Eavesdrop DC

Guy preaching about the ills of the world on the metro:
“I just hope my grandparents die this year, what with the estate tax being in such flux.”

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Overheard on a yellow line train near Pentagon City:
Guy 1: daAAAmn, I need a bitch!!!
Guy 2: you coulda had one at U Street!!! . . . but I guess she was blinded by your ice . . .
Guy 1: yeah, I guess so . . . (as he fondly gazes at his bling necklaces, [...]

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On the Orange Line around Metro Center, one young woman talking to another young woman:
“I just need someone that I can text when I get lonely, like a boyfriend.”

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On Saturday, I was getting onto the metro at East Falls Church (orange line). There was construction between East Falls Church and West Falls Church, which made things confusing. The train at the station, instead of saying “New Carrollton” or “Vienna,” simply said “Special.” Naturally, a number of people asked about where the train was [...]

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Yellow/Green Line platform during rush hour– this is the gist
Man No. 1 is relating a story to Man No. 2:
Man No. 1: “So we were out in Adams Morgan a couple weeks ago and this girl at another table was staring at me– like really staring at me! It was creeping me out. Finally she [...]

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Little boy on metro at 1 am with tired grandma: “Grandma?”
Grandma: “What.”
Little boy: “I feel like I’m in a long, long limo! And someone else is driving us!”

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