People Bother Me

I am increasingly annoyed by random people. There was intitially Granola Girl, who would lean over the empty chair next to her to prevent people from sitting there. Then, during class, she would open a granola bar and s-l-o-w-l-y break off a piece and c-r-u-n-c-h.....c-r-u-n-c-h.... all through class. That bothered me. Granola Girl has recently relocated to another part of the room. No doubt due to me-- Glaring Girl.

Now there is Pointless Dude. He is a nice enough person (which is how I know that my irritation is unreasonable). However, during the breaks, he insists on talking to the guy who sits behind me-- and this guy is obviously not interested in whatever pointless story Pointless Dude is relating. An example, I think, is in order. Pointless Dude turns around and says, "Hey-- did you hear that Contracts lecturer yesterday?" The following conversation follows:

Other Guy (OG): Yeah, I was here.
Pointless Dude (PD): He sounded like a robot.
OG: Hee hee. Yeah...
PD: No, I mean... he sounded like a robot. There was a character on Star Trek the first season-- what was the name of the original Star Trek? Enterprise?--but this character was like... a robot or something. This guy sounded like him... like a robot. I mean, JUST. LIKE. A ROBOT!
OG: Yeah.

So-- that's what I'm talking about. Today his conversation centered on peanuts. It went something like this:

PD: Hey. What you got there? Cream cheese?
OG: No, it's peanut butter.
PD: Oh, man. I. LOVE. PEANUT. BUTTER! I mean it! I'll put it on anything. Or even just peanuts. I love peanuts on everything. It's crazy really-- but it's just that peanuts are so good. And so is peanut butter. I love it!
OG: Yeah.

But like I said, this guy is nice enough. He just wants to talk to people. There's nothing wrong with that. It's me. It's all me. I am the jerk here and I know it.

Well-- back to studying.