I hear the blow dryer business is also failing...

So I was waiting for the bus (139) in NJ this morning, and at this bus stop there are usually on average about 4 buses that go by that are full before you get on one. There are also two buses that pass, buses to the Port Authority and buses that go directly to Wall Street. There is a girl in front of me who was already waiting there when I walked up, and she has basically soaking wet hair. Note this morning was about 38 degrees. Every time a full bus went by she was whining to herself and stomping her feet on the ground. Then two consecutive buses to Wall Street pass...

girl with wet hair: Oh my god, another Wall Street bus?! Isn't the economy failing, come on!

Maybe you should wake up ten minutes earlier so you don't have to stand outside with wet hair. Perhaps that would make your daily routine a little more pleasant, no?

The letter U is replaceable but V...

The side block to our building has a Wendy's on one side and on the other there is a McDonald's and there is a high school right around the corner. So naturally kids go crawling around these parts once school is out. It becomes the craziest scene ever, kids just screaming and yelling at one another and on their cells phones. While standing outside the side entrance to our building I heard this:

girl screaming into her phone over traffic: DID HE TAKE YOUR V-CARD!?

Right, that is a completely appropriate statement to scream outside on the streets.

Quick call the US Mint...

I make a run to the bank everyday for work (on 3rd ave between 58th & 57th) and its usually pretty empty. But today both tellers were taken care of costumers and I was patiently waiting my turn. A man in his late 50's was cashing a check and the teller gives him is money and the man examines a quarter that was given to him and says the following:

man: Take this quarter back it's no good!

(bank teller looks at him with a confused look)

man: It's an Alaska quarter but there's no Sarah Palin, I got a moose but no Sarah, something's wrong?!

man 2: (loudly and proudly) HA YEA THE MOOSE KILLER!

man 1: yea imagine if that moose killer becomes OUR vice president, we'll have to be the United States of Moose-merica

Well, besides my political views clashing with this man's... HE SAID MOOSE-MERICA!! REALLY!? That is all... I will leave it at that.

Yes, without this building, time stops...

I don't think my jaw has ever hit the ground before after something I've overheard, that is until last night. Walking to the port authority ready to hop on my bus and head home, I see a young couple. The couple (around 22-24 years old) were spotted outside the New York Times building on the 41st & 8th side and they had the following exchange of words:

guy: Oh look the New York Times building lets stop real quick

girl (very confused): ok...? Is this where all the city's clocks are controlled?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? I almost wanted to stop and wait for the guys response but alas I was far too shocked and only minutes from catching the bus I need to get on. So I continued onward to the port authority but not without mulling over that statement. I hate to say it but it's girls like that who bring the "dumb blonde" phrase to an entirely new level.