I work on Wall Street, which is always abuzz with tourists and office workers. Now that the weather’s heating up, street vendors are coming out in droves to peddle sunglasses, jewelry, and fruit.
One man sitting behind a low table covered in perfume bottles made me laugh today when he called out, “Five dollar perfume and cologne stolen straight outta the factory in Indonesia! The elephants nearly killed me! Get some five dollar perfume right here, folks!”
Hahaha that’s funny. Have you ever been to OverheardinNewYork.com? it’s just a website where people post the funniest things they overhear people saying in the city. It’s pretty hilarious. You should check it out. There’s also an overheard in the office section.
Yes! I read Overheard in New York a lot when it first started. Also, read the book. Good stuff.