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Welcome back to Overheard in D.C., DCist’s weekly column of funny, strange, and poignant things that our readers and staff overhear and send in. We’ve been doing it since 2006, and check out the archives here.
The bus is always a good spot for overhearing interesting stuff.
Overheard of the Week
The X2 headed eastbound on H St. NW Tuesday night around 10 PM:
A woman in her maybe mid-20s is on the phone talking about her new pet.
Woman: “Did I tell you I got a new cat? He’s very sweet but he’s not as open-minded as my last cat.”
After the jump, more bus fun, business types, kids and weirdos.
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Self-awareness
On the S1 bus north after work:
Mid-20s woman leaving her government job: “How do you feel about uberPool? If you are so cheap that you feel the need to use uberPool versus normal uber, then you might as well take the bus.”
Same woman: [pause] “Wait, I think that is the most privileged thing I’ve ever said.”
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Burn
Tuesday morning on a crowded Orange line train:
Woman: “Excuse me sir, you almost stepped on my foot.”
Man: “I’m sorry, but this idiot in front of me with the obnoxiously stuffed backpack and no manners seems to think that his backpack deserves more space on the train than we do.”
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Thanks, professor
On an American University shuttle bus around 6:45pm on Tuesday:
An undergrad dressed in a Hunter S. Thompson costume (circa Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) is talking to his friend about Halloween.
Student: “I’m going to a costume party tonight. What are you going to be for Halloween?”
Friend: “Maybe a Greek god.”
Student: “I read a lot of Greek literature over the summer, the Iliad and the Odyssey and Homer and shit. Insane stuff, man.”
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Do what
On the Orange line on Monday:
Two twenty-something women are discussing plans for the upcoming Halloween weekend.
Woman 1: “We’re having the pregame and post-game at my apartment next weekend.”
Woman 2: “We all know what happens at your postgames. Everyone gets a lot of tail.”
Woman 1. “Yeah… by the way Stacy told me she hooked up with Chad. You know…Benghazi.”
Woman 2: “Oh! The Senator’s son!”
(names changed)
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How do I get in on this?
9 p.m. on Monday, October 27 at Momofuku:
Owner David Chang is walking into the Momofuku kitchen when a server comes to ask him a question.
“They pay for their dinner,” he responds to the server, “but comp them the bottle of Macallan.”
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Get ready to be protected
On a crowded platform at Smithsonian Station:
One woman to another: “Crowds like this make me feel like I need a meningitis shot.”
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Like it’s the Oscars, or Wrestlemania
At Blackfinn the the night of the Democratic Debate during “pregame” coverage:
“Oh my God, they’re walking in…”
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At the Marine Corps Marathon, slightly past the 2 mile mark:
A woman sees someone on the course that she is acquaintanced with:
Woman 1: “It’s funny seeing you here! How long have you run so far?”
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I wonder if her RTs=endorsements
At A&D on Friday night:
Two young professional women are chatting at the bar.
Woman 1: “I’ll find you on Twitter.”
Woman 2: “Oh no, I only Twitter professionally.”
