Bag lady: Hey, you guys, can you help me out? I’m really hungry!…You need a dye job, you know! Your roots are showing.
–Park Slope
Overheard by: Drew
Bag lady: Hey, you guys, can you help me out? I’m really hungry!…You need a dye job, you know! Your roots are showing.
–Park Slope
Overheard by: Drew
Woman: So they’re paying the kidnappers child support? I mean I know they want to support their child, but where is the money going? To those crazy people.
–L train
Overheard by: Kelly Marie
Teen girl: So I read that article and cried and cried until my Mom was
like, “Stop crying. You’re retarded.”
–1 train
Drunk girl: I’m not that drunk. I hate how when I only get a little drunk I still slur words.
–Astoria
Suit on cell: Why would I lie to you? When have I ever lied to you? Listen, you and I both know there are “no nice little neighborhoods” in Queens!
–11th Street & 4th Avenue
Overheard by: jayKayEss
Woman on cell: Caviar? Nigga, ain’t no caviar in Harlem.
–57th & 8th
Girl: Did you see those capris? They looked like the girl had her vagina on sideways!
–Windsor Terrace
Conductor: …Transfer available here to the F, V, N, Q, R and W. Next stop: New Jersey. Stand clear of the closing doors.
–B train
Overheard by: comicgirl
Woman: Well, he should just get over it. Who doesn’t have a mother who died?
–MOMA cafeteria
Overheard by: Deborah Freeman
Tween girl: The thing most people don’t get about techno is, it’s so emotional.
–76th & 2nd
Overheard by: Rachel
