Today, I headed out to McDonalds for lunch. I had my heart set on one of those Toasted Deli Sandwiches that they’ve got, but was disappointed when I was told that their toasting mechanism was broken at the time. I settled for whatever was today’s McDeal.

I sat by the window because I wanted to soak up some heat as I was eating. Outside, the the high is supposed to be something like 10°C so I had my FOC jacket on, but inside I was quite toasty. I was enjoying my fries while remaining deep in thought, when this pair of girls sat down at the table next to me while chatting very loudly. I didn’t make any eye contact because I really didn’t care to know more about them. Their voices really just made me want to block as much of the world out as I could. Unfortunately, their voices were so piercing that doing so was simply an impossibility. They were speaking in such valley accents that caught me totally off guard. I mean, if I think about all the girls/women I’ve been around, I haven’t heard such accents since high school. Their topic of conversation, in conjunction with the outrageous accents, made me believe they were just in their late teens.

“Like, did Sam text you yesterday?”
“Yeah, and I was, like, OHMAGOD!”
“Really”
“Yeah!”
“So yeah, like, ever since I’ve been out of school, it’s like my body doesn’t know what to do”
“Yeah, it’s like I’ve got no schedule to keep me going”
“Yeah! I wonder what I should do today. Maybe I should go get a tan or something cuz, like, I haven’t gone in a while”

Oh my hell. That was painful. It got worse though when I heard the following.

“Dunno. Might be ’cause we’re getting old or something”
“Right! I mean, I already, like, 26 and all.”

What the hell…26 and you talk like you’re some vacuous bimbo? Whoa, man. Too much for me.
I finished up quickly and left, but not before I caught the last bit of their conversation.

“You’ll never guess who’s opening for Maroon 5. I thought it was, like, so appropriate”
“Do I know this group?”
“Don’t think you know the name”
“Do I know the song?”
“Yeah”
“Have we sung it recently?”
“Kind of…OK, I’ll just tell you. It’s the group that sings the theme song to the O.C.”
“OH MA GOD”
“SQUEEEEEEEEE!”

That was, like, SO appropriate.