On the Subway

Toddler boy: Wah! I want Mommy!
Babysitter chick: I want you to shut the fuck up.

–L train

Overheard by: RAZE ONE

Girl #1: Um, excuse me? Excuse me?…Excuse me, I need to get out here…Excuse me, I need to get out here.
Girl #2: Don’t fucking push me!
Girl #1: I said “excuse me,” you stupid fucking bitch! And by the way, your music sucks!

–L train

Overheard by: Lilit

Girl #1: She wouldn’t even take his name?
Girl #2: And she even refused to hyphenate? That’s ridiculous.

–6 train

Chick #1: Excuse me, ma’am, but would you mind moving your bag so that my son and I could sit next to each other?
Chick #2: Honestly? I just don’t feel like going through the motions right now.

–6 train

Overheard by: Anne O.

Girl: I don’t know if he’s straight or gay, I can’t tell.
Guy: You know that saying “innocent until proven guilty”? Well, everyone at Pratt is gay until proven straight.

–Hoyt-Schermerhorn station

Overheard by: Peter F.

Girl #1: Ooh, if he was black he would have kicked your ass…
Girl #2: Yeah, if he was a nigga you’d be bleeding all over me.

–1 train

Overheard by: Dustin Ragland

Hobo: Anyone got a dollar, anyone got a dollar? Anyone got a dollar, anyone got a dollar?
Lady: Here, take $5. Now get off the train. You givin’ us black people a bad name.

–D train

Man: Shouldn’t you kids be in school?
Teen girl: Shouldn’t you be in Japan?

–F train

Overheard by: Cristopher

Little girl: Mommy, I feel very shaky.
Mommy: Well, I don’t think you had enough protein today. That’s why I tried to get you to eat the eggs instead of just the bacon.
Little girl: But I’m thirsty.

–1 train

Teen girl: I wouldn’t call me bi but more curious. Nut when I was fooling around with her I thought to myself, “I’d definitely do this again.”

–1 train

Overheard by: Mike Smith