Collegiate Irony

As I sit in Panera and eat my Black Bean soup, I happen to catch the conversation of three girls who are currently attending Cal State Fullerton.

Girl 1: “So my mom was telling me that I wasn’t learning a lesson. She told me ‘pride comes before the fall.’ And I told her that I was not being prideful, because I really am that smart. I know I’m smart.”

Later in the conversation…

Girl 1: “So I think I have a good G.P.A.. I think you get a number for each letter grade, right?”
Girl 2: “Yeah, it’s like 4 or 5 points for an A and less for other grades.”
Girl 1: “So, then, you like, add them up and that’s your G.P.A., right?”
Girl 3: “Yeah, then you, like, divide them by something.”
Girl 1: “Yeah, I think that’s right.”

And yet later…

Girl 2: “So the my teacher told us at the beginning of the semester that if you were in two points of a higher grade, he would give you the higher grade, if he feels you deserve it. And I was 2 points away from an A. And I deserve that A. So I sent him an email and asked him what his definition of ‘deserve’ was. I haven’t heard back from him.”
Girl 1: “Yeah, you do deserve that A.”

No, my sweet child, you do not deserve that A. You deserved the B that you were given. You may want it, but deserving it is a whole other barrel of ridiculousness. And as of right now, the current usage count of the word “like” is slightly lower than the national deficit.

I love listening to other peoples’ conversations. Is that wrong? Or is the wrongness directly related to how much I love picking apart their conversations?

Written on February 6, 2007 at roughly 1:59 pm. And by roughly I mean at that exact time.

16 Comments

Lard February 6, 2007 at roughly 3:05 pm

It’s more than OK, if I wouldn’t get arrested I’d make a podcast.

Aaron February 6, 2007 at roughly 3:10 pm

Podcast, you say? Not a bad idea. I may look into that because your idea intrigues me.

mle February 6, 2007 at roughly 5:29 pm

And here I was finishing an inane homework assignment (we built marshmallow/drinking straw structures in Group/Teams Communications class yesterday) and trying to think positive thoughts of the CSUF studentry. This did not help. Not in the least. And it never occurred to me to try NOT to listen to other people’s conversations in public places . . .

Aaron February 6, 2007 at roughly 6:04 pm

Well, I at least feel better about myself knowing that two people I respect listen to conversations in public as I do.

I will furthermore justify my actions by telling myself that they are having conversations in public and they actually do want me to hear what they are saying. Because if they didn’t want me to hear they would A) not talk as loud as they are, or B) not talk have their current conversation in public.

J PRD February 6, 2007 at roughly 11:34 pm

If you don’t want to get caught - slip on the headphones and turn on your internal mic.
As long as you don’ keep snickering every time she says something stupid it makes for way more inconspicuous snooping.

PS. I believe it to be impossible to spell “inconspicuous” correctly on the fist try.

jeremy February 9, 2007 at roughly 7:01 am

i believe it’s your duty, nay, your God-given right to listen to conversations (inane, retarded, stupid or otherwise), come here and blog about them and then allow us to dissect and mock them. Such things are the epitome of my own personal pursuit of happyness and that’s a Constitutional right granted to me by these United States. You are such a patriot!!!!111ONE11ON1one1!!

Aaron February 9, 2007 at roughly 9:24 am

When did typing out “ONE” become popular? I understand that people used to hit the “1” key when trying to do a huge amount of exclamation points (releasing the shift key early). But now I see people typing out the word “ONE.”

You people are ridiculous! You are worse than people who purposefully type “teh” instead of “the.” I expect more from you Jeremy. You are going to get a punch in the stomach the next time I see you.

jeremy February 13, 2007 at roughly 10:11 am

you hurt my feelings. you jerkass. you’re teh worst friend in the world.

there. no exclamation points. or numerals. you happy, you jerk?

Aaron February 13, 2007 at roughly 10:18 am

-1 for “teh”, jerk.

jeremy February 14, 2007 at roughly 6:42 am

-Eleventy billion for using Dungeons and Dragons rankings in real life.

Aaron February 14, 2007 at roughly 7:28 am

Well you just used D&D rankings to de-rank me for using D&D rankings. So you are still a lower rank than me, jerk.

And I actually picked up the ranking thing from Yayhooray! when they had a rnaking system. -1 for not being a YH! member.

jeremy February 14, 2007 at roughly 7:57 am

-20 for being an internets snob and not even explaining what Yayhooray! is.

jerk.

Aaron February 14, 2007 at roughly 8:16 am

google it then, jerk.

jeremy February 14, 2007 at roughly 12:32 pm

i’m too lazy. there. i said it. you happy?

Aaron February 14, 2007 at roughly 1:07 pm

Yayhooray!

jerk.

Austen March 8, 2007 at roughly 5:00 pm

I love panera. I love listening.

I hate that people like that even get into college and much brighter people are not offered the experience.

Go ahead and comment. I won't make fun of you too much.