This week’s Overheard in D.C. is a little different—there’s a contest! What you do is read all the other overheards, then at the last one, finish the sentence (and add ’em in the comments). The winner gets their answer posted on next week’s Overheard, surely the highest honor we can imagine. Money or free stuff is for suckers.

But first, here’s a way not to get good customer service. Honestly, is that the first thing that comes to mind?

Overheard of the Week:

Before Christmas at a gate at National Airport

An exasperated woman is on her cell phone: “No, let me read you my confirmation number ONE MORE TIME: it’s ‘a’ as in ‘apple’ then ‘k’ as in ‘Ku Klux Klan.'”

After the jump, weird train operators, dumb questions, and the 51st state (not the bar).

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