"You don't understand me, Sam.
I'm on the otherside of happy.
Put Mom on.
Landing 10:51 in Portland.
Don't care if she's cutting carrots.
Sam, I can't talk about that now.
You're an hour behind me. I'll wait.
Been waiting all my life.
Mom, Mom, Mom...
Please put Carl on.
Carl, she's crazy, you know.
Can't remember the last time I was happy.
Stop it!
You're lucky I'm coming.
We'll have a good time. I hope.
If not, welcome to my world.
Hey, they're asking for someone to give up their seat. Should I?
Taking the day off Monday.
Workshop, you know.
See you in 2 hours.
Sheeeesh!
Ya, love you too."
That was my world.
How embarrassing for her.
I guess she thought I needed this.
What an idiot!
It still takes me by surprise when I see someone walking towards me talking away seemingly to themselves.. That's never going to be me :)
ReplyDeleteYou should have told her, "No. Don't give up your plane seat but you should give up the seat you are sitting in right now!"
ReplyDeleteThere was a funny clip on TV where a guy was on his phone and he would sit or stand next to someone else talking on their phone. He would answer or comment to the things the person was saying in their personal conversation. It was funny. You should have done that! ie."No, don't give up your seat." "why am I lucky you are coming?"
I'm with you on this one. Drives me crazy too and I have to face that tomorrow morning when I leave for Chicago.
ReplyDeleteWell, you got some free entertainment for awhile yet I think you'd probably would have enjoyed the book more. Unlike many different people, I actually enjoy flying so I enjoyed your photo, too.
ReplyDeleteYou are right: they are everywhere with nothing else to do. These guys do not think, they live to communicate loudly useless info between them. I hope that we will soon have some 'no cellphone' spaces of sorts...
ReplyDeleteOO I sooo agree with you ! Sometimes I wish I dared to take the phone and throw it away..
ReplyDeleteHa, you should only experience that here in the Middle East where the talkers are also gesticulating with both arms and are often speaking very loud and with anger.
ReplyDeleteI love listening in to conversations. At least this one was somewhat interesting. Germans are very complainy.
ReplyDeleteThey have no sense of privacy!
ReplyDeletei'm with you on this one. irritating as hell.
ReplyDeleteas for electric fences, i don't use hot wires, here. my neighbor does, however. she had her handyman string a low one across her back pasture to keep coyotes away from her barns. my dogs had to re-learn the rules the hard way.
Way TMI. :-)
ReplyDeleteNot a good time at all,
ReplyDeleteThose Bose noise-eliminating headphones look better all the time.
ReplyDeleteaaarghhhhhhhhh I feel the pain . . . xx
ReplyDeleteThe other side of happy?
ReplyDeleteSometimes you can only react as follows:
Sigh. Open palm. Apply to face. Shake head in dismay.
I actually have (politely) said things to people, like, "Excuse me, but I can hear your whole conversation." Usually they respond well. One woman was mortified & I had to comfort her. Have you seen the film "Her"? I loved how it took the whole electronic communication concept a step further. The first interesting movie I've seen in awhile.
ReplyDeleteI saw the movie.....creepy!
DeleteWhy would you have that kind of conversation near others.
ReplyDeleteSome people....
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