People do a lot of dumb stuff. Standing on the left side of the escalator, hiring Jim Bowden, smoking crack in a hotel room with a hooker, wearing white shoes after Labor Day. Sometimes it seems that people in D.C. are pretty good at making bad decisions, be they tourists, politicians, government types, or the person running across the street through traffic. It can be refreshing when they make good ones — bike sharing, good happy hour deals, Metro being open later on weekends. Sometimes, however, good decisions come from bad stuff.

Overheard of the Week

At the CVS near the Washington Navy Yard on Tuesday:

A middle aged man puts mouthwash, Vaseline and condoms on the counter. He asks the attendant for a pack of cigarettes. While she’s getting them, he pulls out his wallet and removes a credit card.

Clerk: “Will that be credit or debit, sir?”
Man: “On second thought… maybe I’d better pay cash.”

After the jump, cereal, advice, and elephants.

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