Overheard in Albertsons

[lesbiassparrow]

Standing behind a woman in the checkout line talking on her cellphone, when I hear her tell the poor bastard on the other end of the line that her therapist doesn't understand her. Resisted the desire to tell her that when your therapist doesn't understand you maybe the problem is you and your bloody self-absorption. Or therapy in general.

Oh well, at least it's better than the time I was sitting beside someone in a coffee shop who had decided that it would a good idea to hold their therapy session on the phone RIGHT BESIDE ME. I can now tell you that other people's therapy sessions are very, very boring. Even their sex problems are mundane when foisted upon you while you are trying to read the paper and enjoy a nice cup of coffee. There's a time and a place for talking about unfulfilled fantasies and a public coffee shop surrounded by strangers is not one of those.

I need to start posting about fandom things again as they make me less grumpy.

Comments

[ehab-it.livejournal.com]

You have totally hit on one of my biggest pet peeves. People have ZERO cell phone ettiquette. I will never understand why someone you are talking to will happily make you wait to take a call. Nor do I understand why people think its perfectly acceptable to share their personal shit aloud in public spaces. God knows I have enough of my own to deal with. I hate the damn things. I'd ban 'em except for emergencies if I could.

I understand the cell phone bans on airplanes is going to be dropped. I live in dread of that day. Thank goodness I'm not traveling every week anymore.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_eliza_b/]

Explicit cell phone conversations that you're forced to hear are definitely irritating...on the other hand, they provide great fodder for LJ.