Blonde girl: But he’s in a relationship…
Brunette girl: This is how I feel about the whole girlfriend thing. The way I see it, everyone’s fair game as long as the girl isn’t one of your friends and you don’t get too attached. That’s really the only problem. Well, that and AIDS… But not many people have aids.
–E train at the World Trade Center station
Overheard by: ginalori
Hipster boy: It’s so weird. It’s like, one day my girlfriend will be in a good mood, and the next day, bad mood. I don’t get it!
–Broadway & Cedar
Queer #1: This place is terrible.
Queer #2: I know.
Queer #1: I hate Duane Reade.
Queer #2: Yeah, me too.
Queer #1: And yet I love it… it’s like an abuse relationship you just can’t get over.
Queer #2: Yeah.
Queer #1: Everytime I come in here, I see all these people who are like, I really don’t want to be here right now. [Pause. Dionne Warwick is playing.] Must be the music.
–Duane Reade, 14th & 3rd
Overheard by: NYU girl
Girl #1: Can you believe that my boyfriend is still mad at me for that?
Girl #2: Jeez, who knew that throwing an orange at someone’s head can change the whole dynamic of a relationship.
–8th & Broadway
Overheard by: Jess
Girl: He’s way too intense for me.
Guy: How so?
Girl: He likes poetry, and his MySpace page is totally black and stuff.
–Chinatown Brasserie, Lafayette St
Girl #1: So what do you see in him?
Girl #2: Well, he sorta reminds me of Brian, from Family Guy. Y’know, the dog?
Girl #1: You can NOT date somebody on that basis!
Girl #2: But he’s adorable… I am NOT a pedophile!
–Morningside Heights
Woman #1: Oooh! Look! A kid’s store! It’s so cute!
Woman #2: I hate you. I hate you for telling me that.
–5th Ave
Overheard by: Hannah
Chick #1: Yeah, so I kinda wanna go to the wedding, you know, to see the spectacle.
Chick #2: Mm-hmm.
Chick #1: But on the other hand, I don’t want it to seem like she has any friends.
–Q65A bus
Overheard by: christine
JAP #1: I hate how he calls himself "Bobby" just to seem more Jewish!
JAP #2: Yeah, why isn’t he comfortable being a Bob?
–Central Park
Girl: You really don’t realize how many Indian kids there are at NYU until you have really shitty sex with one of them and have to try to avoid him.
–Broadway & Waverly
Overheard by: Jake
Indian guy, to white guy: Do you see the color of my skin? I’m obviously more intelligent than you.
–Makers
Very white girl: It was so diverse and, like, I don’t know, I felt like a minority.
—Union Square
Guy: I don’t discriminate based on race, but you in particular are a suspicious-looking motherfucker.
–Red Sky Lounge, 29th & Park
Guy on cell: You fucking idiot. You don’t have jaundice. You’re Asian.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: another asian
Frenchman: Hurry! That chocolate man is taking your parking space!
–Christopher St
Overheard by: Melissa Coppola
Black guy, to white infant: Hey! Hey! Awww, shit. You anotha’ one of dose fucking crackers! Cracker-ass crackers fucking everywhere.
–48th & 8th
Overheard by: The Cracker’s Mama
