Hipster boy, watching Mac Genius leave the store: Did you see his shirt? It just said “genius” in little letters.
Hipster girl: Ugh, that’s so Urban Outfitters.
Hipster boy: Ugh, totally.
–Apple Store, 5th Ave
Overheard by: i sell the iPods
Hipster boy, watching Mac Genius leave the store: Did you see his shirt? It just said “genius” in little letters.
Hipster girl: Ugh, that’s so Urban Outfitters.
Hipster boy: Ugh, totally.
–Apple Store, 5th Ave
Overheard by: i sell the iPods
Girl: This has sterile in it. I can’t buy this; I’m allergic to sterile.
–Duane Reade, 17th & 3rd
Overheard by: mk
American woman, to Arab cashier: What, you didn’t understand what I said? Man, you illiterate.
–Classon Ave, Brooklyn
Chick: I mean, I wasn’t really mentally thinking about it.
–Great Lawn, Central Park
Frat boy: Why do they call it “Steak Shack” when it doesn’t sell steaks?
–Shake Shack, Madison Sq Park
Drunk teen girl, raising her beer: Here’s to independence…and the only country that’s got it!
–Waterside Plaza
Overheard by: David Slone
Teen girl: Rebecca wanted to get brown. But brown is such a black color…Well, not that it’s black. But you know.
–D train
Overheard by: Rachel
Young guy to his girlfriend: Shut your fuckin’ mouth when you’re talking to me!
–Outside of K-mart, Astor Place
Overheard by: snap snap
Shiksa, to Jewish friend wearing a chai necklace: What exactly is your necklace? I’m trying to decide if it’s an elephant or someone bending over.
–Starbucks, Upper West Side
Guy: Hey! Where’s my Sudanese pussy from Chinatown?
–14th & University
Guy on cell: I’ll meet you at the corner by the store with Chinese writing…Hey, wait a minute. All the fucking signs around here have Chinese writing.
–Walker & Lafayette
Overheard by: Wolf
Guy on cell: So, if this is true, then Dracula’s native language would be Hungarian rather than Romanian. And I think that is important for my research.
–Anthology Film Archives, 2nd St & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: nosy cinephile
Teen girl: This bag is mad Aztec.
–13th & University
Co-Worker: So, did she mention anything about Mexicans?
–Office, W 36th St
Overheard by: Evan
Well-Traveled girl: Mexico is not a Third-World country. JFK is.
–Tea Lounge, Park Slope
Small child: Mommy, look! You can tell he’s Mexican by his eyes!
–Bodies exhibit, South Street Seaport
White girl, to Asian girl: So wait, is he just not Japanese or not interested?
–Walgreens, Union Square
Overheard by: Goldie
Businesswoman: Well you can’t kill a Vietnamese man because that would just cost too much.
–I Trulli restaurant, E 27th St
Hobo: You’re not Polish; you just think you’re Polish!
–Tompkins Square Park
Voice over intercom: Will the foreign exchange student please come to the cashier.
–Century 21
Sassy chick: I can’t believe she’s moving to fucking Cambodia to live with a fucking cricket-hunter she’s only known for two months!
–TGI Friday’s, 52nd & 7th
Overheard by: Shaina
Fashionista #1: We really spent a lot of money on ourselves today.
Fashionista #2: Yeah, we did some damage.
Fashionista #1: Next week we need to, like–
Fashionista #2: –Do charity work?
Fashionista #1, laughing: Seriously. Can we buy something cute for that?
–50th & 5th
Overheard by: Amused
Anorexic JAP: What, you couldn’t afford an entire outfit?
Obese woman in Britney Spears get-up: What, bitch, you couldn’t afford an entire meal?
Anorexic JAP: [silence]
–Uptown E train
Fat girl: So I think I lost my favorite jeans.
Friend: What jeans?
Fat girl: You know, the ones that make my ass look small.
Friend: Honey, you can’t lose something that doesn’t exist.
–Union Square
Club kid #1: Yeah, we should make our own clothes, but we need to learn to make patterns.
Club kid #2: My grandma used to know how, but now she has Alzheimer’s.
Clubkid #1: That should make her designs more creative!
–7th St & 1st Ave
Overheard by: Mark
Woman #1: On days as hot as this, it’s okay not to wear panties!
Woman #2: I don’t know about that. I like to keep it all in there.
Woman #3: Yeah, I agree. I don’t want anything to be drippin’.
–Willoughby & Carlton, Brooklyn
Overheard by: BZD
40-Something man: Nice Kermit tie. Now all you need are Kermit socks.
50-Something man: But no one would see them! Plus, my boss would be mad I’m stealing all his cool. My Aunt Trudy used to wear funky socks like that, and whenever all the kids would be at her house, they would surround her and laugh at her socks.
40-Something man: That’s cool!
–A train
Overheard by: So iheart your face
