Store

Queer: Oh, I’m so glad to see you! I’ve been thinking about you’ I just read that book Radically Gay.

–Tekserve, West 23rd Street

A little tries to stuff his baseball cap in his pants.

Mother: That cap belongs on your head!
Little boy: It is on my head.

–Macy’s, West 34th Street

Teen girl #1: Let’s go in this store.
Teen girl #2: I don’t know…it looks kind of sketch. And there’s a weird guy staring at us.
Teen girl #1: Come on! What have we got to lose?
Teen girl #3: Um, our virginity?

–St. Marks

Woman: I mean, what kind of person marches their daughter into their sixth grade class and announces that their daughter just ate a whole chicken? Who does that? I never forgave her for that.

–Nails & More, Broadway between 98th & 99th

Overheard by: Jennifer Anderson

Tween girl #1: Oh my god! They, like, totally have TVs in the bathrooms here!
Tween girl #2: Oh my god! You can so watch TV while you are peeing or whatever.
Tween girl #3: Except it’s only, like, sports and stuff.
Tween girl #1: Yeah, I don’t really like sports. Except cheerleading. Is that sports?

–ESPN Zone, 42nd & Broadway

Old Jewess: Where are you from originally?
Preggers: China.
Old Jewess: Oh that’s good, because you know everyone wants an Asian baby now.

–Filene’s Basement, 79th & Broadway

Overheard by: Barth

Guy: I looked for that Sopranos DVD set in the section you told me to, but it wasn’t there.
Store guy: Well, the computer says it’s in stock. But that’s one of our most shoplifted items.

–Borders, Time Warner Center

Teen girl #1: Hey, we could go as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Teen girl #2: Yeah, that’s a good one
Teen girl #1: You’d only need a mask…They’re frogs, right?

–Urban Outfitters, 72nd & Broadway

Girl #1: So what do you do?
Girl #2: I’m a fashion designer.
Girl #1: Oh, really? For who?
Girl #2: For myself.

–Black & White, East 10th Street

Overheard by: MojoSaves

Man: Oh my God, it’s sold out. What do we do?
Woman: I don’t know. Suicide?

–Film Forum, Houston Street