Tourist lady: Excuse me, is this Central Park?
New York man: Uh, yes, this is.
Tourist lady: Are you sure? It seems a little off-center to me.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Off-center Dog Walker
Tourist lady: Excuse me, is this Central Park?
New York man: Uh, yes, this is.
Tourist lady: Are you sure? It seems a little off-center to me.
–Central Park
Overheard by: Off-center Dog Walker
Tourist lady: Ahem … excuse me sir … em .. Could you tell us how to get to Central Park from here?
Dude: Sure, just take a left on 72nd and walk straight on.
Tourist lady to husband: See, I told you New Yorkers aren’t rude if you talk to them nice.
Dude: I’m from Idaho, ma’am, I’m just here for Memorial weekend.
–Park Ave
Overheard by: Jason
Teen on cell: So how do I get to your office? Wait, which way is east? Towards the river? What river? I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF TIMES SQUARE, I DON’T SEE A FUCKIN RIVER! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ASK SOMEONE WHERE THE FUCKING RIVER IS? MANHATTAN’S AN ISLAND, THERE’S RIVER ALL OVER THE PLACE!
–Times Square
Overheard by: Ilysse Weisenfeld
Old woman: Where’d you park our car?
Old man: I don’t know. What’s it look like?
–Outside McDonald’s, Fulton St
Guy setting up stage: Hey did American Idol confirm?
Other guy setting up stage: Yeah, Simon confirmed for 1:30 PM.
Tourist: Oh my God are you serious?!
Other guy: Hey Charlie, you were right, it is fun messing with the tourists!
–Ninth Avenue Street Fair
White guy: Excuse me, sir?
Black guy: What’s up papi?
White guy: I’m trying to get to 14th Street.
Black guy: You’re in the South Bronx papi.
White guy: Holy shit! How do I get the fuck out of here?
The black guy laughs and walks away.
–149th & 3rd
Guy #1: So, is that Central Park over there? [points to a particularily wooded area across 6th avenue]
Guy #2: Nope.
Guy #1: So then it’s Union Square, right?
Guy #2: Nope, it’s neither.
Guy #1: So basically, those are just a bunch of trees?
Guy #2: Yup.
–MacDougal & Bleecker
Tourist girl #1: You stand in front of me..and you stand in back of me.
Tourist girl #2: Why?
Tourist girl #1: You guys are my stab buffer. I’m just taking the necessary safety precautions.
–Times Square
Guy: [really loudly] Fuck! Shit! Boobs!
Girl: Stop it! Screaming profanities isn’t going to get you on Overheard in New York.
Guy: But today’s our last day in the city and it’s my last chance!
Girl: So you develop Tourette’s?
Guy: Shhh! Stop calling me a tourist!
–John & Water
Overheard by: Gillian
Hipster #1: But look how easy it is to pick out the tourists. I mean, look, there’s a tourist. There’s a tourist. It’s so frickin’ easy to tell who belongs here and who doesn’t.
Hipster #2: Yeah, like why don’t they even try to blend in while they’re here? It’s like they’re trying to be Greek when they’re in Rome.
Hipster #1 is totally lost.
Hipster #2: You know, ’cause when you’re in Rome, you’re supposed to act Roman.
Hipster #1: Oh, I’ve never been to Italy.
–6 train
Overheard by: The tourist in their midst
