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Sounds Like This Zebra I Know

Girl #1: So this guy I work with has been hitting on me a lot lately.
Girl #2: Is he Mexican?
Girl #1: No…he’s black or white or something.

–The Cutting Room, West 24th Street

Overheard by: Kate Elizabeth Queram

  • Posted on June 5, 2018
  • Bars & Clubs, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Mexicans, Pick-up Lines, Relationships, Sex & Relationships, Stupidity, White People
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