#3: Having private conversations in public places

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in Overheard in New York: Columbia Edition. If you've never seen the original website, it’s an online forum where people can post all the ridiculous things they’ve heard that day and the location where they heard them. Highlights often include pearls of wisdom from pre-teens on M79 and exclamations from crazy people walking around Times Square.

I’m amazed there isn't a site dedicated solely to Columbia University gems. There are some tidbits I’ve gleaned strolling down College Walk that would make you blush and burst into laughter at the same time.

Because this is what people forget: Just because you are on your cell phone or talking to your friend across the table, doesn’t mean I can’t hear you.

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