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A lot of important stuff happens in D.C.: laws get made, policies get written, people visit advocating for and against all kinds of things. But sometimes people may exaggerate their importance.

Overheard of the Week

On the S2 bus:

Guy in business casual with tie, talking on his cell phone: “I think a white paper on this could really change the world.”

After the jump, real estate, tourists, dummies and maps (or lack thereof).

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Progress!

Last week, during lunch hour on 18th Street and Connecticut Avenue NW:

A mid-40s guy in a suit is talking to a younger colleague about his companies’ current projects: “So we also just bought this homeless shelter, we’re going to redevelop it into a 70-unit luxury condo building. It’s going to be so great for the area.”

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Alexandria-ia, now on IFC

At the Giant in Alexandria:

A 30-something woman with reusable grocery bags in her cart approaches a store employee stacking egg cartons.

Woman: “Do you have free-range eggs?”
Employee, after a brief pause, indicates a stack of egg cartons.
Woman: “No, those are cage-free. Cage-free means the chickens only live outside the cage for six weeks, and they don’t get to go outside. Free-range means they have access to the outdoors.”
Employee: …
Woman: “Maybe you don’t sell them anymore.”

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Well, you do get to tear out flowers

Walking up a broken escalator in Rosslyn:

Guy in his mid-20’s: “Man, I want to be a Metro repair man. I’d get paid a zillion bucks and not fix anything!”

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What was the alternative?

At a rooftop pool:

Shirtless 20-something bro: “So then I started making dinner naked the other day. Compromise!”

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Burn

On 14th and T streets NW last Friday night:

Three women in their 20’s and a random man are about to cross T Street.

Woman to friends: “I just don’t understand why D.C. gives you so much time to cross a little street! How stupid.”
Random man: “It’s timed for traffic, not for you, sweetie.”

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Only in Washington?

Outside Nellie’s on the 4th of July:

Three 20-something guys waiting outside.

Guy: “I don’t want to sit on a sofa and fucking talk about Egypt.”

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Maps: use them

A Friday in an office building in Arlington:

Two cubicle workers are chatting. One mentions something in the news about Anacostia. The other replies: “Anacostia? Like, Anacostia, Md.?”