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F-Bombing

First, ladies, PLEASE, watch your mouth!

Am I so out of touch or gotten so old that listening to gals dropping F-bombs in a conversation bothers me?  This morning I sat down at a table in the cafeteria for a little breakfast somethingorother and was sadly within earshot of two gals talking about how some dude did this gal wrong, and she dropped F-bomb after F-bomb describing it to her friend.  It was amazing how prolific she was with this particular word and how useful it was in her discussion.  Amazing.  Note to self: F%#@ should NOT be used in public.

Oh, and while on the topic, guys, this is for you too.  There are loads of people that just don’t like hearing that word, even if used in a sentence!

Conversation Fillers

And second, are you familiar with Conversation Fillers?  These are words coming out of your mouth that give your brain a pause so you can think about what to say or how to say it.  Do you use them?  Here’s my least favorite: “you know”.  And here’s the thing about that one, it makes MY brain pause to NOT think about what you are saying!  Instead of listening to you say “you know” for the 27th time, I am off in the Land of Dave thinking “no, I don’t know but I’ll sit here and listen to you tell me about it.”  And, you know, after a while, I don’t really enjoy the conversation.  You know?

I mean really, it’s not that I think that you should sit around and think about what you’re going to say and when you’re going to say it, I think that you should think before you speak. Get your thoughts in order THEN speak.  You should be aware of what is coming out of your mouth and know if it’s intelligent, if it SOUNDS intelligent or not; and heck, if it’s not intelligent, stop talking! Sometimes I listen to people speak and they will get out 4 or 5 “you knows” in less than a minute, and it’s starting to drive me a little nuts.

Today feels like Monday.  Ugh.

Moving on…..