Women

Old lady: I’m telling you: she’s allergic to snow!

–28th & Park

Overheard by: Eliot Glazer

Girl: I don’t know if he’s straight or gay, I can’t tell.
Guy: You know that saying “innocent until proven guilty”? Well, everyone at Pratt is gay until proven straight.

–Hoyt-Schermerhorn station

Overheard by: Peter F.

Man: Oh my God, it’s sold out. What do we do?
Woman: I don’t know. Suicide?

–Film Forum, Houston Street

Woman #1: So I organized my closet–
Woman #2: Ohmigod, I love that! It’s like a natural high! Did you put things in boxes?
Woman #1: No, bags.
Woman #2: Ohmigod! Did you label them?
Woman #1: Yeah, I put stickers on them.
Woman #2: Ohmigod, that’s great!

–14th & Broadway

Overheard by: Anastasia

Southern woman: Excuse me, sir? We aren’t from around here but could you tell me where Times Square is?
NY Man: Yeah, it’s a bit uptown from here, you’re lookin’ for 125th street. It’ll say Harlem but don’t let it throw you off.

–Times Square

Overheard by: Carl Krickmire

Tourist guy: Excuse me, where is the subway?
NY guy: Sorry, I don’t speak English.

–Rockefeller Center

Old man: Yeah, so the doctor told me to put mayonnaise on my head and cucumbers on my eyes. There’s just so much you have to do. I was like, “What is this, a fruit salad?”
Woman: That’s not a fruit salad, that’s a Caesar salad.
Old man: Right, a Caesar salad. Anyway, about that truck.

–2nd & 2nd

Overheard by: Tibbie X

Office girl: So if you’re Bonnie, then who’s your Clyde?
Boss guy: I’m so not the femme.
Office girl: Totally.
Boss guy: I need a guy a little more faggy than me but not like, say, Tom Cruisey or Richard Simmonsy.
Office girl: Wait, who’s more faggy than Richard Simmons?

–Office, West 52nd Street

Overheard by: GeeGoo

Woman: What are you waiting for?
Girl: We’re seeing Saturday Night Live.
Woman: Oh! When does it tape?
Girl: Today. Saturday. Live. Saturday…Night…Live.
Woman: Well, it could be a repeat!
Girl: Do you really think I would come here and sit in a studio for a repeat?

–GE Building lobby, Rockefeller Plaza

Overheard by: Shannon

Filthy man: You three ladies know this dude?
Girl #1: Uh, yeah.
Filthy man: Oh. Okay. ‘Cause I was about to pull out my AK47 and shoot him dead.

The elevator stops.

Filthy man: You all have a nice night.

–Hotel Carter, West 43rd Street

Overheard by: onesong

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