A fun filled Wednesday had me spend two hours (6:30 – 8:30) of my morning at the hospital getting blood work, hooked up to the EKG, and peeing in a cup. As more time passed, more people came in and I did something that I’ve never really conscientiously done before; pay attention to the surrounding conversations. In other words Public Eavesdropping.
I know eavesdropping is wrong, but when you’re stuck in a small waiting area with 40+ people you’re bound to hear a few things people are talking about:
1. A hillbilly/geeky looking guy, definitely did not look like a hunter even though he was wearing a camouflage hat, playing with his blackberry talking to a man he was sitting beside says.
“I held a gun last weekend, thinking about buying it but it was $3600.”
2. Behind me a conversation went like this,
“I have lots of vegetables! (spelling error on purpose)
“WHAT!”
“I have lots of vegetables!”
“WHAT!”
“I EAT LOTS OF VEG...E..TAB...LES!!!”
“Oh.”
3. Beside me,
“I haven’t been getting the flu shot in recent years but I will when they have it at work.”
“You know that’s not the H1N1 vaccine?”
“I know. I’ll get that too when I can.”
“Experts are saying now that getting the seasonal flu shot will make you more vulnerable to H1N1.”
“They’re lying.”
So there you have it. Needless to say I had to get up and walk around often while I waited because I couldn’t take much more of what my ears were catching.
That’s it for now. I’m in the works of finding a better template...Stay tuned
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