Black 12-year-old boy: Are you Japanese?
Asian 20-year-old guy: Ummm, no…
Black 12-year-old boy: Oh… Chinatownese?
Asian 20-year-old guy: What?
Black 12-year-old boy: Taiwa– I mean, Taiwanese? Thailandonian?
Asian 20-year-old guy: No. I’m American.

–72nd St station

Overheard by: Dave Carpenter