Hobo: Stop! I don’t want any money, I don’t want anything. I just want you to look. You will never see this again in your life!
He points to a window sill where he has four quarters standing on their edges.
Hobo: Isn’t that beautiful?
–Christopher & Bleecker
Overheard by: gizzard
Asian guy #1: Yeah, but I’ve only been to Chinatown like…once or twice.
Asian guy #2: Still, it’s like Muslims. You only have to go to Mecca once, but you still went.
–Stuyvesant High School, Chambers Street
Overheard by: Susan A
Black girl: I didn’t want to say this in there, but have you noticed how all Mexican men working in bars and restaurants look the same?
White girl #1: Well I bet they all think that white women look the same.
White girl #2: Well all elephants probably look the same to gorillas.
–West 3rd Street & 6th Avenue
Crazy lady: You some kinda rabbi or something? What are you?
Uncrazy chick: What?
Crazy lady: What ethnicity are you?
Uncrazy chick: Uh, Mormon.
Crazy lady: Woman?
–98th & West End
Overheard by: Rose Fox
Girl #1: Ooh, if he was black he would have kicked your ass…
Girl #2: Yeah, if he was a nigga you’d be bleeding all over me.
–1 train
Overheard by: Dustin Ragland
