Shut Up!

Oh my goodness! Shut up for one second!

I'm sorry! I know it's rude to say shut up! I know that I should be compassionate, gentle, kind, patient, and all that jazz!

But, this lady is driving me freakin' nuts!

I'm at the Blue Bottle, writing my newsletter article and enjoying a cup of coffee. I've got headphones on, listening to some tunes. But, all I can hear is the annoying voice of some woman on the other side of the coffee house! She's talking business with some guy...I can't hear him at all...And, he's facing me! She's got her back to me and all I can hear is her high-pitched, annoying voice! Ahhhh! I'm losing my freakin' mind! I'm out of here as soon as I down this cup of coffee!

Why do people feel a need to talk so loud in a coffee shop? I just don't get it! But, it happens everywhere...Panera, the Blue Bottle, the MT Cup!!!

Oh well, I don't have to sit here. I can leave! Or...

Maybe I should get out my cell phone and start talking at ridiculously loud volumes!!! That might prove a point. I could be really loud and say, "Hold on, let me turn up the volume on my phone. I can't hear you over this loud lady in here."

Really, I should be more tolerant. I should be more patient. I should be more compassionate. I should be kind. But, I'm not. I'm sorry!