Mother looking at stick-on lightbulbs: Those might be good in case you ever need to see in the dark.
College-age daughter: Yeah, or if you're blind and need more light.
–Walgreens, 97th & Broadway
Overheard by: ryn
Mother looking at stick-on lightbulbs: Those might be good in case you ever need to see in the dark.
College-age daughter: Yeah, or if you're blind and need more light.
–Walgreens, 97th & Broadway
Overheard by: ryn
Girl: Yeah, he was cute and really nice, but he's not my type.
Guy: Why?
Girl: Well, he's from Brooklyn!
Guy: Oh.
Girl: Obviously.
–Upper West Side
College girl: So, where are you from?
Indian guy: I'm from Bombay.
College girl: Is that, like, close to Pompeii?
–F Train
White guy: Why does Beyonce sing “to the left, to the left”?
White girl: Why?
White guy: Because black people have no rights.
White girl: Isn't Beyonce, like, Latino?
–74th St & Lexington
Tourist trying to get through the turnstile with a credit card: Didn't this work last time?
Tourist friend: Try my Visa, maybe yours is expired.
–Bryant Park Station
Overheard by: casey
Croatian dude: I'm Croatian, I'm from Croatia. Bosnians are from Bosnia, and so on.
Dumb lady: Oh, you mean Belgium?
–Broadway & 21st
Girl #1: I just want to send her a message with a list of all the reasons I hate her.
Girl #2: I know, I know! Make number one on the list how immature she is.
–Park Slope Brooklyn
Overheard by: Ryan
Guy: So Russia invaded Georgia this morning.
Ditzy girlfriend: Get the fuck out! My aunt lives in Atlanta!
–84th & Broadway
Overheard by: mark
Woman being introduced to a man: You already met me, you never remember my name!
Very angry man: No, I don't know you! I'm no ordinary dummy!
–Flying Saucer Café, Brooklyn
(guy brings in daughter to work and introduces her to everyone except one woman)
Left out coworker: You brought your daughter in here and introduced her to everyone but me?
Guy: Yeah, so?
Left-out coworker: That's messed up and immature.
Guy: How so? She's my daughter and I do whatever I want with her.
–52nd & 7th
