Guy: Imagine living in the Midwest where there is no happiness.
–Metro-North train
Guy: Imagine living in the Midwest where there is no happiness.
–Metro-North train
Guy: Hi, I need to go to Nutley, New Jersey. I know that the 192 bus goes, but–
Ticket woman: Don’t make yourself too comfortable, just ask.
–Port Authority
Overheard by: rafael
Chick #1: Where’s [Suzy]?
Chick #2: She’s in Vegas.
Chick #1: She is? How’d she get there so fast?
Chick #2: I dunno. She’s fat. She can fly.
–Starbucks, 53rd & Park
Guy #1: Dude, where’s your woman tonight?
Chick: Yeah, where is she?
Guy #2: She’s back in Ohio breaking up with her boyfriend.
–112th & Amsterdam
Chick #1: Ohio is way different. Nobody walks anywhere, we all drive cars.
Chick #2: Oh yeah. Cars be expensive. I work 3 jobs right now.
Chick #1: Ha, ha…really?
Chick #2: I work at Macy’s, McDonalds, I babysit, and my dad has a
business that I have to help run because he is so damn drunk.
–R train
Girl #1: So Becca’s gonna drive to California from here?
Girl #2: Nope, she’s taking a plane.
Girl #3: Ha, ha! Yeah, duh! Wow, you’re stupid! How could you drive across the ocean?
–LaGuardia, Amsterdam Avenue
Overheard by: Amelia
Tourist woman: …But I thought that the Arc de Triomphe was in Paris.
–Washington Square Park
Overheard by: Jill Maclearie
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
Ghetto girl #1: …so I was talkin’ to that guy and his accent was so fuckin’ hot–guys from there have accents for whatever–and I’m like, “Yo, why you got an accent? You only live like 20 miles away.” I was like, “Nigga, what the fuck is up with havin’ an accent and bein’ from Louisiana?” He then be lookin’ at me like I swallowed my own piss.
Ghetto girl #2: You so stupid. His accent be the thing that make you want him. You so stupid. Know why? I don’t think he even had an accent; you probably thought he was from Jamaica or something. Just because he black. You a bad liar too. People from Louisiana can’t have accents. That’s for people from different parts of the world, like the Canadians in Europe. Canada’s such a fuckin’ weird country, but they got hot accents. If you from Louisiana, you sound just like you do if you from New York, and if you from New Jersey. If you from Canada, you sound mad different, because it’s on the other side.
Ghetto girl #1: Well nah, I knew Canada was overseas…but they ain’t got accents. I’m tellin’ ya though, this fuckin’ Louisiana guy has a fuckin’ accent…and it’s not even as far as Canada…Louisiana is a drive away; it’s fuckin’ nuts. I just wish I could make out with him so that I could feel his fuckin’ Louisiana lips, but then I guess I be wrong, he can’t be from Louisiana. So I guess I’ma dream of kissin’ him when we be in Canada. It’s across the world and great.
Bystander guy: The sad thing about this is that you two will probably become teachers.
–Queens Plaza station
Woman: I love to cycle myself. You might not believe it, but I’m very good at it.
Guy: Really.
Woman: Yes. I come from the West, where I used to ride really strenuous courses.
Guy: Really.
Woman: Yes. And you know, if they grew some mountains in New Jersey or something, I could do the same here.
–1 train
