Your Mobile Is Kind of Crappy

Girl in stall: Oh, shit, I dropped my phone in the toilet!

The phone rings.

Girl in stall: And how the hell am I supposed to answer that now?!

–2nd Ave Deli bathroom

Overheard by: Rue Silver

Posted on June 13, 2015
Cell Phone, Cleanliness, Delis, Gadgets, Girls, Manhattan, People, Places, Restaurants & Cafes, Stall Spies, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Venues

Nothing’s As Manly As a Soft Drink

Guy #1: Yo, I don’t even believe in water, alls I drink is Pepsi.
Guy #2: Yep yep, water’s for pussies.

–47th & 9th

Posted on June 11, 2015
Food, Guys, Health and Hygiene, Junk Food & Fast Food, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, People, Places, Topics

We Call It “Little Israel”

Guy: So you guys are Jewish?
Girl: Yeah, why?
Guy: Are you from Brooklyn? I live there now, and there are a lot of Jewish people there.
Girl: No, we’re from Staten Island.
Guy: Oh. Are there a lot of Jewish people there?

–Finnerty’s, Union Square area

Overheard by: Becka Dash

Posted on June 8, 2015
Bars & Clubs, Brooklyn, Girls, Guys, History & Geography, Jews, Judaism, Manhattan, NYC Geography, People, Places, Religion, Rumor Has It, Staten Island, Union Square and East Village

That’s an Order

20-something woman: You’re going to worship my mother when you meet her.
Man: I will?
Woman: Yes. Because I do.

— Pizzeria, Boerum Hill

Posted on June 7, 2015
Brooklyn, Family Ties, Men, Moms, Parents, People, Places, Restaurants & Cafes, Topics, Venues, Women

Has “Fruit” Been Reclaimed Yet?

Dad: So what did you learn in school today?
Son: Ummm…a tomato is a fruit.
Dad: What? A tomato is a fruit?
Son: Yeah, cause it has seeds.
Dad: You’re telling me a tomato is a fruit? Is a pumpkin a fruit?
Son: Yeah, they have seeds.
Dad: What about a cucumber, is that a fruit?
Son: No.
Dad: What about a squash? A zucchini? You know what I think? I think you’re the fruit!
Son: No, I don’t have seeds.
Dad: …I’m not going there.

–Grand Central

Overheard by: Rehey

Posted on June 3, 2015
Dads, Education, Food, Grand Central, Innuendo, Insults, Kids, Manhattan, Parents, People, Places, School and studying, Sex, Topics, Train Station, Venues

“…What am I, a gymnast?”

Teen girl #1: He wanted to eat me out.
Teen girl #2: Really?
Teen girl #1: Yeah, he was like, “Bend over,” and I was like, “No.”

–1 train

Posted on June 3, 2015
Eating Out, On the Subway, People, Teens

He’ll Grow into Them

Female coworker: So, does your son have dark hair like you?
Male coworker: No, he has sort of sandy hair — like a cross between me and his mom, Lisa.
Female coworker: Oh.
Male coworker: But, you know, he has big nipples like Lisa.

–NJ Transit train