Things that make you go hmmmmm…
I observed something the other day at the library and it struck me as both odd and sad at the same time. I really debated whether or not to blog about this, considering the sensitivity of the subject matter (you’ll understand when I finally get around to spilling it)…ultimately my need to blab has won.
So, I am in the library and this girl (I use the term “girl” because she’s got to be in her early 20s at most and that’s more than 10 years younger than me…so she’s a girl) sits down at the computer next to me. Picture if you will…a freckled person with red hair…but…she has dreadlocks halfway down her back. Not that dreadlocks are a bad thing…I mean, they look great if you’re like, Bob Marley, and have a Jamaican accent…they so weren’t her. But I digress…she asks me a question about getting to a website that illustrates her lack of internet savvy, but that’s cool, I don’t mind helpin’ out. My time runs out at the computer (30 mins a shot, ugh.) so I get up to leave and notice she has a stack of pregnancy books and deduce that she’s just found out the happy news. So I go sign up for another computer slot, and get assigned a couple rows away from her. Now, I don’t know how things are at YOUR local library, but I would think it’s just common courtesy to put your cell phones on silent mode while at the library…not so in our lovely town. So her cell rings…I look up because it breached the wonderful silence that is typical in libraries. She excitedly tells the caller her wonderful news. “I just found out, I’m sooooo excited! I just had to tell you!” So I smile in my head and start to look back down at my computer, when I see her face just cloud over and she says, “What do you mean what are we going to do!?! I dont’ understand? What do you mean?” I quickly looked back down and TRIED with all my heart not to eavesdrop any further but her voice, in utter disbelief, was the only sound that pierced the now deafening silence that was the library. I felt really bad for this poor girl, because clearly the caller was not as excited as she was whether it was the father, or maybe her mother. At the same time…I had to wonder…
If you’re just finding out you’re pregnant, why are you sharing it with someone via cell phone in the middle of a public library rather than getting up and moving to a more private place?
Anyway…I’ll take a moment here to feel sorry for the clueless redheaded girl in the library and be done with it.
Not sure why I felt the need to share that with the masses…but…there you have it. Oh and please for goodness sakes put your cell phones on silent mode while in the library…otherwise I, or someone like me, might have to eavesdrop and possibly blog about you. ::shudder::
