Overheard In New York

Archive for the ‘Koreans’ Category

Stereotypes Come in Handy Sometimes

North Shore Animal League Rep: Would you like to save a puppy today?
Korean guy: No! I eat them!

–Astor Place

Overheard by: mrt253

Dude, She Just Gave You the Green Light!

Young Asian woman: That’s why your country has such a low birth rate. In Korea the men just club women over the head and drag them home.
Young Asian man: [Pausing] I don’t believe you.

–Tosca, The Met

Overheard by: busyboy

The Invasion Didn’t Stop ‘Til She Got to Marsha’s DMZ

Hipster chick: I’d like to get my eyebrows done.
Korean woman: You have boyfriend?
Hipster chick: Uh… no.
Woman: No wonder. You have hairy upper lip.
Hipster chick: Okay…
Woman: No worry — we clean up — you have many boyfriend.

–Beauty parlor on W 8th St

Overheard by: I just came in for a pedicure

Boy Have a Penis; Girls Have Wednesday One-liners

Chick: I swear to god, I don’t know how nothing has happened to me yet, either I am infertile or the cure for herpes is in my vagina. –6 train Overheard by: brynn Man on cell: Hey, baby. It’s sure hot out today…you better get out those hot pants…I mean hot shorts…your pussy must be burning up. –56th & Broadway Businesswoman on cell: Aw, man. If only she were a hermaphrodite! Damn! –7th & Perry Korean dude: Are you suggesting that you have a super dope vagina? –Camel, W. 33rd Street Overheard by: Dave Min Man: We’re going to have a tampon fondue! –Duane Reade, Bay Ridge Overheard by: molina1230

At Least We Know the Korean Guy Doesn’t Hate Chinese People

2 Black teens sit at a table together, comparing the shopping they’ve just done. One gets up to ask for a cigarette from a middle-aged Asian dude sitting nearby. The Asian dude ignores the teen. Black teen #1: Man, I hate Chinese people.
Black teen #2: Yo son, watch what you’re saying. Look around you.
Black teen #1: I don’t give a shit, man! I fucking hate
Chinese people.
Black teen #2: Besides, I’m pretty sure they’re Korean. –Greenstreets, 32nd & Broadway Overheard by: enkie

Chinese Food Doesn’t Think It’s Better Than All Other Foods

Tourist guy: So what’s the difference between Korean and Chinese?
New York guy: You mean the food, or the people?
Tourist guy: Either one. But I only care about the food. –Bayard & Mulberry Overheard by: iiams