30-something on cell: What can I say, the only thing that I can commit to is Percocet.
–63rd & Amsterdam Ave
Suit: Yeah, I didn’t even take any Adderall this morning, and I feel fine!
–Wall Street
Girl, casually: I took a few too many Xanax earlier and now I feel like I’m driving my body…
–Cooper Union Foundation Building
Girl on phone: Fine, sniff your lavender, but I still think pills are better.
–52nd & 10th
Overheard by: krysta
Girl wearing leggings as pants: I love your watch… does it flip open?
(frail elderly woman looks confused)
Girl: That, your watch.
Frail elderly woman: This is my life alert. If I fall, I can call for help.
Girl: Oh! Uh… well, it goes really well with your outfit.
Frail elderly woman: It doesn’t come it any other colors. Just beige.
–Houston & Bowery
Overheard by: misskitty
Girl: I can assure you…that at my apartment…there will be soap!
–39th & 6th
Office thug #1: Yo, Windows is, like, mad-retarded!
Office thug #2: Say what?
Office thug #1: I said Windows is bullshit, man.
Office thug #2: Man, I been telling you that shit for years. My G5 is way better than whatever computer you got.
Office thug #1: Nigga, my laptop has AIDS!
–52nd St & Madison
Customer: Excuse me, there’s no toilet paper in the women’s room. [Cashier wordlessly pulls wad of napkins out of dispenser and hands them over.] There’s six of us waiting in line back there! [Cashier wordlessly pulls out another wad of napkins.] Lord, have mercy.
–McDonald’s Express, 125th & Lenox
Overheard by: Rich Mintz
Crazy guy: Shaving is so much more important than your cell phone.
–6 train
Drunk girl #1 coughs.
Drunk girl #2: If you vomit, I swear to God this friendship is over.
–Bleecker St
Overheard by: kellianne
Black woman #1: When is the silicon going to dry?
Black woman #2: It’s in bags. In my boobs. Dumb bitch.
–2 Train
Overheard by: Lacy
A homeless guy is sleeping
Other dude: You smell like you want to be alone.
–A train
Woman: You have everything?
Man, looking at suitcase and opening box: I think that’s it.
Woman: What’s in this box?
Man: It’s my life. You know: vodka and lotion.
Woman: And toothpaste! Where’d you get that funny toothpaste?
–Elevator, Upper West Side
Overheard by: Along for the ride
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