Photo by M.V. Jantzen

You could argue that tourists are an engine of D.C.’s economy. However, tourists downtown and office workers don’t always mix too well. We’ve all been there.

Overheard of the Week

At the Au Bon Pain at 14th and I Street NW at lunchtime on Wednesday:

Two people are waiting for sandwiches and discussing how crowded it gets in there during tourist season:

Man: “They should have two lines: regular customers and tourists.”
Women: “I know! They stand there staring at the menu forever. I want to say ‘Hurry up and order or I’ll cut you.'”
Man: “Yeah.”

After the jump, dads educating their kids, angry people on the bus, and some dummies.

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Not an argument you can probably win

On the 14th Street bus headed south during morning rush hour:

A woman in a wheelchair and an angry lady are arguing for a few minutes on the bus. Eventually they get loud and start yelling:

Angry lady: “I saw you move your legs and do everything in that wheelchair, so you aren’t disabled!”
Wheelchair woman: “When did you become a professional doctor?”

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Dad is expert

At Kid’s Farm at the National Zoo:

Dad to kid: See son, I told you, all donkeys have a cross on their back because Jesus rode a donkey.”

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Though wild rabbits running around town would be pretty cool

Last Friday night, walking through Dupont Circle:

Two older men walking together past some bushes. Upon seeing some stirring in the bushes, one of them said to the other, “Oh! Was that a rabbit?”
Other man, nonchalantly: “That wasn’t a rabbit. That was a rat.”

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True love

In Dupont Circle:

Two women in their 20s are talking: “He knows I love him. I told him my real name.”

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The wine and craft beer store on 14th is a warzone

Outside Bell/Lincoln School around the time schools gets out:

Three school-age boys are walking and talking:

Student #1: “Where do you live?”
Student #2: “Uptown.”
Student #1: “You should move to Columbia Heights.”
Student #2: “I’m don’t want to move to Columbia Heights, people get shot there.”
Student #3: “It’s worse than Southeast.”

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D.C. conversations

In a bar on U Street:

Three girls talking about subletting an apartment:

Girl 1 to Girl 3: “Do you want to sublet my apartment?”
Girl 2: “I don’t think she can afford it.”
Girl 3: “Are you calling me poor, bitch please, I’m a GS-12!”

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Clearly he’s no Neil deGrasse Tyson

On Metro Connection on WAMU the other afternoon:

Astronomer Demetrios Matsakis: “I can’t remember the movie. It was ‘Bill and Somebody’s Adventure’ or something like that.”

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Beer nerd facepalm

At the Iron Horse Taproom:

Girl: “Can I have a Blue Moon?”
Bartender: “We don’t have that but I do have something similar.”
Girl: “Ok!”
Girl sips beer
Girl: “Yes! This tastes just like a porter, thanks!”

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