Upper East Side

Teen girl #1: We’re not going to KFC! Their food is, like, poison.
Teen girl #2: Yeah, they kill their chickens alive.

–96th & Lexington

Overheard by: AG

Chick on cell: I need you to give me a ride home when I get off the bus. My grandma has been standing in front of my house for over one hour…I bet you anything she needs money again.

–Port Authority

Overheard by: Julio

Guy: Did you see that woman? She looked at us like she’d never seen a black man before.

–NYU College of Dentistry elevator, East 24th Street

Chick: Let’s go to the other wing. I’m not that interested in seeing the modern art.
Guy: Then why are we at the Museum of Modern Art?

–The Met

Overheard by: djlindee

Dowager: Today was the first day I took a Celebrex since the pogo stick thing.

–Park & 60th

Overheard by: Frank Laser

Suit on cell: It’s sex: somebody’s always taking advantage of someone else…Oh shit, this girl just gave me a look. That’s gonna be on Overheard tomorrow, I just know it.

–45th & Lexington

Overheard by: No, not her

Girl: If anybody is gonna bring back the cape it will probably be a
lesbian.

–Borders, Time Warner Center

Girl: You feed the rats?
Man: It’s not the rat’s fault it’s a rat.
Girl: Yeah, but rats carry diseases.
Man: So do most chicks.

–96th Street 1/2/3 station