Teen Asian boy: So, the spelling bee–
Teen Indian girl: Was one of the kids Indian?
Teen Asian boy: Yeah, there was an Indian kid and a white kid.
Teen Indian girl: So typical. My parents entered me in a spelling bee and I was fucking horrible.
Teen Asian boy: Ha, ha, ha! Anyway, there were those two kids and I just wanted to throw PlayStations at them and yell, “I’m setting you free! I’m setting you free!”
–McDonalds, Union Square
Overheard by: Rachel W.
MC guy: So…you’ve probably been out hitting the New Year’s sales…What’s the next holiday to get its own sale? Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? I wonder how they’ll promote that sale.
Audience guy: …Free at last!
–Sidewalk Cafe, Avenue A
Hobo: Spare some change? Have any change to spare? Anyone? What, are you all playing communists tonight?
–Union Square
Overheard by: sevenphonecalls
Chick #1: I can’t wear wool, it gives me a rash…My mom likes argyle.
Chick #2: Isn’t that a kind of wool?
Chick #1: I don’t know. I used to have an argyle cat, and it didn’t make me itch, so maybe not.
–K-mart, East 8th Street
Dude #1: But I really want to go to Arabia.
Dude #2: Nice.
Dude #1: Like Iran or some shit like that…I want to do those Arabian countries.
Dude #2: Ha! And have some Arabian night.
Dude #1: Fuck, yeah. But shit, I really need some Diesel jeans.
–Union Square
Overheard by: buffy
Hobo: Hey! Help a brother out?
Guy: Sorry, we have to go. Have a good night.
Hobo: How?
–Bowery & 3rd
Overheard by: gibberish
Lady: My dog hates morbidly obese people.
Guy: That’s so cool.
Lady: I guess a fat person must’ve sat on her at the crackhouse where I found her.
–Tompkins Square Park
Dude: There are about 20 mice running around the glassed-in area over there.
Store guy: Oh yeah. We know. Every Starbucks has mice.
Store chick: They’re cute!
–Starbucks, Astor Place
Overheard by: The Tep
Store guy: Welcome to K-mart! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!
Woman: Yeah, whatever. Um, where do you have the rat poison?
–K-mart, East 8th Street
Overheard by: Aerialist
Promoter guy: Do you guys like comedy?
Girl #1: We hate laughter.
Girl #2: Sunshine and happiness too.
–Union Square
Hipster girl #1: I mean, I feel bad for not finishing him, but I didn’t want to break the tradition. He’s never been finished before right?
Hipster girl #2: Never, and I think he’s a little traumatized ever since that girl threw up on his…you know.
–Whole Foods, Union Square
