Tourist lady: Excuse me, how do I get to Battery Park?
MTA guy #1: Uh, Battery Park?
Tourist lady: Yes, Battery Park.
MTA guy #1: Hmm, Battery Park. Battery Park. Yo, Battery Park? From here?
MTA guy #2: Battery Park?
Tourist lady: Is this a union joke?
–Times Square station
Overheard by: G-Lock
Vendor guy: Just buy it! Come on…
Tourist guy: Chill out, we’re thinking.
Vendor guy: All right, all right. Half price? All right? Half price, now will ya just buy it?
Tourist guy: Half? How come?
Vendor guy: Because it’s fucking 30 degrees, man, it’s cold, I wanna
go home! Buy it!
–Whitehall & State
Dude: You’re not from New York, are you?
Chick: No, I’m not.
Dude: Thought not. You’re too nice.
Chick: That’s the second time I’ve heard that today.
–82nd & Columbus
Overheard by: Kevin Eliasen
Tourist guy: Officer, what’s happening?
Cop guy: What’s happening? Rush hour’s happening!
–Times Square station
Tourist woman: …But I thought that the Arc de Triomphe was in Paris.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Jill Maclearie
Southern woman: Excuse me, sir? We aren’t from around here but could you tell me where Times Square is?
NY Man: Yeah, it’s a bit uptown from here, you’re lookin’ for 125th street. It’ll say Harlem but don’t let it throw you off.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Carl Krickmire
Tourist guy: Excuse me, where is the subway?
NY guy: Sorry, I don’t speak English.
–Rockefeller Center
Flyers guy: Here ladies–free comedy show.
Tourist girl: No, thanks.
Flyers guy: Come on. It’s free.
Tourist girl: Yeah, but, we don’t like humor.
–Times Square
Overheard by: Ashley Gordon
