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Don’t Ask a Question If You Don’t Want an Answer

Lady: Do I look fat in this dress?
Bystander: Yeah, you do. What? We were all thinking it!

–71 Continental Ave station

Overheard by: Kirby J

  • Posted on March 6, 2007
  • Assholes, Clothing, Diet/Weight, Strangers, Subway stations, platforms, etc.
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