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. Check out the archives here.

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Overheard of the Week

Overheard in an internal office chat

Coworker 1: “Anybody else feeling unnaturally irritated by the word ‘unprecedented’ these days?”
Coworker 2: “Everything annoys me now. Words, sounds, the mere existence of certain household objects.”

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In that order?

Overheard at DCA in February, when that was still a place people went, a little girl lists off her favorite airlines

“I like Delta, Alaska, Jet Blue, Singapore, American, Cheddar…”

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By WFH week ?????,  nothing makes sense 

Overheard in the kitchen

“I’m going to take this walk for a call.”

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Oh, to be young

Two boys, about 12 years old on East Capitol Street near the Supreme Court comparing notes on what they’re doing now that school is out

“Well, I’m taking a lot of power naps, because you need your naps.”

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The kids are most certainly not alright 

A federal computer specialist to an Amazon Web Services employee during a video call after the AWS employee’s child repeatedly melts down screaming and crying in the background

“Don’t worry. Take all the time you need. I’ve done some child rearing myself.”

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As always, we rely on you to overhear the good stuff and send it our way. Make sure to tell us who was speaking to whom and in what context.