Interesting overheard conversation

[Peppergirl]

I just got back from Walgreens in the 'hood where I work, and witnessed a lady having a fairly intense and heated conversation with a pair of sunglasses.

Intrigued, I eavesdropped a bit...wondering if she was on a bluetooth or something.

Yeah, she wasn't.

And, yeah - I know, I know. She was probably mentally ill and I shouldn't make fun. And I behaved whilst I was in there. Just had to talk about it here.

[Evil Queen]

.......

I talk to the baking isle in the grocery store.

This is why I tell people I'm clinically insane. I'm not, but it explains the weirdness.

[Sharsarannon]

"The difference between me and a madman is that a madman thinks he is sane. I know I am quite mad." ~ Salvador Dali
And I concur.

[Peppergirl]

Oh, don't get me wrong - I freely admit I talk to myself. This conversation, however, was extremely animated and quite loud.

She seemed to be annoyed that the sunglasses were not responding.

[Bloodsoul]

I always thought the different between me and madmen was that madmen get those cool, super-secret, underground bases like Deep 13.

[blas]

I have a horrible habit of talking to myself. In the car at night on the way to work, on the Gazelle when exercising, in the bathroom while getting ready....

But I know everyone would tease me if I openly did it, so I don't.

It's pretty therapudic to do it when I do, though. Makes me feel so much better.

[Lachrymose]

Could have been these

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[BookstoreEscapee]

Oh, don't get me wrong - I freely admit I talk to myself.

Have you ever used Herbal Essences shampoos? Their "new" (not really new anymore) packaging has trivia questions on the back of the bottle, and the answer is on the companion shampoo/conditioner.

The question on the "Drama Clean" shampoo is, "On average, who do you talk to more than anyone else?" and the answer is "Yourself."

[HawaiianShirts]

Oh, don't get me wrong - I freely admit I talk to myself. This conversation, however, was extremely animated and quite loud.

She seemed to be annoyed that the sunglasses were not responding.

I'm not really a self-talker. I'm either a self-mutterer or a self-singer.

I've seen those animated conversations before prior to the invention of Bluetooth stuff. I was walking down the street in a town in central Washington state once and saw a normal-looking man walking toward me. Being in a good mood, I gave him a friendly, "Good morning." The moment those words were out of my mouth, he glared down at the gutter next to the sidewalk, with a look that could make the hardiest SC back down, pointed at it, and shouted, "I told you not to do that! Now we're gonna get in trouble again! ... Don't talk to me like that!" And this tirade continued as he walked. I was amused in a frightening sort of way.

[Kitten in the box]

I witnessed one lady get pissed off and yell at the donuts in the bakery...this is how it went; ScL-Lady D-Donuts

ScL: Why the f*ck are you so expensive?
D-.....
ScL: Answer my questions you sons of bitches!!
D-...
Scl: YOU F*CKING PRICKS!!!
D:...

Then the charming woman went over to the coffee machine at the store and proceeded to yell at the coffee. See below:

ScL: Damned donuts won't talk can you answer a question?
C: ...
ScL: YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! ANSWER ME YOU PRICK!!!
C ...
ScL: I'M CALLING CORPORATE!!!

I swear to you this lady was not on any phone/bluetooth set or whatever. It was all I could do not to burst out laughing.

[StanFlouride]

Usually, when someone is talking to themselves there is a subtle modulation in their voice. Often an uplift at the end of a sentence of phrase as if they're asking a question.
One of the two brothers I work for speaks in the same declarative tone as if he is speaking to the person next to him. It has taken me most of the 10 years I've worked there to get used to it but I still check to see if he's looking in my direction.
The ones who speak to the inanimate (at least to our eyes) objects all too often seem to have a serious disagreement with whatever they are addressing. We just let them ramble until they leave.

[crazylegs]

She probably wasn't on a headset but she probably was on crack.

Or should have been.

[HawaiianShirts]

ScL: Damned donuts won't talk can you answer a question?
C: ...
ScL: YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! ANSWER ME YOU PRICK!!!
C ...
ScL: I'M CALLING CORPORATE!!!

Anyone else suddenly wishing that someone from Kitten in the box's corporate office would post about some crazy woman who called to report a bad experience? I can see it now...

ScL: (on the phone to corporate) I tried to ask the donuts how much they were, but they rudely refused to answer me. So I asked the coffee pot, and it just stared at my like I was crazy! I must say, I really question your hiring practices if you believe idiots like these provide any kind of customer service! Now what are you going to do to compensate me for this horrible experience?
Corporate CSR: Uh... Well, ma'am, I don't--
ScL: Shut up, you! I'm talking to the phone!

[XCashier]

She seemed to be annoyed that the sunglasses were not responding.

"Oh, sure, don't talk to me. You think you're all that, but I can see right through you!"

[KiaKat]

I often have this desire to just start randomly having conversations with things like walls, pipes, items in stores, etc. Just to weird people out. Haven't actually *done* that yet, but I've done a few things with friends that are similarly crazy.