So You Want to Make the Little Nuggets?

Mom: You poor hungry boy… I’ll make dinner for you as soon as we get home.
Six-year-old son, sullenly: Okay.
Mom: Do you want macaroni and cheese? How about pasta? I can make you those little nuggets. [Son shakes his head.] Oh, is it the other kind of hunger? Do you have to poop? [Son nods.]

–Elevator, Washington Heights

Overheard by: Morgan

Posted on October 28, 2014
Boys, Elevators, Food, Kids, Moms, Offers and requests, Parents, Poop

Worst. Survivor. Ever.

Sweet little boy: Look, mommy, that boy has a bike just like mine!!
Huge Jamaican mom: Get on the damn elevator and shut up! (pause) And just so you know, this is how hot it's gonna be when we go to the island, so you better get used to it now.

–D Train

Posted on October 28, 2014
Comebacks, Compare/Contrast, Kids, Moms, On the Subway, Parents

God’s a Little Harder to See, but I’d Try

UES mom #1: We’re going to Italy in August. You’ve taken your kids there, haven’t you? What are some things the kids would like?
UES mom #2: Well, there’s a lot to do in Rome, but one thing — it’s expensive, but worth it — you should go meet the pope.

–92nd & Madison

Posted on October 24, 2014
Advice, Kids, Moms, Pope, Rich people, Travel, Upper East Side

In the Winter She Smells Like Yellow Snow

Little kid to mom: You smell!
Mom: Yeah, that’s New York in the summer.

–Penn Station

Overheard by: Cody

Posted on October 24, 2014
Kids, Moms, Only in New York, Penn Station, People, Places, Should've Used a Condom

While Slapping Me!

Daughter: I feel bad for you, but not that bad.
Mother: You're a little bitch, honey.
Daughter: You just called me a bitch!
Mother: But I said “honey” afterward.

–Kane St