Girl #1: You know how I knew I was back home? I saw a Duane Reade.
Girl #2: Yeah, they don’t have those out there.
Girl #1: No, actually, you know how I knew I was home? I saw a crackhead on my block jerking off as he was walking. Then, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m home.’
–6 train near 23rd St
Overheard by: Kathy
Girl #1 jumps around in glee after giving a man directions: Oh my god! He totally believed I was a New Yorker!
Girl #2: I guess your junkie face really makes you fit in here…bitch!
–Bowery & Delancy
Teenage nerd: My boss and my dealer have the same name. One time I called my boss asking for weed, and he was like "hey!" and I was like "yo, lemme cop" and he was like "I think you have the wrong number" and I hung up.
–Tompkins Square Park
Overheard by: joy
Yuppie 30-something in black coat and white scarf: I'm going crazy! I've got his dealer's number programmed into my phone, but I can't remember her name, so if I call, I won't know who to ask for. And you have to know who to ask for, or they'll think you're a cop!
–16th St & 7th Ave
Loud, mildly intoxicated girl at dinner: People who litter are so much worse than drug dealers.
–Brooklyn
Lady on cell: Tourism is the only industry that doesn't depend on drug cartels.
–14th St & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: Diaz
Gangsta girl: I mean, he's just such a loser.
Gangsta boy: Right, yeah.
Gangsta girl: I mean, murder, doing drugs and selling them…that's just so stupid.
–C Train
Guy: But you haven’t been doing drugs?
Girl: No…Well, not really; I’m not sure what sucking off a drug addict counts for.
–Butler Library, West 114th Street
Girl on cell: You raised me around drug addicts, and now they’re the only people I like… I don’t do drugs, I’m just drawn to the addicts!
–28th & Park
Guy: If you rub the gerbil in Vaseline and then dip it in cocaine, it just slips right up there.
–The Village
Chick: That’s what happens when you sniff baking powder — anyone would be shaking…
–LIRR
Overheard by: tanechka
Girl on cell: I know! I really need to stop calling my mom when I’m on coke.
–Waverly & Broadway
Overheard by: Spends 40K To Hear This Shit
Security guard to another: Just keep your eyes peeled, man… That’s the third crack pipe we’ve had in here in two years.
–ABC Carpet & Home store, 18th & Broadway
Overheard by: Shadey
Chick: Well, I was supposed to be a part-time barista, but I was actually a full-time coke-head.
–Sullivan St, Soho
Man to entire train: It’s hard to tolerate you, because you would have been nothing but a drug dealer in the ’80s!
–6 train
Overheard by: xan
Teen girl #1: Yeah, so she said she was pregnant and I was just like, THAT SUCKS!
Teen girl #2: Ohh so that’s why she’s taking all that birth control.
Teen girl #1: Yup, I think she’s on like four.
—L train
Hobo: Hey, you got any money?
Nice lady: I don’t have any change, but I can give you some on my way out, or get you something to eat.
Hobo: I’ll take the money. But don’t worry, I ain’t gonna use it to buy booze or drugs.
Nice lady: As far I am concerned, you can use the money for whatever you want.
Hobo: Whoa, lady! That’s way too liberal for me.
–Outside health food store, Brooklyn
Frat boy #1: Dude, you have, like, pills all over your counter. You have, like, a pharmacy on your counter, Dude. Why?
Frat boy #2: I don’t know. Wait, I don’t have pills all over my counter.
Frat boy #1: Yes, you do, Dude.
Frat boy #2: Oh, those…
–113th and Amsterdam
Overheard by: lotuseater
JAP, reflecting: I think I might be a drug dealer.
–Spot’s Café
JAP: Yeah! I went to Israel this summer! And they all looked at me like I was an idiot! They don’t have Uggs there… They don’t have burgers… They don’t have loosies!
–Hunter College
Jappy teen: I’ve never done anything for society and I’ve done just fine.
–University & 12th
JAP: Bitch, "Jewish" is a religion!
–17th & 6th
NYU JAP: I told my dad that I couldn’t go to the scholarship fair because I had to get my nails done, and I think we’re still in a fight!
–Goddard Hall, NYU Dorm
Overheard by: Maya G.
Jappy girl to friend: [Sighs.] I’m losing faith in humanity, one orgasm at a time.
–1 Train
Overheard by: Ponine
