Eavesdropping

It isn't polite... but we all do it!  A little sampling of what I picked up throughout my day:

Lunch
Little cafe down the street - me with my nose in a book and a salad that will take the better part of an hour to consume. A table to my left is full of international women, clearly congregating to meet the newborn of a fellow co-worker who is still on maternity leave.  The new mom halfway through lunch says something to the tune of "and can you believe that I am actually thinner now than before I had the baby?!?" - to which I could actually feel the seething of her table mates.  The mood certainly changed at the table, but the new mother was totally oblivious.  She also reached over and took the salt and pepper off of my table shortly thereafter.  I joined in on the seething.

Park
When the sun is out, we hit the park.  It keeps both myself and the dog sane.  Today, both of us were feeling especially social - so there was lots of stopping and sniffing of other dogs (of course I only watched this spectacle!)  One dog was pure white with a smattering of pale brown polka dots on the ears - very cute - almost like freckles.  This cuteness was not lost on anyone... as a small group of dog owners gathered around to marvel at the cuteness of this particular dog.  Of course, the spots were mentioned and even complemented, to which the owner said "yes, but I have often thought that if I had a child with spots on their ears no one would think it was cute."  The woman makes a compelling point.

The list goes on, but the material they gave me was too dull to report on.