my mantra for the last few days. i think i'm getting old (i mean my big b-day is looming and all). but suddenly all this other "noise" is really grating on me.
i met a friend for lunch on friday. the waitress (at this place you call them waitresses still), victoria, was talking so freaking loud to some other diners that i missed half of my time with my friend. everytime we started a new conversation, victoria's nails-on-chalkboard voice would cut through and we'd end up laughing about how distracted we were.
things i learned:
- victoria texts - she received a text message from her daughter while we were there and read it out loud
- every other diner's lunch order - victoria calls them down to both the kitchen and the bar
- that sam wasn't in - victoria had a 5 minute conversation, with a caller, about how sam may usually be in but he hasn't been lately and especially not today
- the reasoning behind the new restaurant hours
- how excited victoria is for st. patrick's day - i realize this is a little bit off, but she was really concerned about whether or not they would be busy. my advice (and v's) make your reservations now
things i did not learn:
- anything about my friend's current life situation - they were constantly interuppted
- why victoria talks so loud
- anything about anyone else in the restaurant (except for my speculation about the weird guy in the corner), v doesn't let anyone else talk
- that v knows she's loud - she apologized as we left
on saturday, i went out to dinner with some other friends and spent the entire meal whining about how i couldn't hear them well enough to have a decent conversation. v wasn't there, but the amount of people in that small room had me cupping my ear and saying "huh?" for the entire night.
apparently, i am getting old and crochety and i don't like all this noise.
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on a side note, this week i only need water wings not a full-on flotation device. things are definitely looking up.
now, if you would just shut up....
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