Man: You guys got syringes? You need syringes? Cause I have a shit ton of syringes at home and I could bring them in.
PetCo employee: Are they used?
–PetCo, Union Square
Overheard by: Dustin
Man: You guys got syringes? You need syringes? Cause I have a shit ton of syringes at home and I could bring them in.
PetCo employee: Are they used?
–PetCo, Union Square
Overheard by: Dustin
Black 10-year-old girl: Mommy! Mommy! Can I get some ice cream?
Ghetto mom: I ain’t gettin’ you no ice cream. Ain’t no holiday.
Black 10-year-old girl: Is so! It’s the Jewish New Year!
–11th St & Ave C
Girl #1: So I felt really bad for him because he’s 53 years old and just got fired from the one job he knows how to do. But then he got that horse and his life turned around.
Girl #2: I know, he has a large studio in Soho so it has plenty of room to run around, and now he no longer has to ride in cabs or subways.
Girl #1: Yeah. I should get a horse too.
–Union Square & 16th St
Girl: That Susan’s such a whore.
Guy: Yeah, but wouldn’t you be?
Girl: What?
Guy: You know, hypothetically, if you could get people to sleep with you.
–11th & C
Ghetto girl #1: Yo, he better treat me better than that. I’m talking roses, bling, Red Lobster…
Ghetto girl #2: Girl that’s so true, I’m puttin’ that on my Myspace.
–Union Square
Overheard by: D. P.S.
Hobo #1: I am not celibate!
Hobo #2: Yo, man, get over here!
–3rd Ave & 11th
Crazy man: Did you hear about the tweezers?!
Boy: Ummm… what?
Crazy man: The tweezers! They’re good. They’re better for your moustache. They help you take the hair out. They’re so much better.
Boy: Ok, thank you.
Crazy man: You’re welcome. Remember! The tweezers!
–Union Square
Overheard by: Sam
Guy: They’ll be so impressed that you’ll eat dog shit without them even asking.
Girl: Will they really?
Guy: My friends actually pitched a show called America: Who Can Eat the Most Dog Shit?
Girl: What’s that about?
Guy: Um… basically what it sounds like.
Girl: Well let them know there’s human interest for that.
–Flatiron District
American girl: Get yourself a fucking muffin and let’s go.
British boy: I don’t have any cash.
Girl: Use my credit card, I’m leaving now.
Boy: I can’t use your card. I don’t have your id.
Girl: They don’t check, they never check. You look like a woman, you look like a fucking transexual.
Boy: Really?
–Whole Foods, Union Square
Overheard by: johnjoseph bibby
Girl #1: Can you believe that my boyfriend is still mad at me for that?
Girl #2: Jeez, who knew that throwing an orange at someone’s head can change the whole dynamic of a relationship.
–8th & Broadway
Overheard by: Jess