Um, EXCUSE ME???

What do you talk about when you think no one can hear you?

Today while I was out shopping, I noticed two very attractive guys were following me. Since I was in a highly populated area, I didn’t think much of it. After visiting various, what some would term “girly” stores, I noticed the guys we’re STILL following me. Rather nervous now, I turn to head down the escalator, only to have them follow me yet again.

Being in a more secluded area, the din of many voices dies down, and I was able to make out what the guys were saying.

The conversation goes as follows:

Tall Blonde: “You see that chick up there?”
Shorter Brunette: “You mean the hot one we’ve been following around for the past hour? No shit dude.”
T.B.: “She’s one hot piece of ass, isn’t she?”
S.B.: “Yeaaaaaa son.”

I had NEVER felt more violated or disgusted in my entire life. And I am not proud of what I did next.

Me: “You know, its ASSHOLES like you who give guys a bad reputation, you disgusting illiterate miscreants!”
S.B. & T.B.: “Huh? WHAT did you just call us bitch?”

I flipped them off and got away as fast as I could. Normally, if I had any other person with me (Alyssa), I would NEVER have backed down from engaging in a little verbal jousting, especially with those who are too ignorant to understand my expansive vocabulary (“big words”, as most like to put it). But strong and feisty as I may be, I cant take two guys twice my size.

Which leads me to today’s lesson. Even when you think no one can hear you, somebody can.

Have you ever said something that you wish you could take back? I know I have. Many times. When you say something out of anger, more often than not you regret it later. Sometimes you don’t, like what I said today to the guys who were saying vulgar things about me behind my back, but when you say them to a loved one in a blind rage, things don’t go your way.

So, the next time you’re about to say something that you don’t want someone to hear, at least try to put more than 2 feet between you and said person. Duh.