Noooo…!

(homeless woman who smells like urine exits train).
Gay guy to rest of train: Okay, does anybody have something I can spritz over here to get rid of this lingering smell?
(everybody on the train looks at him like he's crazy)
Sorority girl, smelling the urine: Oh my god. Is this smell from that woman?
Gay guy: Yeah.
Sorority girl: It's okay, I have something to spray over here.
(digs into purse and takes out an oddly shaped bottle of perfume, sprays a few times, and sits down)
Gay guy: That's a cool bottle.
Sorority girl: Thanks, it's Britney.

–2 Train

Posted on January 25, 2009
About Celebrities, Homeless, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Passengers, Pee, Queer guys, Sensory Experiences, Sorority Girls

…Having to Dye Your Hair Blond and Everything.

Random girl: Mr. Smith*, you should come see the play tonight. I'm playing a retard and a Barbie!
Teacher: That must be quite a stretch for you.

–Bard High School Early College

Posted on January 20, 2009
Fast Times at New York High, Girls, Offers and requests, Retardation, Teachers/Professors, Theater & Dance, Weirdness

He Also Sells Girl Scout Cookies Outside Weight Watchers Meetings

Guy holding unlit cigarette: Hey, got a light?
Woman exiting building: You're standing outside a cancer hospital, asshole.

–York Ave & E 67th St

Overheard by: quitalongtimeago

Posted on January 20, 2009
Cancer, Insults, Men, Offers and requests, Smoking, Strangers, Street, Upper East Side, Women

Even the Nuns in This Town Are Sassy

Nun: A donation please for St. Francis? (stretches out her hand with a silver plate)
Woman: I'm sorry.
Nun: Yeah, ya look it.

–Union Square Holiday Market

Overheard by: stacey

Posted on January 20, 2009
Christianity, Money & Class, Nuns, Offers and requests, Panhandling, Union Square and East Village, Women

And Steal Crack. But That's It.

Teenage girl on cell: Yo, we just got a new game, you wanna come over?
Teenage boyfriend: (mumbles)
Teenage girl on cell: All you gotta do is get high.
Teenage boyfriend: (mumbles).
Teenage girl on cell: And drunk.

–7th Ave & 50th

Overheard by: Aaron

Posted on January 16, 2009
Boyfriends, Drinking & Drunk People, Drugs, Girls, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, On Cell, Teens

This Season's Most Unlikely Friendship

MTA guy: Okay, folks, everyone out! This train is going out of service! C'mon, mister, off the train! Let's go, let's go!
Hobo, dragging enormous black trash bag: I'm going, man…my bag tore. You got another bag? I need another bag.
MTA guy: You want a bag from me? Damn! They hardly pay me anything, I can barely feed my family, when we go on strike y'all get mad at us, and now you want a bag? Ease up, man, ease up!
(pause)
MTA guy: Hey, man, your pants are falling down.
Hobo: Yeah, I can't keep 'em up.
MTA guy: You know why that is? 'cause you got the baggy fit underneath the boot cut! With the straight cut in between!
Hobo: I used to have an overcoat. I loved that overcoat. You should have seen it. I loved that coat.
MTA guy: You got five coats already! What do you need with another one?
[pauses]Hobo: Hey, you won't believe what I saw on the train the other day.
MTA guy: What's that?
Hobo: A man beatin' up on his lady.
MTA guy: Oh yeah?
Hobo: Yeah. With his shoe.
MTA guy: With his shoe! No way, man.
Hobo: I saw it.
MTA guy: Why didn't you stop him? You should have stopped him!
Hobo: Well… He was a big guy.
MTA guy: You should have stopped him! You should have hit him with your big Santa bag! Why didn't you hit him with your big Santa bag?

–A Train

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Posted on January 5, 2009
9 to 5-ers, Clothing, Hobos, Jobs & Careers, Money & Class, Offers and requests, On the Subway, Public Transportation, Questions, Shoes, Violence, Weirdness

He's Figuring She'll Die in the Night

Homeless Woman: Psst. Psst. You da managa?
McDonald's Employee: Yes.
Homeless Woman: I could get a application?
McDonald's Employee: Come back tomorrow.

–McDonald's

Overheard by: Jamie

Posted on December 27, 2008
9 to 5-ers, Bag ladies, Jobs & Careers, Offers and requests, Questions, Restaurants & Cafes

The Basics of Negotiation Also Baffled Him During His Time with the Teachers' Union

Hobo: You got any spare change? (man keeps walking) How about 10 dollars?

–10th St & Broadway

Posted on December 27, 2008
Hobos, Money & Class, Offers and requests, Panhandling, Strangers, Street, The Village

James Bond Is a Great Spy But a Lousy Roommate

Male hotel guest: That looks like it hurts. Do you need any ice?
Female hotel guest: No, thanks.
Male hotel guest: I better not come home and find him fucking that Russian girl in my room. I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him. (whisper) I'm gonna kill him…

–Elevator, Hudson

Posted on December 25, 2008
Customers, Elevators, Health and Hygiene, Hotels, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Murder, Offers and requests, Sex, Threats

Wednesday One-Liners Appeal the Restraining Order

Jamaican woman on cell: Guess what? I don't stalk people anymore!

–Metro-North Train

Overheard by: Kristen

Guy to another: I know where you live. I could totally stalk you.

–PATH Train

Overheard by: fish

Man on corner holding many whistles for sale, wearing multicolored, umbrella hat: Young man, get one for your skateboard. Great for bikers, joggers, walkers, fast talkers and park stalkers!

–59th St & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Emily

Woman on cell: Right, right…I want to show him that's not me: I'm *not* stalking him…I'm *not* obsessed with him.

–West 66 Street & Freedom Place

Overheard by: Susan Volchok

40-something woman to sister (waiting for Daniel Radcliffe to come out after first preview of Equus: Okay, let's go. It's okay. I saw him last week, and I know where he lives.

–Broadhurst Theatre

Overheard by: ouch, you just elbowed me in the face, bitch

Posted on December 24, 2008
About Celebrities, All Wednesday One-Liners, Guys, Harassment, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Offers and requests, On Cell, One-liners, Sisters, Sports, Theater, Theater & Dance, Threats, Trains Not Subway, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Vendors & Street Performers, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

Offers and requests