Ever work at a store with an intercom system? “Cleanup on aisle four.” There’s always the temptation to say something funny into it, to make a weird noise or cough or confuse the customers. And there’s the amusement that happens when somebody new uses it. “Uhh… (click, buzz) is this… hey boss, uh, come here.” The Metro intercoms seem to be mostly used for incoherent announcements about “trains… and stations” and things of that nature, but we can see the possibility of some mischief. And there’s always the chance that it’ll get used to solve some kind of argument or as some kind of dare. “C’mon, do it!” In this case, I think someone just won five bucks.

Quote of the Week:

Last Friday morning at the Brookland Metro Station:

Station manager interrupting normal daily Red Line delay recording: “Contrary to popular belief, it does not rain inside subway stations.” Then the recording continued.

After the jump, cheese curls, being totally hardcore and metal, and the National Shopping Mall.

Please help out your fellow readers and waste some time on Friday by sending in those overheards. Would you rather do work? overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.

Photo by chip py the photo guy