Friday, June 19, 2009

Barack's Row?

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!?!"

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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

But not Bowhunting?

Girl intern: what are you going today?
Guy intern: ugh. you know. teaching old people [how to use] Excel

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Too many jokes possible! Eavesdrop DC overload!

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!

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Monday, June 02, 2008

It's Intern season!

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....

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Monday, July 02, 2007

Sounds like a perfect mercenary lobbyist in training to me

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.

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Take the pussy out of the closet!

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

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Friday, June 22, 2007

And to close out the week, we bring you EavesdropDC's 500th post!

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!

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Oh Kate, she's such a dork fucker.

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.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

In all reality he probably works for Juan Valdez

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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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Somewhere, on the side of some road a Native American is shedding a single tear.

Scene: Staffer is walking new intern through the office - introducing her, showing her where to find office supplies, where to throw paper away.

Intern: Wow! We really go through a lot of paper don't we?
Staffer: Yep.
Intern: Where is the recycling bin?
Staffer: Oh, we don't recycle - we're Republican.

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