Tourists

Teen tourist #1: Let’s go in this souvenir store — I want a name key chain.
Teen tourist #2: Daneesha, they don’t have your ghetto-ass name on a key chain!

–33rd & 5th

Overheard by: Janee Howard

Tourist lady: Excuse me, do you work here?
Employee: Yes, ma’am. Can I help you?
Tourist lady: Yes. Where are the toilets, please?
Employee: Up the escalators and take a left.
Tourist lady: Thank you. Number one or number two?
Employee: Well… You can do either, ma’am…

–Toys “R” Us, Times Square

Creepy man, about tourist’s rack: Are those real?
Tourist girl to friend: Whoa, I guess we should have left our nice purses at home…

–Broadway

Teen tourist #1: Let’s go, strangers!
Teen tourist #2: Isn’t that, ‘Let’s go, Rangers’?
Teen tourist #1: Oh, I never got that.

–Penn Station

Hipster: I’m telling you, Bill O’Reilly is a blubbering vagina.
Tourist: No, don’t say that!
Hipster: But you know he is!
Tourist: Stop!

–Union St & 7th Ave

Overheard by: Alex

British tourist, after Avenue Q: Well, that was different than Mary Poppins!

–Golden Theater, W 45th St

Overheard by: Knew Exactly What I Was Getting Into

Tourist: What day do they film Saturday Night Live?

–Times Square

Overheard by: Candy

Tourist chick pointing at Chrysler Building: Look, y’all — the Eiffel Tower!

–Top of Empire State Building

Tourist mom with three kids: Look! Applebees!

–Times Square

Gleeful tourist: I see Wendy’s!

–Bond & Broadway

Teen tourist: So, what is Long Island? Is it not a state? I don’t get it!

–LIRR

Overheard by: jangbang

Tourist teen spotting Che Guevara shirt at vendor: Oh my god! Isn’t that Tom Cruise in Top Gun?

–Canal St

Overheard by: the asian princess

20-ish guy, after bumping into lady: Oh, I’m sorry.
Lady: That’s okay. I’m a tourist.

–Times Square

Overheard by: nina

Blonde: Gosh, these lines are, like, so long.
Brunette: Yep.
Blonde: I’m, like, not from here so, like, I’m not used to this.
Brunette: Uh-huh.
Blonde: I’m actually from, like, Ohio. Where are you from?
Brunette: Albany.
Blonde: Oh my gosh, really?! Say something in Albanian!
Employee passerby: Fucking tourists…

–Banana Republic Women, Soho

Overheard by: MistressSilver

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

Man holding St. Patrick’s day hat and necklace: Can I get these two for three dollars?
Street vendor: The hat itself is eight dollars! You’re not a bargaining person, are you?
Man: No, I’m from Canada.

–44th & 6th

Overheard by: Parade Spectator