Strangers

Pedestrian #1, covering nose: Why can’t people take a damn shower?!
Pedestrian #2: Why can’t some people not shit in the street?

–Outside Radio City Music Hall

Overheard by: AA

Hipster guy: If he would have asked me that in an interview, I would have pulled down my pants and shat on his foot.

–N 5th & Bedford Ave, Williamsburg

Tall, distraught man: Great! Now I have to hold off poopin’ for another two hours.

–Penn Station

Sleep-deprived student to friend: There is something wrong with your bowel movements!

–Pratt Institute

Overheard by: Bailey

Booming voice from dark alley: Well, I’ll be dipped in shit!

–2nd Ave, LES

Overheard by: caroline

Man on cell: Don’t go near the elevator. There’s a pile of doo-doo there. I tried to clean it up the best I could, but there’s still some there. Be careful. I don’t want you to smear it.

–Essex St

NYU student to friend: Of course I didn’t poop in the shower… I pooped in the toilet, then put it in the shower!

–8th & Mercer

Overheard by: Alex

Guy #1: I wish I was back in Baltimore.
Guy #2: Pshhh… Maryland has crabs. Hahaha.
Old man passerby: Please! That’s the same joke everyone tells about Maryland. Get some creativity!

–Union Square

Psychic lady: Can I read your palms?
Man: Fuck no! Can I read yours?!

–Mulberry St

Overheard by: Joe

Activist girl: Sir, ma’am, do you have one minute to help the Democratic party?
Chipper passerby chick: No, but I have your shirt!
Activist girl, unimpressed: Awesome.

–116th & Broadway

Overheard by: Christiana Little

Guy: Daaamn, you da prettiest girl I seen all month. Come over here an’ talk to me.
Chick: Oh?
Guy: Shit, I’ma call you ‘Miss September.’

–151 Amsterdam

Overheard by: craps under my window

Woman: No more room! Stop pushing! No more room!
Man on platform: Aw, baby, you don’t mean that!

–7 train, 74th St & Roosevelt Ave stop

Overheard by: Peter Holby

College girl to friend: Yeah, my roommate and I had a cute, girly apartment last year… with a fridge full of beer.
Old black guy nearby: Hahahaha.

–Target

Overheard by: alie

Stranger guy: Sooo, you guys on a first date?
Girl, whose date just headed for the restroom: No.
Stranger guy: Good. It did not feel like one.

–83rd & 3rd

10-year-old, about two girls walking by: Yo, she’s mad tall! And she’s mad short! That’s mad crazy!
Passerby: I agree!

–Houston & Ave A

Overheard by: The short one.