shhhhhhhhhhh, or get off the flippin phone.

My dear Hubby Poo had morning meetings, and I'm not delving into the wardrobe world of Thomas until after lunch. Well I am at a University (or at least a satellites campus of one).

With a lovely brand new library attached to the lovely brand new Theatre. Sounds like a lovely place to sit & do some work. Maybe send out a resume or two, catch-up on blogs & emails. But

there is nothing lovely about the inane yammering of the rude teenager who sat down about 30' away. She has so far hassled her friend about studying, called her boyfriend on the phone about giving blood--and scheduling it around a social agenda, called her mother to repeat the story about blowing the fuse while blow-drying her hair and called a friend to not only repeat both conversations, but also tell her friend about the in depth article in the magazine she is reading about Patrick some-body's new twin boys. McCutie & McCuddly. Are they going for McNuggets later? As if hearing her inane is not bad enough, she also has her phone turned up as loud as possible so I was able to hear that her friend needs to go to the bathroom. Really, I didn't need to know that.

Earlier there were young men obviously discussing classwork and reviewing for a quiz, that didn't bother me a bit. Of course, I didn't hear every detail and they pretty much kept to their focus and left. When did it become OK to talk loudly on a cell phone in the library? When did it become out of fashion for some lovely librarian to come by and give a stern Shhhhh! when people cross the line of conversational and obnoxious? I will admit that my phone is with me (as it usually is) but it is on vibrate and depending on who calls I will either send it to voice mail or answer in hush tones and let the caller know that I am in the library. Other people have spoken on the phone in the library, but I have not heard ANY detail--let alone EVERY detail-- because they have at least had the good sense to use the hush tones that a library usually warrants.

I have other rants about respect for others and cell phone etiquette and other such things, but this is what is annoying me at this instant so this is what you get. I am now going to pack up my computer & see if I can find some place quiet. Like a phone booth.