Awkward

You gotta love cell phones. We are able to connect to another human being in a matter of seconds anywhere on the globe (provided there is a cell tower nearby). But more to the point of this blog you gotta love people that talk obnoxiously LOUD on their cell phones in public areas.

Case in point today while riding the Lite Rail train from school back to my car there was a girl sitting in the row behind me chatting it up on her cell phone. Normally in this situation I wouldn't care that she was doing this, but in this instance it is the manner and vocabulary she was using that gave me no choice but to listen to her. Cursing and carrying on in a very unlady-like manner for all who were near her to hear.

I guess she was having troubles with some guy she knows and how she can't say anything to him without her feeling that he is judging her. Oooookaaaaay. But it was her language that she was using that was the annoying part. Dropping F bombs with total disregard to the people sitting next to her I can only imagine how they must have felt. Nevertheless the girl came across just a tad bit psycho and whoever this mystery guy is that she's having problems with if she carries on like that well I can kind of understand why the guy is judgmental.

This girl was spouting off like a sailor to the point where I started to feel embarassed because of how she was conducting herself; and she is a total stranger to me! Which brings me back to my point (and title) of this blog: Awkwardness. You have to love those public social settings where people try not to hear this girl as she shamelessly broadcasts her "private" conversation to the world. It's always funny that we all tend to act oblivious to something that we're all being exposed to at the same time.

Some may argue that the girl has every right to talk on her phone the way she wants. Some may argue that somebody should have asked her to tone it down a bit or to kindly ask her to have consideration for the other passengers. Who is right and who is wrong or is there a right and wrong label you can affix to this type of situation?

As for myself I don't care that this girl was talking on the phone and creating her own little drama party on the train. It's not because I was "offended" by her foul language. It has more to do with her behavior and that she felt the need to act so unattractive in public. I don't know how old she was as I didn't really get a good look at her, but if I had to guess she was probably early to mid-twenties. It's the fact that I can appreciate this issue was obviously upsetting her and making her emotional; that's all fine and dandy. But really, is it necessary to act that way in public? Really? You couldn't maybe wait until you arrived at your stop and then called this person?

I believe it all goes back to upbringing. I admit during my youth I thought cursing was cool, and you feel like such an adult when you do it. But as you get older you realize how foolish you sounded and how childish of a habit it really is. I am not trying to be a hypocrite and preach because trust me I am just as guilty of letting emotions get the better of me and sounding off like a sailor plenty of times in my life. The difference here is there comes a point in time when you have an epiphany of sorts about that type of behavior. At least some people do. I consider myself fortunate to be one of those people.