Union Square and East Village

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