This morning I got to work around 8. The lobby of my building is one small room with four doors. One door goes onto the world’s sketchiest staircase. Two doors are elevator doors. And the fourth door leads outside. So, I walked in and hit the button for the elevator. And then a guy in sunglasses and a puffy jacket walked in behind me.
And began howling.
Literally howling like a dog, with the occasional bark thrown in for good measure. I turned around to look at him and he grinned at me as he continued howling.
So, I’m standing alone in an empty room with a guy who is barking. And I started laughing because seriously, what else do you do? He stopped howling and looked at me. “What’s up girl?” he said and barked.
“Did you just bark at me?” I asked.
“Yeah girl,” he said, and smiled and barked again.
I nodded. Ok. This was not how I’d seen this morning going. The elevator dinged behind me. There was no way I was getting on it with this guy. I looked pointedly at the elevator and he laughed. Then he howled again, turned around, and walked back out the door.
And I got on the elevator and went to work.
So far one of the things I like most about DC is all the crazy.
