One-liners

Bag lady: Come here! Come here, you fuckin’ bitch! Are you too good to
give your fucking wife a hug? Come here, fucking bitch!

–23rd & Madison

Bus driver: This bus service sucks! I can vouch for that.

–Q39 bus

Chick: I can’t apologize for being a bitch…because, like, then I wouldn’t be a bitch.

–23rd & Lexington

Woman on cell: Yeah, right! Like anyone’s gonna believe there are four SpongeBobs.

–Rockefeller Center

Man: Is this where we get off?

–Times Square shuttle

Man on cell: Yeah, his jokes are going to backfire and bite him in the ass. I’m going to plant the seed because I am the devil.

–50th & 9th

Overheard by: Sofiya

Old lady: They are going to strike? They should put up signs fuckers! I see you looking at me you skinny bitch, fuck you.
Conductor: The doors are closing.
Old lady: Can’t put up signs but the fucker is telling me the doors are closing.

–F train

Hobo: Don’t worry about the strike, we’ll all fly to work! Flap our wings and fly!

–14th & 7th

Guy: I was there at the strike in 1980; I remember it well. It went on for two weeks. Of course, they could never have it that long now. The population of the city has doubled since 1980.

–Bowling Green station

Overheard by: greek goddess

Conductor: Shit, I’ll get nasty right now. I’ll pull the brakes, see how they like that.

–1 train

Overheard by: Priscilla Castillo

Tween boy: So how’s the strike going?
Bus driver: If there was a strike I wouldn’t be here, you moron.

–M15 bus

Overheard by: Sara’s Hot

Doorman: Guns, man. I have too many guns.

–41st between 1st & 2nd

Ghetto guy: Everyone on this train need to smile!

–L train

Overheard by: Lily

Rabbi: It’s been two weeks and that’s pretty long for me.

–34th & 7th