was that my out loud voice? ooops.

[rm]

So I was in Whole Foods waiting online to pay for a loaf of gluten-free bread, and there was a girl in the line next to me speaking with a girl behind me.

Their speech was appalling, and they were loud and boring.

Early on in the conversation I catch:

Girl 1: "All of our dorms, are like, designed to be castles and shit, and like at first I thought like so cool, but then I was like oh this is so Disney Land and then it's just like whatev."

Girl 2: "But that is like so totally like, like, we just live in apartments, but it's right near school, so like, it's pretty great. What sucks is that I have to call my mom like every night. I don't have time for that."

Girl 1: "Oh like me too. And they'd freak out if they like knew I was coming into New York like ever."

Girl 2: "Oh, I totally shouldn't tell my mom then, because she'd be all whatev and totally tell your parents and then you'd be all --"

Girl 1: "I know, it totally like, stresses me out."

On and on and on. Eventually, one of them notes that the other one goes to Yale.

And then, I just blurted out, "You go to Yale?" with extreme incredjulity.

Girl 1: "Um, like, yeah."

Me: "Your dormitories were not designed to look like castles, rather they were designed to emulate the buildings at older institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford."

Girl 1: "Yeah, but they --"

Me: "Just, if you must abuse the language, do so with more snesitivity to those around you."

and then it was my turn to go pay for my goods.

UGH!

Comments

[tlatzomia.livejournal.com]

Good for you!

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* That's horrifying. Good for you.

[john-h-holliday.livejournal.com]

*cries*

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

I'm horrified.

On behalf of Elis everywhere: thank you for correcting them!

N.

[anathemadevice.livejournal.com]

That's revolting.

Of course, Dubya went to Yale, and he still can't seem to pronounce "nuclear" correctly, despite having command of a large arsenal of weapons of that nature.

I prefer small-college folk, I think.

[rosemarymint.livejournal.com]

*snort*

They must be in a program similar to this. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/opinion/05borowitz.html?em&ex=1207540800&en=903a2e48eec57dd3&ei=5087%0A)

Sarcasm aside, eeesh. Good on you for speaking up, but I sincerely doubt they understood a word you said.

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Ha!
(I was waiting for the college to be outed as Cambridge.)

[chite.livejournal.com]

Today, you are my hero.

[sdn.livejournal.com]

oh my god.

her parents must have a lot of money or she's a legacy or something. what a frickin' moron.

[angelcityblues.livejournal.com]

*bangs head on desk*

You're my hero. The next time I hear two vapid twats speaking in a similar manner (which, sadly, happens a lot here in lovely Los Angeles), I'm going to just let loose. Perhaps I'll feel better instead of like I'm stuck in a Sea of Stupid.

(And really, while it has its moments, the Los Angeles that I live in is most definitely not at all a Sea of Stupid.)

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

*weeps*

And wishes to buy you a gluten free goodie at the cool bakery downtown I can't remember the name of, but I know you know it.

A friend of mine was asked recently

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

why she knew and used so many big words.

She told the poor soul it was a side effect of reading.

I can say for sure that ended that man's chance for a continued conversation.

[celestialweasel.livejournal.com]

'Designed to be castles and shit' ???!?!???!

[kessie.livejournal.com]

You are awesome. Thank you for saying that.

[christinenorris.livejournal.com]

OMG, that was, like, classic!
Good for you. I would love to have the word "like" removed from the human language, except that it has uses, as when expressing two things that are similar, in the use of similies, and enjoyment of something.

Ugh. At least you only have to hear it once in awhile. I work in middle school. It's like (ha!) a contagious disease there.

Oh, before I forget. I'm going to be working on some youth stuff for Philcon this year. If I do something HP-ish, can I pick your brains? Problably something interactive with prizes, involving much SF and F.

[these-3-remain.livejournal.com]

if you must abuse the language, do so with more sensitivity to those around you.

Score! I also like the title of your post. I say that all the time. "I'm sorry, did I say that out loud?"

Although I will admit to using the word "like" entirely too much.

[kirby-crow.livejournal.com]

o_0 They thought they were Disney Castles? *joins many others in crying*

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!!

[katharwen.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was just...several different kinds of stupid.

Bravo to you, for doing what a lot of us only dream about. ;)

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

Well there goes my hopes of wanting to date an educated college girl. ;)

[rani23.livejournal.com]

You're my favorite. :)

[vavaverity.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of dialogue from the movie "Legally Blonde", which you probably would never watch.

Someone says something about the blonde girl applying to or trying to get in to Harvard and she says "What, like it's hard?"

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I wonder if I would have fit in better at a private or Ivy league college. If, perhaps, there would have been people who had a command of the English language. Now I will never have to wonder that again.

[darkwolf69.livejournal.com]

I weep for the future of humanity.

[blucrowlaughing.livejournal.com]

oh my....this causes my brain to hurt

[hiddenshallows.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be you when I grow up.