Frustrated looking suit: Okay, well, how about the duck? It looks good.
Vapid looking hottie: I told you! I do not eat seafood!
–Gramercy Tavern, Union Square
Frustrated looking suit: Okay, well, how about the duck? It looks good.
Vapid looking hottie: I told you! I do not eat seafood!
–Gramercy Tavern, Union Square
Girl #1: So he told me that no matter what happens on June 31st, he will come to my house and we’ll discuss our wedding.
Girl #2: I wish my boyfriend would be there for me.
Girl #1: It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Except there is no 31st of June.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Ting
Catholic schoolgirl: I am so mature! I’m gonna be 16 soon. That means I can drive.
Boyfriend: That’s awesome.
Catholic schoolgirl: How many months is that in?
Boyfriend: I dunno…
Catholic schoolgirl: Let’s see…June, July, August, September, November…December? No, that’s not right…January, February, April, May…
–N train
Overheard by: Olga Kogan
Guy: “1-800-Deportees”? That’s a horrible phone number.
Chick: That’s “deportes.” Sports!
–1 train
Overheard by: djlindee
Conductor #1: This is a J train all the way to Coney Island. Stand clear of the closing doors.
Conductor #2: What?
Conductor #1: What?
Conductor #2: Dude.
Conductor #1: J train to Jamaica!
Conductor #2: Dude.
–Jamaica-bound J train
Overheard by: bdogg
Ditz #1: I hate libraries.
Ditz #2: I know, they're so stressful.
Ditz #1: I even hate Barnes & Noble, it's so hard to understand how they organize books in there!
–Eugene Lang College, New School University
Overheard by: Ashamed that I go to this school
Girl #1: I don’t know, she’s weird!
Girl #2: Where is she from, anyway?
Girl #1: Sweden, I think… She’s, like, an exchange student.
Girl #2: Sweden? What is that, anyway — a religion?
Girl #1: Oh, please, it’s a country, dumbass.
Girl #2: You were the one to say that Canada was a part of Arizona.
–Times Square
Latina girl with empty seat next to her: This whole ride nobody’s sat down in this seat. This bus is gonna be packed before a white person sits in this seat.
Three stops later, a white girl sits down in the seat.
Latina girl, approvingly: Gangsta.
–M15 bus
Overheard by: Emily Duncanson
Woman: The bargain discount…what is that?
Cashier guy: It is 25% off.
Woman: 25% of what?
Cashier guy: 25% off of the price on the book.
Woman: So it is 25% off of the sale price.
Cashier guy: It’s 25% off of the price listed on the back of the book.
Woman: So what is the sale?
Cashier guy: It’s 25% off the retail price.
Woman: So how is that a bargain?
Cashier guy: You save 25%.
Woman: That’s not a bargain!…The world has changed…
–Barnes & Noble, 17th & 5th
Overheard by: Tom T
White boy #1: Am I the big, hairy guy?
White boy #2: No, you’re the guy with the assless chaps.
–During game of XBox 360 Guitar Hero, Apartment, Ave D
Teen girl: So how big are you?
Teen guy: Oh, I’m 5’6″ or 5’7″.
–F train
Overheard by: Jessica S
