Girl #1: So what's your background? What nationalities are you?
Girl #2: Oh, I'm just American. I'm Jewish, though.
–Chelsea Market
Girl #1: So what's your background? What nationalities are you?
Girl #2: Oh, I'm just American. I'm Jewish, though.
–Chelsea Market
Older woman: What do you think of my hair?
Woman: It looks great!
Older woman: I hate it, I'm having a bad hair day.
Woman: It looks fine, mom.
–Central Park
Gay guy to girlfriend: I refuse to pay for movers. I need you to help me with my furniture.
Girlfriend: Are you serious? Why don't you just get movers?
Gay guy: Do you know expensive they are? Why would I pay someone to move my stuff when we can just do it ourselves?
Girlfriend: Honestly, you're the cheapest person I know.
Gay guy: I'm the cheapest person you know? Hello, you've met my mother!
–Park Ave & 25th St
Overheard by: Investment Banker
Suit on train to giant loud Hawaiian guy on cell: Hey, would you keep it down?
Loud Hawaiian giant: Fuck you, you're prejudiced! I wasn't loud.
Suit: You woke me up! And what's this prejudiced thing, are you Jewish?
Hawaiian giant: Fuck you ! I ain't goin' to jail! Fuck jail!
–NJT Train into Penn Station
Guy: So, he was in the hospital for three weeks.
Girl: Wow. Wait–you mean three days, don't you?
Guy: Whatever.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Hospitals Suck
Band dude #1: So… How do we break it to him?
Band dude #2: Buy him an iPhone?
–Broadway & Leonard
Overheard by: P. Mills
Old man: Wait–what you think you doing? This here's the line!
Lady in nurse scrubs: I just want to get a passport application.
Old man: Well, I just want to get a box. Everybody in this line just wants to get something.
(turns to next person in line)
Old man: What you want to get?
Next person in line: Some stamps.
Following person in line: A money order.
Old man: See, honey–they all just want to get something!
–Post Office, Bed-Stuy
Overheard by: Tigertail
Cashier: Do you have a Duane Reade card?
Girl, fishing through purse: Yeah… Where are we, Duane Reade?
–Duane Reade
Overheard by: Guy next in line
Man: You're how old?
Woman: 50.
Man: Wow! You age like a Chinaman!
Woman: What?
Man: Well, a Chinawoman… Umm, you age well
Woman: Thanks?
–Brooklyn
Tourist to boyfriend: Why are there so many humans here?
–Times Square
Conductor: Ladies and gentlemen, this n train is very crowded. There is a w train one minute behind this one with air conditioning, legroom, and color tv.
–N Train
Overheard by: Thinking about switching
Guy: Y'all can't crowd up here! I don't want to name any names, but there's a baby back there that just got stepped on.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Samantha Chastain
Girl walking up stairs, suddenly turning around: Oh, nuh-uh! Get your forehead out of my ass!
–F Train
