Tourist lady: Excuse me, can I get to the New York Public library on this bus?
Man: Yes.
Tourist lady: About how far is it?
Man: It’s a ten minute walk or a twenty minute bus ride.
–42nd & 8th
Tourist lady: Excuse me, can I get to the New York Public library on this bus?
Man: Yes.
Tourist lady: About how far is it?
Man: It’s a ten minute walk or a twenty minute bus ride.
–42nd & 8th
Local: What are you in line for?
Tourist lady: The Producers.
Local: This is the ‘Play Only’ line.
Tourist looks at him blankly.
Local: You can only get tickets for plays at this window.
Tourist lady: What’s a play?
Local: Uh… Like, not a musical.
Tourist lady: What, you mean, like a movie?
–Ticket booth, 46th St
Overheard by: Matthew K Johnson
Bicycle taxi guy: Hey, you want a ride through Central Park?
Tourist: No thanks.
Bicycle taxi guy: How about a foot massage? How about some dance lessons?
–Central Park
Tourist girl to friend: Oh my god, people are totally going to know we’re from Boston when they hear our accents!
Guy sweeping cigarette butts: No, people are going to know you’re from Boston when they hear you freak out and call the bomb squad over one of our electronic ads.
–49th & 9th
Overheard by: guy who dropped a couple of the cigarette butts
Tourist guy: How do I get to Essex Street from here?
New Yorker guy: Go down about seven or eight blocks, make a left, and ask somebody there.
–St. Mark’s Pl & 2nd Ave
Overheard by: Drew
Girl #1 to girl #2: Wouldn't you just rather have a night where we just get really high and scissor?
–Grand & Union, Brooklyn
Guy on cell: So they're smoking crack and fucking on his mother's bed!
–17th & 8th Ave
Overheard by: Dave
Little kid: Look, I'm on crack!
–Apple Store, Staten Island Mall
Overheard by: Robert
Junkie to junkie companion, standing in front of Band-Aids: I need to test positive for methadone and negative for everything else…
–Walgreens, Union Square
Hobo on train: Does anyone have any money for me? Any food? Any opium? Lots and lots of opium?
–Uptown 6 Train
Overheard by: left my opium stash at home
20-something blond girl on cell: You just have to convince them that you care more about college than you do about drugs, and they'll give you another chance…that's what I did!
–Chinatown Bus
Overheard by: GavinJoyce
Tourist: So I called her up and said, "Come down or you're going to miss breakfast, and I want to have breakfast with you." And all she said was, "I really like opium." and I was like, "Oh, okay."
–33rd & 7th
Overheard by: EthanK
Clearly-an-out-of-towner #1: Dude! I just saw Jessica Alba go into Red Lobster!
Clearly-an-out-of-towner #2: Whoa! Dude! New York is different than Wyoming!
–E Train
Overheard by: Lee
Tourist mother: Where do you guys want to eat?
Tourist child: I don’t know.
Tourist father pointing to flashing subway entrance: Look, there’s a Subway, we can eat there!
–42nd & 7th Ave
Overheard by: Jen Chick
Tourist mom: The last thing I wanted was to be drunk in front of my children.
Son: Too late.
–Embassy Suites, near WTC
Overheard by: Shanaca
Tourist #1: My family and I, we're not really tourists. We know what stupid stuff not to say and we come here all the time. I mean, we are tourists, but we don't act like ones.
Tourist #2: Does it make you feel better to say that?
Tourist #1: Yes. Yes it does.
–42nd St
