Overheard in D.C.: Movers and Shakers
Movers get a bad rap. Their companies are frequently thought of as fly-by-night operations. Usually they lose or break some of your things, and they help you lose your security deposit by scratching the walls. They're always expensive, and it usually takes longer than you would have hoped. But they work long hours doing a strenuous job everybody hates — you rarely hear someone talking excitedly about lugging all their stuff to a new home. Perhaps that's really why we tend to think the worst of them. You'd have to be a little nuts to take any enjoyment in a job as a mover. Right?
Quote of the Week
Late Sunday afternoon, outside an apartment building near Logan Circle:
Two movers walking out of an apartment building towards an empty moving truck holding cases of beer:
Mover 1 to mover 2 rhetorically: "Does everyone think movers are alcoholics? Why do people always give us beer, it would be nice get some real juice once in a while--or a better tip."
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Photo by Andrew Wiseman
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Everyone else in earshot: "ew"
20th and P NW, two mid-thirties guys:
Guy 1: "But I'm flaky right?"
Guy 2: "Oh you're definitely flaky."
Guy 1: "Good, because I feel flaky."
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The question was probably something about cookies and cake
Friday night around 9 PM on 16th St.
Man shouting in to his cellphone: "No way, no way. I'm on probation fool, I ain't risking it."
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Please listen to woman number 2.
Two professionally dressed, early 30s-ish women walking along 18th Street at lunchtime:
First woman: "So he crashed my car, but I still kept letting him drive me home from Baltimore drunk."
Second woman: "Okay. Yeah. This relationship has got to end."
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Yeah, they built the Hanging Gardens last year.
Two men on the Orange line in the morning rush talking really loud about Iraq:
Guy 1: "Well you can understand why they don't know how to build a democracy they can't even really build a city."
Guy 2: "Yeah, they seem really disorganized."
Guy 1: "Well up until 100 years ago when they discovered oil they were nomads."
Guy 2: "Nomads?"
Guy 1: "Yeah, you know camels and caravans."
Guy 2: "Oh, well that makes a lot of sense then."
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We hope he's not wearing flip-flops.
Orange and Blue line at Farragut West
30ish father to 5ish son: "Woo-whoo, you liked that, huh? You like shortcuts don't you? Yeah, what are you, are a Democrat?"
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No child left behind by geography education.
Two college-aged girls at the Maryland Renaissance Festival watching jousting:
Girl 1: "I have definitely lost my tan since I came to Maryland."
Girl 2 (completely serious): "Yeah, I can imagine! You must have had an awesome tan in Seattle."
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Great parenting makes kids' dreams come true.
At the zoo, Saturday morning:
Father to son: "Come on, are you ready to go? Don't you want to get home so you can play your video games?"
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Maybe this is why you're hanging out with only dudes.
Outside the District Chophouse
Polo-shirted crew-cut guy to his three identical friends (loudly): "Have I ever told you I'm hung like a squirrel in winter?"
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This doesn't happen at McDonalds?
A guy and his partner on 17th street:
Guy 1 "There's the health food store...didn't you need something?"
Guy 2 "Yeah... but I'll come back later."
Guy 1 "We're here now....Go get what you need."
Guy 2 (as politely as possible) "I'll just come back later...ok?"
Guy 1 (Stops, waits and stares at guy #2)
Guy 2 With an exasperated sigh, "I'd go in, but the lady behind the counter always wants to clean my aura."
Guy 1 "Oh..."
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But what was the the earlier part of the conversation?
Getting on the 42 at Dupont Circle:
Guy to another guy: "This conversation's going to end up on Overheard in DC."