Office

White lady: As a black man, how do you feel about Al Sharpton?…Because I know how I feel about him, but I’m not black.

–Office, Park Avenue

Overheard by: Peasant

Hobo: …Lick Al Sharpton’s balls! Suck out his asshole! You’re Democrats! It’s your job!

–18th & 7th

Overheard by: A & J

Queer: Do you know why else I want to move to London? Camdentown. There are lots of punks.
Chick: But wouldn’t there also be a lot of white supremacists?
Queer: I could do white supremacists.
Chick: But aren’t they also homophobic?
Queer: No, just repressed.

–Law office, 50th & 8th

Receptionist lady: What’s your name?
Little boy: Nayan.
Receptionist lady: Can you spell that for me?
Little boy: N-A-Y-A-N.
Receptionist lady: Did your mommy tell you what your name means?
Little Boy: X-ray vision.

–Doctor’s office, Park Slope

Overheard by: Rachel

President: …and drop it off on the Upper West Side at 77th and 2nd.
Assistant chick: But that’s the East Side, you mean–
President: No, the West side at seventy-seventh and 2nd!

–E. 33rd Street office

Suit #1: We should join the citywide watergun assassination competition!
Suit #2: Great, then we can worry about the cops.
Suit #1: Oh come on, it’s waterguns.
Suit #2: Cops have killed over less.

–Old Slip office

Overheard by: Kevin

Lab coat guy: So, her son’s name is Spike? Who names their kid Spike?
Blue shirt guy: No. His real name is something stupid like Leonard.

–Washington Mutual, 71st & 1st

Employee: Can I leave at 5?
Boss: Why?
Employee: I cannot work here for more than 5 hours day, for medical reasons.
Boss: What reason?
Employee: Well, this work is so dull and unsatisfying that if I work more than 5 hours a day I could jump out the window?
Boss: Wait, did you say you go to NYU?

–22nd Street office

Bystander guy #1: Congratulations!
Bystander guy #2: One sixteenth of you are gonna make it!

–NYU Graduation Ceremony, Washington Square Park

Guy #1: Did you watch your Pee Wee’s Playhouse last night?
Guy #2: It didn’t come!

–27th Street office

Guy: My roommate is such a pain in the ass. It’s always something with her. She never stops complaining about something.
Girl: I know, same thing at my house.
Guy: She gets me so fed up it’s like all i hear now is, “Wah wah, my pussy hurts.”

–Penn Plaza office

Overheard by: Ocera

Office worker #1: Fred Wertheimer? He’s the husband of the fabulous Linda Wertheimer…
Office worker #2: Who is that?
Office worker #1: She is a really famous radio person on NPR.
Office worker #2: What is NPR?

–Midtown office