Subway stations, platforms, etc.

Cheese shop girl: ‘I want a hard cheese…’ Ugh! Hard like Parmesan or–
Cheese shop guy: –I fucking hate people who order by texture!

–F station, Bergen St

Overheard by: Maddy

Bimbette #1: Yeah, that party was so hot, and that guy was so sweet, you know? He really didn’t have to buy me a drink.
Bimbette #2: Yeah, that’s why you did a good job in choosing to hook up with him!

–Spring St platform

Hobo: There’s an earthquake coming! Get up above ground!
Tourist girl: Oh my god! Was he serious?!

–C train platform, Times Square

Overheard by: caiiya

Thug #1: … And I was like, ‘Damn, baby. I just bought you some pizza, we’re about to see a movie — is it really imperative that I buy you the Justin Timberlake CD so you can listen to it tonight?’
Thug #2: I know what you mean dog. My girl was beggin’ me to buy her that new Akon shit.
Thug #1: Why can’t bitches just be happy?

–116th St station

Hobo: Excuse me, can you spare me some change?
Woman, pretending in bad Spanish: No hable engles.
Hobo: Shit! I gotta be bilingual to beg?!

–4th St subway station

Overheard by: Jessie

Thug #1: Yo, when I go to McDonald’s I don’t just want a fuckin’ Number One with a mothafuckin’ Coke. I want a Number One, a Coke, and a mothafuckin’ smile.
Thug #2: Word.

–Q train platform, Union Square

Overheard by: Audrey Monaco

MTA worker #1: Que sera, sera.
MTA worker #2: Is that French?
MTA worker #1: Yeah.

–Times Square subway station

Overheard by: Cat

Lady: Do I look fat in this dress?
Bystander: Yeah, you do. What? We were all thinking it!

–71 Continental Ave station

Overheard by: Kirby J

Black girl: My daddy says I can’t fight her because she’s pregnant.
Wigger chick: Her face ain’t pregnant, is it?

–Subway bathroom, 4th & 6th

Hipster guy: Yeah, my dad’s a bird-petter.
Hipster girl: How much does he make for that?
Hipster guy: About three friends a year.

–R/W platform, 8th St

Overheard by: the imbiber