Guys

Guy #1: So, what's “emo”? Like gay?
Guy #2: Basically.

–Outside Soldier McGee Tavern

Overheard by: Jason

Dude: What’s that movie — the one with the ghosts on the ship?
Chick: Ghost Ship?
Dude: Maybe.

–Kingsborough Community College

Overheard by: Lotte

Ghetto guy herding large group of rowdy kids off train: Scuse me, scuse me, scuse me! Lotta kids, they all ain't mine!

–C Train

Overheard by: Julie S.

Professional woman on cell: I mean, she said she'd finally come to the place where she realizes her kids are shit, and she can just wash her hands off the whole situation and be done with it!

–40th St & 6th Ave

Overheard by: Rachel

Receptionist to UPS guy: Shit, I got five kids, and they're all bad.

–6th Ave & 47th

Overheard by: thanks mom

Angry woman, yelling on phone: Nigga, don't give me that "parenting role" shit!

–Flatbush Ave & Park Place, Brooklyn

Concerned mother: He's not even potty-trained, all he does is eat the toilet paper.

–University Pl & 8th St

Overheard by: Justin

Girl: Do you like it better when I'm shaved?
Guy: Eh… I don't really care.
Girl: Really? Most guys have a preference.
Guy: Yeah, but with you it doesn't matter. You know how any hairstyle looks good on a pretty face? It's kind of like that.

–Bowery & 5th St

Overheard by: didn't see her face…

Ranting guy: You don’t remember the ’60s! You weren’t there! It was a blur!

–E. 4th St. & Ave. B

Overheard by: Chaoskitty

Girl: Why didn't we just let the cab drop us off in front of the place?
Guy: I don't like to show up in cabs.
Girl: But why?
Guy: I just don't.
Girl: But why?
Guy: You sound like a three-year-old.

–Madison Ave & 72nd St

Overheard by: Venti Tres

White chick: And they kept talking shit about gay people.
White guy: Fucking bigots. Those people should be lynched.
White chick: Shh! I told you to stop talking about lynching in this neighborhood!

–143rd & Broadway

Guy peeing: …yeah, in the subways in Sweden, they have blue lights because it makes it harder to see your veins to shoot up.
Guy washing hands: Oh yeah?
Guy peeing: Yeah. It’s totally a lot easier to shoot up here.

–Baggot Inn men’s room, W. 3rd Street

Overheard by: Michael Vance II

Guy on cell: Just because I slept with your mother doesn't mean you could call me daddy!
Girl on train: You could be my baby's daddy if you want!

–1 Train

Overheard by: Richard B.

Asian chick: So, like, what do people at your school wear?
Parsons guy: It varies. Some people dress like they’re homeless, and some dress really trendy, and there’s one girl that dresses like a gnome. You know, a fairy or something.

–Fung Wah bus