Questions

Foreign guy: No, there’s too many people on line to return.
American guy: Why don’t you put it in the drop box?
Foreign guy: I can’t do that!
American guy: Yeah, you can even leave it in the box outside.
Foreign guy: But how will they know it’s me?

–Blockbuster Videos, Chelsea

Overheard by: no one was on line for returns

Woman #1: Why don’t you get a child of your own?
Woman #2: Girl, I already gots a car.

–Century 21, Cortlandt St

Girl: So, if you had to pick between a longer foot and a flipper foot, what would you choose? How about one big merman fin?
Guy: Wait, are these options?

–1 train

Overheard by: Yesenia

Girl #1: That was really fun. We should do it again really soon.
Girl #2: Okay, great! Like when?
Girl #1: I dunno. I was just sayin’.

–13th St

Overheard by: Jordan Green

Man, yelling: I love this woman! I love this woman!
Woman: So where’s the ring?

–51st & 7th

Overheard by: kt

Overweight hobo: The only things I look forward to in life are mayonnaise and sex!

–57th & 7th

Woman on cell: When sex turns into math, you’ve got trouble on your hands.

–Union Square

Overheard by: McFreaky

Chick, screaming into cell: What a bitch! I swear, it’s getting harder and harder to fuck your co-worker and get away without people finding out!

–JFK

Overheard by: Pixie

Realist on cell: Well you can’t expect every guy you sleep with to call you back.

–53rd & 6th

Man to female date: So, basically, you sleep with people out of hilarity?

–St Mark’s & 2nd

Overheard by: Diane

Business woman: No, I told her I’d rather have sex with my husband than buy her products. And then she hung up on me.

–Chipotle, 22nd & 6th

Hipster girl: What’s up with all the Jews for Jesus stuff everywhere?
Hipster guy: I don’t know. I think Jews just try to adopt whatever’s mainstream and will make them money.

–A/C/E underpass, Times Square station

Overheard by: Al

Thug, to his friend: Yo, there are mad bitches in this hood. Why you eyeballin’ me?

–73rd & York

Overheard by: I was eyeballin’ him too

Dude: I can’t believe that sausage fest! There were no females up in that bitch!

–103rd & Lex

Overheard by: robin b

Lady: You know what the difference between her and Lonny is? She’s nice, and Lonny’s a bitch.

–Tennis courts, Central Park

B&T boyfriend, calling angrily out the window of his car: Bitch, I love you!

–White St, between Lafayette & Canal

Man to old blind lady: Watch where you’re going, bitch!

–12th St & 6th Ave

Guy, laughing at friend who dropped his coffee: That’s gravity, bitch!

–49th & 8th

Queer on cell: Oh my God, she, like, worships me…Yeah, I know, I’m totally the best thing that ever happend to her…Oh, no, I can’t stand her. She’s a total skanky bitch, bitch, bitch!

–Peanut Butter & Co, Sullivan St

Chick #1: Do you have a safety pin?
Chick #2: What’s a safety pin?
Chick #1: Are you serious?
Chick #2: Yeah, I mean, what’s the difference between a safety pin and a paper clip? I know they both hold shit together, but, like, what’s the difference?

–23rd & 1st

Overheard by: Carly

Woman on crowded elevator, screaming into her cell: And she know I’m a private person, so why she be sharin’ all that information like that?!

–E 26th St

Overheard by: Peter Horan