CD vendor: Hey, baby, you like hip hop? C’mon, baby, it’s good. C’mon, I never shot nobody. Well, there was that one time, but baby, c’mon.
–Outside Virgin Megastore, Times Square
Security guard: Yeah, if some guy came in, I’d be the first one on the ground, screaming,”Oh shit, he got a gun!” I’d be screaming like a baby.
–Grocery store, Astoria
Man, excitedly holding up infant to the fence: Look, baby! It’s Ground Zero!
–Ground Zero
Overheard by: Rich Weksberg
Guy: I feel shaken like a baby being taken care of by a British woman!
–Chinatown bus
Overheard by: CG
Man on cell: Baby, butter that thang up ’cause I’m coming home.
–E 65th & Central Park
Guy: If I’m going to see pictures of someone pooping, I’d rather it be a baby…Or a kitten.
–Port Authority
Overheard by: B&T Bus Rider
Woman to dog: You can’t go in there. You want to be on TV, baby? You want to be a big TV star?
–ABC Building entrance, 66th & CPW
Overheard by: ABC employee who’s not on tv