Union Square and East Village

Guy: So what songs do you have on your iPod?

–3rd Avenue & 10th Street

Overheard by: jessica castro

Girl #1: You talk like you’re from an entirely other universe.
Girl #2: I am. It’s called Los Angeles!

–1st Avenue & 6th Street

Overheard by: miss dubin

A white girl on a cell drops a piece of paper. A Hispanic man picks it up.

Hispanic man: Senorita! Senorita!
White girl: What? Oh, sorry.

She returns to her call.

White girl: …No, I just thought I was being harassed.

–14th & University

Guy #1: I found my old Nintendo yesterday
Guy #2: Yo, remember Game Genie and shit?
Hobo: I had a genie once.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Creighton

Dude: So are you going to sing karaoke?
Girl: No, I don’t think so. Are you?
Dude: Nah.
Girl: Why not? Can you sing?
Dude: Oh yeah, I can sing. I just don’t read.

–Nevada Smith’s, 3rd Avenue

Waiter: There is no indefinite standing allowed in the garden.

–Luca Lounge, Avenue B

Overheard by: Anna

Old man: Yeah, so the doctor told me to put mayonnaise on my head and cucumbers on my eyes. There’s just so much you have to do. I was like, “What is this, a fruit salad?”
Woman: That’s not a fruit salad, that’s a Caesar salad.
Old man: Right, a Caesar salad. Anyway, about that truck.

–2nd & 2nd

Overheard by: Tibbie X

A man is stumbling down the street. He trips, falls hard and hits his head on the ground.

Guy: Sir, excuse me, are you okay? You just fell really hard.
Man: …Fuck you.

–14th & 6th

Overheard by: The L0rdz

Punk guy: You know somethin’? I could have been home right now, watching Gremlins.

–2nd Avenue between 6th & 7th

Overheard by: Tibbie X

Guy: So you still going to be an elf for Halloween?
Girl: No, actually I’m going to be a fairy, but fairies are part of the elf family.

–6th & B