Somehow RuPaul Always Gets the Short End of the Stick

Black guy: It is the last day of Black History Month and nobody sent me a card?
White guy: Well then, happy Black History Month.
Black guy: Yeah sure, whatever!
White guy: No, seriously, thank you! Thank you for Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Richard Pryor…
Black guy: Well I guess tomorrow I have to back to sitting in the back of the bus!
White guy: No! What are you talking about? We don’t pick on blacks anymore! That’s what gays are for!
Black guy: Ohhh!

–Graham Street station

Overheard by: Philip Rafferty

Posted on October 2, 2015
About Celebrities, Black People, Gays and Lesbians, History & Geography, Multiculturalism, Overheard Style, Race, Subway stations, platforms, etc., White People

And, of Course, the Cycle of Violence

Little boy: Where are we going, Joseph*?
Huge American Indian in floor-length fur coat: I’m your grandpa. If you call me Joseph, I’ll kick your ass.
Little boy: Why?
Huge American Indian in floor-length fur coat: It’s about respect.

–9th & 4th station, Park Slope

Overheard by: Glad my grandpas are dead

Posted on October 2, 2015
Family Ties, Kids, Names, Old People, Park Slope, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Threats

Good Thing He Had Those Ruby Slippers

Asian guy #1: Ok, here’s the train.
Asian guy #2: Dude! No way! That’s the Q!
Asian guy #1: What?
Asian guy #2: Dude! You couldn’t pay me to take the Q! Last time I took the Q, I got on around Canal Street and next thing I knew, I was in. . like. . . Brooklyn!

–Herald Square station

Posted on September 28, 2015
Asians, Brooklyn, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Travel

Elephant Man II: Apple Girl

Girl #1: You know you can spell your name R-A-C-H-L-E too, right?
Girl #2: That’s Rach-lee.
Girl #1: No, the way it sounds listen to the LE, like “apple”. You don’t spell apple A-P-P-E-L.
Girl #2: Yeah, but that’s dumb because I am not an apple.

–Sheepshead Bay station

Overheard by: Lena Ner

Posted on September 26, 2015
Bimbettes, Names, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

… Or One of My Exes?

Lady yelling at old guy: Where you goin’ today, Harold?!
Old man, smiling: You my wife?

–Q station, Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn

Overheard by: cloisterpunk

Posted on August 26, 2015
Old People, Questions, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

Kicking Your Ass?

Indignant woman in crowded elevator: You're standing on my foot!
Man: What are feet for?

–168th St Subway Elevator

Overheard by: AWAvatar

Posted on August 6, 2015
Body Parts, Default, Elevators, Gripes, Harlem & Morningside Heights, Men, Questions, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Weirdness, Women

But That Cab Fare to Mars is Ridonkulous

Girl #1: That place is so off the hook.
Girl #2: I totally need to go. What days is it open?
Girl #1: Yo, every day. Like 400 days a year.

–77th Street R station

Posted on August 2, 2015
Compliments, Girls, Idiots, Questions, Retail Therapy, Science, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Talking/Convos, Time

Wednesday One-Liners?

Woman, picking up rubber ball, to employee: Oh, what can you do with this?

–Scholastic Store, Soho

Freshman girl: What do we, like, throw in the recycling bin?

–Leon M. Goldstein High School

Overheard by: Robert Gleyberman

Woman, descending stairs onto train platform: Oh my god! Is that a train?

–Penn Station

Overheard by: curious to know what else she was expecting to see at a train station…

Random tourist to young Asian kid: Do you sell fake bags?

–Canal Street Station

Astute shopper: Do you take Duane Reade cards here?

–Duane Reade

Overheard by: fellow customer

Guy on cell: Bagels with butter? Where am I gonna get that?

–Upper East Side

Overheard by: sarahjane

Posted on July 28, 2015
9 to 5-ers, All Wednesday One-Liners, Asians, Duane Reade, Fast Times at New York High, Guys, Idiots, Junk Food & Fast Food, Kids, Knock-Offs, Money & Class, On Cell, One-liners, Penn Station, Public Transportation, Questions, Shopping, Soho, Store, Street, Students, Stupidity, Subway stations, platforms, etc., Tourists, Train Station, Upper East Side, Wednesday One-Liners, Weirdness, Women

That’s Not Saying Much

Hipster: Jesus! This place is worse than Austin seven years ago!

–Bedford St. Station, Williamsburg

Overheard by: K.

Posted on July 23, 2015
Hipsters, Insults, One-liners, Subway stations, platforms, etc., U.S. Geography

Jason’s Walking-Around License Gets Revoked

Burly man who pulled frat boy out of tracks: Dude, are you drunk?
Frat boy: Ah… Ah… I don’t know. I guess I had something to drink.
Burly man: Dude, next time you get on a train make sure it’s there first!

–1-2-3 platform, 96th St

Posted on July 19, 2015
Advice, Drunks, Subway stations, platforms, etc.

Subway stations, platforms, etc.