Manhattan

Girl #1: Randy won’t stop coming on my face.
Girl #2: …Are you going to finish your bagel?

–Waverly & University

Overheard by: S.A.F.

Ghetto guy: I meant to say it like dat, dat’s my new ting, the Jamaican vibe.
Girl : Jamaicans don’t talk like that. Weirdo.
Ghetto guy: Yeah, they do. Hater. I tink usa hater, mon! Blocka, blocka, blocka.
Girl: I’m about to swing a block against your head. I know a lot of Jamaicans. They don’t talk like that.
Ghetto guy: I ain’t pickin at ’em. I just like how they talk. And the day you swing a block at my head, you betta know Jesus!

–Chan Library of Fine Arts, East 78th Street

Chick #1: Hooray, I’m free!
Chick #2: You’d better take your nametag off, then.
Chick #1: Yeah, I don’t want guys who come up to me being all, “Hello, Diana.”

–14th & 3rd

Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster

Old lady: Excuse me, where is the exit?
Cop: Just follow the signs.
Old lady: I’m following the signs and I don’t know where I’m going.

–Times Square station

Overheard by: So K

Chick: Did you ever watch wrestling?
Guy: I used to watch it back when it was real.

–2nd & 2nd

Conductor: Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. Would Isaiah Santiago please step off the train? The police are waiting for you.

–1 train

Overheard by: gordon gartrell

Woman #1: God, that was so funny when all of those Nazis walked into the courtroom and their hairstyles were like Hitler’s!
Man: Well, I mean, it makes sense, I guess. You know, people always copy famous people when it comes to stuff like that.
Woman #2: Yeah, like remember when I had that terrible Dorothy Hamill haircut?

–Houston Street station

Girl: Babe, I’m gonna get my tits pierced.
Guy: And then I’ll chop them off for you.

–Loews 84th Street Theatre 6

Teen boy: Somewhere out there…someone is getting laid.

–Empire State Building