April 24, 2009
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Ranting Ahead..
Cell phones.. I love mine, I’m on it often… I even have a bluetooth so I can drive more safely. (and not miss text’s while @ work). But what pisses me off .. people who come into the break room while you’re trying to eat lunch/watch tv/play on your laptop quietly… and chat away.. not in a quiet voice. Oh no, that’d be half way excuseable. No they jabber away in a loud voice.. talking about CRAP. Right now the lady is talking about someone’s headstone, and dinner at a visitation and gossiping about neightbors and family members… She’s bored, and can’t sit quietly so she calls her family. She’s an adult too. Nice lady .. but can not seem to sit quietly. If she’s not calling someone, she’ll come in.. and just start talking. I really don’t GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FAMILY .. and I double don’t give a damn about your renovations or your plumbing. I should be greatful she’s not talking about sexual plumbing I suppose. There’s also this one girl at work… she’s ALWAYS fighting with her husband on her cell in the break room. YELLING and cussing at him. I don’t care if he’s the biggest asshole in the world. I don’t want to hear you demean him. Take that shit outside please!.
Lesse what else. Re my below post. Yes, I can see how the world today is a comparitive golden age to 1000 years ago. But in many ways, we’re still the same. We still have murderers, rapist.. we still have the evil that was around so very long ago. It may even be less common, because of our structure. But that it happens as much as it does, that is what sickens me. Most of us remember being children, being able to leave our doors unlocked, windows open. We can’t do that now.. and it won’t ever change. There’s no way to get back to that place, unless you own an island.. but even then, you’ll still worry. It’s been beaten into us. I don’t deny there are beautiful things out there.. and lots of them at that. But, they’re becoming less and less.
Anywho.. gotta get back to work. Cell phone lady has gone and I want to enjoy the quiet for 10 min. more.
Comments (5)
I think we as a society feed on the glimmer of hope for things to come. Things are shit right now, but what keeps us driving is the hope that tomorrow, it’ll be better.
***HUGGLES***
Have I mentioned lately that I love you, hon?
Next time that yakkety-yak cell phone woman comes into the break/lunch room whilst you are enjoying your own time, put down your fork (or chopsticks, or tongs, or spear, or eye-dropper, etc.), and just damned near have a seizure. Go wild-eyed and start muttering to yourself. That sort of behavior, which I’m sure that you can improvise as you go. You’re imaginative and savvy. I’ve read your blogs.
She’ll undoubtedly be concerned, cell-phone or not, and run over to ask you what’s going on. Here’s your response:
(breathlessly): “Sorry! (pant, pant) My grandpa was killed by a lady talking on the phone to her plumber, and my therapist says I shouldn’t harbor these grudges anymore, but, it’s…so…hard! (Bat eyelashes innocently) Anyway, how’s your day going?”
You may not get invited to company functions anymore, but whose loss is that, anyway…?
That shit bugs me immensely. I don’t care what color your walls are – or what your dad did to your sister when she was 12.
What’s even more preposterous is when they act like the conversations is PRIVATE, yet they’re in the public place.
maybe that’s the way to get her out. join the conversation and apologize because you were confused – most people would appreciate having someone respond if they start talking (apparently) to themselves.
Yeah I just hate cell phones overall because of people like that. Like if everyone who is annoying talked about how awesome my favorite movie is, I could never watch it again.