New York

Video editor: I don’t think we can use any of this stuff with these yellow people at all… Stupid yellow people. [Shocked coworker stares.] No, no, no! The color of the footage is all out– Everyone looks yellow!

108th Street and Broadway
New York, New York

Overheard by: Tigertail

Dude: I registered to win a trip to space, and I haven’t heard anything. I’m very disappointed.

270 Lafayette Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Jas Bohrman

Coworker, sighing: I don't mind if you talk in the office as long as you're not talking to me…

Broadway & Waverly
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Emily

Coworker #1: So how did you meet your boyfriend?
Coworker #2: On match.com.
Coworker #1: Oh, really?
Coworker #2: Yeah, he did a search for Rubik's cube, and I was the only name who came up!

Hudson St
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Harriet Vane

Woman testing cologne to daughter: Oh, no, if I go home smelling like a man, dad will know what I've been doing.

Roosevelt Field Mall
East Garden City, New York

Overheard by: T-Dizzle

Employee on phone: You have to lubricate. You can’t just shove it in there. This is a moving thing — you have to take care of it.

270 Park Avenue
Huntington, New York

Co-worker #1: If I ever get fired, I really want to sell myself on the streets.
Co-worker #2: Like a prostitute?

6350 Transit Road
Depew, New York

Web guy: I think it'd be better to just give them some instructions, like, “click this, then that, and…”
Communications guy, interrupting: Reporters are lazy and dumb. And that's being charitable.

Manhattan, New York

Clerk behind counter: Has anyone given you anything to carry on or placed anything in your bags that you aren’t aware of?
Passenger: How would I know?

American Airlines Terminal
Kennedy Airport, New York

Overheard by: Paul V.

CEO: Martina, can you water my plants? I'm wearing Pucci.

Manhattan, New York