NOT SUCH A SMARTRIP
A Washingtonian lugged an oversized suitcase into a crowded Rosslyn Metro station during the morning rush.
After swiping his SmarTrip card, he attempted to swing the luggage over a fare gate, only to hear a cracking noise echo through the station.
His poor Metro card — loaded with a few hundred dollars in SmartBenefits — had been cut in half.
Showing no humanity, a nearby teenager laughed.
“You wouldn’t laugh if you realized how long I’m gonna be on the phone trying to fix this with Metro,” the annoyed man responded.
JUDGMENT DAY
Friday mornings can be rough for many people looking forward to the weekend, and for one D.C. woman, a Friday morning justified a second cup of coffee.
But apparently the barista at Starbucks didn’t feel the same way. When she handed over her reusable coffee cup, still holding the remains of the first cup of the day, he laughed.
“Why didn’t you wash it out at home?” he asked.
She explained that she drank her first cup on her way to the office and didn’t get a chance to rinse it out before getting her second jolt.
“I never thought a Starbucks barista would judge me for drinking coffee,” she told her friend.
LESSON LEARNED: LOOK FIRST
Recent rain showers passing through the District failed to catch the attention of a man in Judiciary Square, who paused for a quick break.
The man, decked out in a charcoal-gray suit, was standing outside during the lunch hour and decided to sit down on one of the area’s many benches. What he didn’t know was that the bench was soaked thanks to the storm.
After standing up and realizing his error — plainly visible to anyone nearby — the man looked around and saw that he wasn’t alone. A few other men had made similar mistakes, and all were sporting soggy pants.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ‘LIKE’
Killing time at her kitchen table, a College Park woman checked Facebook and Twitter to see what her friends were up to. Only a few minutes passed before her phone buzzed with a text message from her boss: “Did you just ‘like’ a post I made about the death of my high school classmate?” he asked.
She replied that no, she hadn’t.
“Um, I think ya did. Hahaha,” her phone buzzed.
“Gah! I must have inadvertently clicked! Unliking! Unliking!”
“I’m laughing hysterically.”
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