by: Ryan
Hobo: Anyone have a dollar? Anyone? I’m askin’ because all you ladies are beautiful. I don’t bother with ugly people or fat people! They just have problems. Their wife is cheating on them? It’s my fault! No, I just walk on by all those fat people.
–Brooklyn-bound L train
Overheard by: Colleen
Mom to six-year-old son: Junk food is crap. If you eat it, you will be fat. Like Mommy.
–Central Park
JAP mom, looking at diorama of Neanderthals: Amanda was taking pictures of them before…
JAP daughter: It must be her goal weight.
–Museum of Natural History
Black woman #1: Who’s that big girl in your store?
Black woman #2: [Laughs.]Black woman #1: She is really big! And she looks young, too.
Black woman #2: [Nods head.]Black woman #1: How old is she?
Black woman #2: Twenty-two.
Black woman #1: Get the fuck outta here! She is too big. She needs a transplant or something.
–L train
Overheard by: John
Lady #1: How’s Aunt Beth* doing?
Lady #2: Good. She needs a makeover.
Lady #1: A makeover?
Lady #2: Yeah, she lost all that weight.
Lady #1: Ohhh — an extreme makeover.
Lady #2: Yeah.
–V train
Young boy to mother: No! I didn’t call you fat!
–27th & 3rd
Overheard by: Andrea Leyton-Mange
Fat chick wearing tiny clothing: I got a belly with a fat pussy.
–4th & 6th
Overheard by: not what i needed to hear
Hobo: I was leaving my wife. I realized I didn’t have to run away, I could just walk. The bitch couldn’t fit through the door.
–A train
Black guy, about fat black girl: Damn, I know Anissa’s jacket be hurtin’! That zipper be like [in falsetto], ‘Heeelp! Let me down! Let me dooown!’
–Manhattan-bound 5 train
Overheard by: Lillian
Lady with sparkly blue eyeshadow: Real Women Have Curves? No, they just fat.
–Blockbuster, Broadway, between 9th & 10th
Skinny girl: Okay, just because I only eat every two days doesn’t mean I’m anorexic.
–Columbus Circle
Overheard by: rina
Man: I mean, I don’t see why people pay so much for weight loss surgery! They should just ask to be put in a coma for a few weeks. That will get rid of the weight.
–Central Park
Father, picking up four-year-old son: Can you say the word ‘diet’? Diet. Di-et. Can you say that? Daddy thinks you need one.
–Museum of Natural History
Girl: Do I look fat?
Woman: Yes.
Girl: Why you gotta be mean?
–72nd & Columbus
Tiny Asian girl: She was massive! And you know how, like, sometimes the trains don’t open both doors and they just open one? She could barely get in. And then when she finally squeezed through, she took up, like, three fucking seats.
Skinny brunette: That’s crazy. You never see fat people.
–24th & 8th
Overheard by: Frank P.
Fat woman, panting: Slow down! I can’t run in these heels.
Thin woman: You can’t run in that ass.
–Penn Station
Overheard by: invid
