Vendors

Guy selling beer: Ladies, if your man won't buy you a beer he ain't gonna buy you anything else!
Same guy selling beer, an hour later: If you don't drink beer, you're gonna die!

–Brighton Beach, New York

Overheard by: Ramen

Out-of-shape 50-something customer: I don't know, the guys I see riding fixed-gear bikes are in really good shape.
20-something bike salesman: That shouldn't intimidate you; it should inspire you.

–Sag Harbor, New York

Overheard by: the lerpa

Girl: Excuse me, what lake is this?
Street vendor: The Atlantic one.

–Portland, Maine

Guy selling belly and tongue rings: If you got the hole, we got the thing for it!

–Coney Island, New York