Five-year-old boy, crowded around his mothers’ blackberry with younger sisters: 5… 4… 3… 2… 1! Mommy… time’s up!
Mother, who had been rushing around the sale room with just one item: [Ddisappointed] Okay, okay. I guess I’ll just take this one sweater…
–Anthropologie
Overheard by: amused shopper
Archive for the ‘Blackberry’ Category
Making Crazy-Spotting Impossible
Girl #1: What kind of man wears a toe ring?
Girl #2: Umm… he was talking to himself and fumbling with something in his butt.
Girl #1: Yeah, but he had a blackberry.
–A Train
Overheard by: Cynthia
He’s (Probably) a Pimp
[Two guys walking down 9th see a man walking arm in arm with 3 attractive women.]
Guy #1: Man check that guy out!
Guy #2: [looks]
Guy #1: That guy is the fuckin’ dude.
–44th St & 9th Ave
Overheard by: Dan Alcalde
… Updating God’s MySpace Profile for Him
Bald white monk in orange robes: [Mumbling to himself.]
Bimbette, to friend: I guess he’s, like, praying for a safe journey.
Bald white monk in orange robes: No, I’m on the phone [shows BlackBerry].
–Metro-North
Overheard by: jharris
All I’m Going to Say Is That the First One Is Free
Old JAP: Alan, I’m thinking about upgrading my phone. I hear good things about the Blackberry, but will that be compatible to send emails to my friends with Crackberries?
Alan: Ummm, I’m not going to bother explaining, but yes, they are compatible.
–Kosher pizza place
Overheard by: Shira
The Wednesday One-liners Class Struggle
Hipster girl: She was all, “Yeah, Betsy is my best friend,” and I was like, “Best friend? That is so fucking bourgeois.”
–L train
Girl: I know you made it. Look at you. You got a BlackBerry. Yeah, you made it. You got that good-smelling leather.
–Elevator, 12th & 5th
Overheard by: Thirsty Violet
Professor lady: Yes, we’ll be going into debt a lot as the semester goes on.
–Parsons School of Design
Overheard by: Ray
Teen boy: Anyone on this train wanna buy some candy? It’s not for a basketball team or something, it’s for me so I can buy more candy.
–2 train
Overheard by: Sarah
Intercom: Please take a headset before you get on the plane, because they’re free now. They’re actually free once you get on the plane, but I charge $50 labor for bringing them to you once you’re on. So it’s in your best interests to take one now. Can you tell I’m a happy person?
–LaGuardia
Chick: I’m not even gonna try applying for a Gap card; they’ll never give it to me. I don’t know what it is about Gap; they always know if you have bad credit.
–The Gap, 34th & Broadway
Overheard by: Dianora
Tween boy: What do you mean, I can’t get anything? I’m the one with a job.
–Key Food, Park Slope
Overheard by: Shack