Eavesdrop DC » Interns http://eavesdropdc.com Hear something funny? Email it to eavesdropdc@gmail.com Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:31:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 I’m sure the legislative staff can’t wait to see the intern’s office either … http://eavesdropdc.com/2010/03/25/im-sure-the-legislative-staff-cant-wait-to-see-the-interns-office-either/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2010/03/25/im-sure-the-legislative-staff-cant-wait-to-see-the-interns-office-either/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:34:58 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=1181 Overheard on the Blue Line Wednesday evening …

A group of 7 young women chatting about their spring internships

Women #1 “I’ve been so busy I haven’t even seen my office in Hart Building yet.”

Women #2 “You get your own office? Cool!”

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2010/03/25/im-sure-the-legislative-staff-cant-wait-to-see-the-interns-office-either/feed/ 1 Barack’s Row? http://eavesdropdc.com/2009/06/19/baracks-row/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2009/06/19/baracks-row/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:42:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=1039 Group of late-teens/early 20s (possibly Republican interns), at Matchbox, on 8th Street SE:

Girl (to the rest of the table): “I mean, he’s only been President for a couple of months. What has he done to deserve having an area of the city named after him?”

Boy: “I know, right!?!”

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2009/06/19/baracks-row/feed/ 3 But not Bowhunting? http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/07/01/but-not-bowhunting/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/07/01/but-not-bowhunting/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:11:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=824 Girl intern: what are you going today?
Guy intern: ugh. you know. teaching old people [how to use] Excel

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/07/01/but-not-bowhunting/feed/ 0 Too many jokes possible! Eavesdrop DC overload! http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/25/too-many-jokes-possible-eavesdrop-dc-overload/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/25/too-many-jokes-possible-eavesdrop-dc-overload/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=819 On the red line at rush hour:

Girl 1: Well, it’s not technically an office romance.

Girl 2: People frown on dating interns. Look at Monica Lewinsky!

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/25/too-many-jokes-possible-eavesdrop-dc-overload/feed/ 1 It’s Intern season! http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/02/its-intern-season/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/02/its-intern-season/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:09:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=800 In a downtown office:

Intern turns to full-time employee: So is the Washington Post a DC paper or a Washington state paper?
Full-time employee: Um, DC….

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/06/02/its-intern-season/feed/ 0 Sounds like a perfect mercenary lobbyist in training to me http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/07/02/sounds-like-a-perfect-mercenary-lobbyist-in-training-to-me/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/07/02/sounds-like-a-perfect-mercenary-lobbyist-in-training-to-me/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:01:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=510 Scene: Crowded Metro, 6:15 p.m.

Tourist: So you live here?
Intern: Yes. Well, no. Just for a few weeks. I’m an intern at [association name redacted].
Tourist: What do you do there?
Intern: I don’t know. There’s some bill that’s a really big deal or something. I make calls and talk to people on the Hill about it.
Tourist: What is the bill about?
Intern: I don’t know. They never told me.

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/07/02/sounds-like-a-perfect-mercenary-lobbyist-in-training-to-me/feed/ 0 Take the pussy out of the closet! http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/29/take-the-pussy-out-of-the-closet/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/29/take-the-pussy-out-of-the-closet/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:11:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=509 Co-worker 1: Where’s XXXXX?
Intern 1: He had an emergency at his apartment.
Co-worker 1: What happened?
Intern 1: Something about his sink, Drano and locking his cat in the closet.
Co-worker 1: The strangest shit happens to that kid.
–Office at 15th and L

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/29/take-the-pussy-out-of-the-closet/feed/ 0 And to close out the week, we bring you EavesdropDC’s 500th post! http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/and-to-close-out-the-week-we-bring-you-eavesdropdcs-500th-post/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/and-to-close-out-the-week-we-bring-you-eavesdropdcs-500th-post/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:42:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=503 Bartender: No, I’m sorry, You can’t run a tab with your driver’s license.
Intern, fumbling in wallet, hands the bartender another card.
Bartender: No, this is a gift card, you can’t start a tab with that either. If you want to run a tab, I need to hold a credit card.
Intern: Credit card? Ma’am I’m from Oklahoma, I ain’t got no credit cards!

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/and-to-close-out-the-week-we-bring-you-eavesdropdcs-500th-post/feed/ 0 Oh Kate, she’s such a dork fucker. http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/oh-kate-shes-such-a-dork-fucker/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/oh-kate-shes-such-a-dork-fucker/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:15:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=502 20-something Guy: Why do you have a Burger King crown?
20-something Girl: I asked one of the interns if he wanted anything from BK and he said a hat, so I got him a crown. I’m planning on making him wear it all day.
Guy: Which intern is it for?
Girl: Oh, I don’t know any of their names. He’s one of the dorky ones, you know, the one Kate wants to fuck.

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/22/oh-kate-shes-such-a-dork-fucker/feed/ 0 In all reality he probably works for Juan Valdez http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/19/in-all-reality-he-probably-works-for-juan-valdez/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/19/in-all-reality-he-probably-works-for-juan-valdez/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:49:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=496 From the South American Stereotypes Society:

This was heard on the metro on Saturday. It was two intern-looking guys:

Guy 1: So where are you working?
Guy 2: [Something about Colombia]
Guy 1: Oh, cool. So that’s for like the Colombian government, right? So you’re like exporting cocaine? (laughs)
Guy 2: (completely serious) No.
Guy 1: Well, do they have anything else.. besides cocaine?
Guy 2: (still completely serious and now slightly patronizing) Yeah, like flowers and stuff.

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