Girl: So, what do you want to do? Get some food? Get on the train?
Boy: I just want to have sex with you.
–Court & Atlantic
Girl: So, what do you want to do? Get some food? Get on the train?
Boy: I just want to have sex with you.
–Court & Atlantic
Loud student, looking at intricate homework assignment on projector: Who has the time to do that, seriously?!
Skater dude #1, muttering: Shit, I have the time to do that, I just spend it getting fucked up.
Skater dude #2: Shit man, we all do!
–School of Visual Arts
Overheard by: art school has bros too
Indian woman: You can't say “Paki”! You just can't!
Italian man: What about “Paki-bashing”?
Indian woman: Absolutely not! And you certainly can't say it in a fake Indian accent! You know, you need to take a sensitivity course. Just for you.
Irish man: Yeah, you wop!
–28th St & Park Ave
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Dude #1: Paint stripper?
Dude #2: Prostitute stripper.
Dude #1: Ohhhhhhh.
–8th Ave & 52nd St
Overheard by: Chauncy
Guy #1: You squattin?
Guy #2: Nah, just listening to Michael Jackson.
–Harlem New York Sports Club
Overheard by: Obvious Misunderstanding
College dude in enthusiastic conversation: I would totally be a cat-sniffer.
–113th St & Broadway
Tall man in heavy German accent: What do you mean the cat can't take a poopy because it is too loud?
–2 Train
Overheard by: Anna
Flaky professional girl: I hate when people are like, "hey, look at that dead bird! Hey, look at that dead cat!" because god, I always look first!
–42nd & 6th
Overheard by: amalthya
Girl on cell: Now you need to marry him for the discounted cat food!
–10th st & 1st Ave
Woman, staring at the train subway map: Excuse me, how do you get to the 1 train?
Large black guy: Number one, you get an education.
Woman: No no, how do you get to the 1 train?
Large black guy: Number one, you get an education. Number two, you look at the map. Number three, don't talk to strangers.
–Uptown NQRW
Overheard by: Knows which strangers not to talk to
Professor: So… basically you're asking me pointers on how to not be a… racist?
Student: Um… No?
–New School University
Girl to friend: What's the difference between penguins and puffins?
Friend: Well, for one thing, puffins are birds.
–Central Park Zoo, Penguin/Puffins Exhibit
Old man: Could you tell me where a restaurant is?
Security guard: Right there (points to men's room).
Old man: I don't want to shit. I want to eat.
–JFK Airport
