Girls

Girl: Well, tell Joe my fist has a suggestion for his face.

–Fordham University, Rose Hill

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Two people are making out.

Guy #2: That’s just wrong.
Girl #2: You just don’t understand, it’s love.
Guy #2: Yeah, it’s been love since Friday night at the bar.

–Fordham University, Rose Hill

Overheard by: Jess McGins

Girl: Look, Rocafella Plaza is right there!
Guy: Where? I don’t see shit.
Girl: I hope you can see if you step in it
Guy: Actually I smell shit right now, do you smell that shit?
Girl: Yeah I do, but I bet you can’t see it.

–49th & 5th

Overheard by: Christine Rinaldi

Girl: …so then there was blood all over the wall–
Guy: Oh yeah?
Girl: Yeah, so we were doing it in the bathroom and I mean, the
blood was, like, everywhere and we were like, okay, we’re at the
Plaza, we gotta get out. We were sooooo shitfaced. So then we left and got outta there…

–DuMont, Williamsburg

Overheard by: Anna K.

Chick #1: Hoboken just sounds dirty to me.
Chick #2: Why? Because like, “hobos”?
Chick #1: Yeah.
Chick #2: Well, it’s uplifting. Like, “hobos can!” get their lives together. It’s not called “hobo can’t.”

–9th Street PATH station

Drunk girl: I can’t believe I have to take this train to Hoboken! This is horrible! Thank God it’s just for tonight, I can’t imagine doing this every day! This is the worst!
Guy: Where in the city do you live?
Drunk girl: I live in Rutherford.

–PATH train

Overheard by: kt

White girl: That’s terrible! The only thing I want my kids to be that I’m not is half-black.

–Columbia University

Girl #1: Are you stinking up the room?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: God, I haven’t eaten in like three days. I would love to take a shit right now.

–Flatiron Lounge ladies’ room, W. 19th Street

Overheard by: Babs Monroe

Girl #1: I so passed out last night. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a truck.
Girl #2: …A what?

–Inwood

Overheard by: Elizabeth

Girl #1: The next stop is ours.
Girl #2: How are we going to get out? Are we allowed to push people?

–6 train

Girl #1: SoHo? Are we in SoHo now?
Girl #2: Technically SoHo is on that side of the street.

–Mott & Houston