Eavesdrop DC

“If I see another white-girl with fro-yo I’m gonna puke.”
–Columbia Heights

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Overheard at the Corcoran Gallery, early afternoon, August 28
Frazzled woman to a museum greeter, after pushing through the rally crowds:
Where’s the nearest place to get a cab? I didn’t realize all these awful people would be here. I need to go to the Phillips Collection immediately.

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I was at the CVS in Bethesda waiting for my prescription by the pharmacy, and this older guy comes up and asked the clerk “Do you have the generic of KY?”
And then, what I thought he said was “It’s not like my daughter is going to care about name brand or not.”
Just as [...]

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Young woman (20s) on Red line in evening, talking on cell phone:
“You’re going out with Terry? . . . You’re gonna have a great time. He’s gonna get you so trashed you’re gonna forget what sex you are! . . . . Yeah, I went out with him. I hated [...]

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Well-dressed man in his 50s to his well-dressed date in her 40s, walking on Florida Avenue Saturday Night near Restaurant Nora: “Let’s just get some coke and go dancing.”

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Young girl: “Do you know Justin Bieber is really 35?”
Young boy (her brother?): “No he’s not! He’s 30″
Metro, Red line @shady grove

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Black guy with dreadlocks runs by sprinting for bus and drops his wallet.
White woman trying to get his attention: Sir? Sir! Hey Bob Marley!
Guy stops dead and turns around.
- Pentagon bus stop

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Overheard in an elevator in a government building.
Woman #1 (woman’s name) went to the Gay pride event last week.
Woman #2 I didn’t know she’s Gay?
Woman #1 She’s not, she just went to get out of work.

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[Sitting at the oyster bar in Old Ebbitt… 4 guys walk in looking like the dudes from “Three 6 Mafia”]
Bartender: Can I help you gentlemen?
Three 6 dude: Yeah, lemme get a gin and tonic.
Bartender: Do you want Bombay or…?
Three 6 dude: I said GIN man!
Bartender: Okay…

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Police officer at checkpoint: “If you have guns, knives or weed, come see me. We’ll just talk, I promise.”
–4th of July, National Mall

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