New York

Little boy: This is boring!
Mom: You know what? Life is boring if you make it that way.

Katonah Train Station
New York City, New York

Overheard by: lisa

Student: Yeah… I don’t really take advice from a kid wearing a winter hat indoors, drinking white grape juice out of a measuring cup.

SUNY Cortland
Cortland, New York

College girl: And then she got all high and mighty about it. She was like: “Remember when you passed out in my bathroom? I do!” And I was like: “Remember when you were born and looked like a man? I do!”

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Overheard by: Russ

Girl, observing a display of plush microbes: I want herpes! I think it’s so cute!

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Jeni

Young thug #1: Your momma is a rat.
Young thug #2: At least she isn’t a hood rat like your momma.
Young thug #1: Well at least everyone who is with my momma has a good time. I should know, I hear it.

Galleria
White Plains, New York

Overheard by: annoying blonde girl

College professor: I wish there was a gas station on the corner that had a cigarette bar, and an espresso bar, and a drive-up liquor store. I would go there all the time, especially if I could just drive up and get my liquor.

Rochester Institute of Technology
Henrietta, New York

Overheard by: Concerned Student

Jock #1: Yo, dude, so you know how to get there?
Jock #2: Naw, man.
Jock #1: You don’t know how to get there?
Jock #2: Where?

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Overheard by: Nik

Big sister: Look sis! This coat says it was made in Macedonia.
Little sister: Isn’t that a nut?

Macy’s at Roosevelt Field
Long Island, New York

Professor: So if we played the word association game, and I said the word “ice cream”, Tiffany might say “playground” because she used to eat ice cream on the playground. And then maybe if I said the words “ice cream” to Tom, he might say “sex” because he’s a serial rapist.
Tom: But I’m not.

SUNY
Geneseo, New York

Overheard by: Colin

Student: I just have a question about the alphabet.

Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, New York