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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by andrelux
My pet hate – loud conversations (video or otherwise) in public places. Being British, I just generally bury my face deeper into the newspaper. But on one occasion, when there was a particularly animated (and loud) business conversation going on in the lounge, with far too many details revealed, I did mention, as I passed by, that I thought option A was better. ‘How dare you!’ said the woman in charge, ‘you should not be listening in!’ ‘Well if not’, I replied, ‘why let me and the rest of the lounge know about it?’. With that, it seemed like I floated off to the gate. Sadly, I generally just harrumph and bury my head into the paper. There is generally an interesting article.
What a wonderful story ^ It seemed you actually managed one of those moments when in real time you thought of the best thing to say, instead of after.
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