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Wasn’t This an Eddie Murphy Skit?

Hobo: You’re all a bunch of cheap people!
Conductor: This is Myrtle Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue. All the cheap people are getting off here.

–M train

Overheard by: Cait O’Connor

  • Posted on January 4, 2007
  • Conductors, History & Geography, Hobos, Homeless, Money & Class, NYC Geography, On the Subway, People, Places, Subway conductors, Topics
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