Pica: Hatred or Annoyance?

"Never could I have ever imagined that something like this could have happened."

Above is often the lie told by so many people when they start a story. This is the point that I usually tune people out. I hit a button in my brain that says "This person is lying. This story is irrelevant and completely fake." I stop listening and I dive into my own thoughts. This sounds rather self-centered and all, but in reality, when you've heard so many fake stories that start with the aforementioned sentence, you learn them all. In reality, this sentence is starting off a story that is EXACTLY what that person imagined. They could tell you that story front and back and, without noticing, they could change almost every detail. I notice it. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but it sure is annoying. I hate when people repeat their story, too, when they think you haven't responded properly to their fake encounter. It SUCKS. I try to block out everything, but at some point or another I wake up and just listening to some of it makes me want to slap that person. It doesn't matter who it is. I just wanna slap em. 

These kinds of people tend to be attracted to me. I know a few of them. The one that annoys me the most is someone who may or may not know just how annoying she is. Let's call her Pica. She's in a music class with me and then after that music class, I have lunch with her. Pica tends to repeat the same fucking story over and over and over until I respond correctly. Most of the time, I try to get away with plugging in my head phones and turning up my music on soundcloud until she stops talking. This doesn't work sometimes, though, because Pica tends to STARE AT ME until I take my ear buds out of my ears. It's annoying as hell and I can't make her stop. I can't tell Pica how freaking annoying she is either, or she will get majorly offended and go complain to someone else. I'd honestly rather write about her here than force some other sad sap to listen to her. She recently applied for a job and I've heard the story of her application about 60 times in the past two weeks (not even exaggerating). I think I could probably recite it back to her as she's talking I've heard it so much. And on top of her stories about her application, she complains about her job. She talks about it non-stop, loves and yet hates her job, and she NEVER SHUTS UP. Today she wouldn't shut up after our music exam. After Pica took her exam, I took mine so I could get it over with. But that left us with about 45 or more minutes of just sitting there. With nothing to do. She forgot her phone in another room. I had brought mine cause I was smart. I left at one point to get my headphones, but it didn't take long. The room where my headphones were at is creepy as hell when you're alone. It sounds like people are stepping on the roof and coming towards you. It's just creepy. So I had to rush back to Pica in the other room. As soon as I sat down, she asked me what time it was. Cause god forbid she come with me and get her phone. Nope. She just sat there. I told her and then plugged in my ear buds and turned up the music. I saw her jaw moving out of the corner of my eye, but I really didn't want to talk to her (aka: listen to her talk about the same fucking thing for an hour) so I pretended I didn't see that. But then she just sat there and stared at me. The longer I ignored Pica, the further she leaned forward and towards me. Eventually she got completely in my space and like, leaning against me. I ripped out one of my ear buds and leaned away and asked what she wanted. She asked what time it was. 

Hold on. 

Stop for a second. 

Clear this with your mind. 

SHE LEANED ALL OVER ME TO ASK WHAT TIME IT WAS. SHE GOT ALL UP IN MY SPACE AND WAS BEGGING FOR ATTENTION ONLY TO ASK ME WHAT TIME IT WAS. 

YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS?!

10 MINUTES SINCE THE LAST TIME SHE ASKED. I WANTED TO FREAKING SLAP HER ACROSS THE FACE. 

She moved away when I answered but it was still uncomfortable when I plugged my headphones back in. She started to lean towards me again, so I took them out and stared at her. She started talking. And every single time I would nod and start to put my ear buds back in, you know what she would do?

Pica, the never ending story, would REPEAT HERSELF. AS IF I DIDN'T HEAR HER THE FIRST TIME. 

This is the most annoying routine I can think of. And honestly the only thing I can think of is this one quote... I love it. It applies to so many people that I have heard talk. So to end this blog, I will quote this marvelous quote that applies so clearly to Pica and her endless loquaciousness.

QUOTE:

"IT'S DANGEROUS TO USE YOUR ENTIRE VOCABULARY IN ONE SENTENCE."

Until next time,

A.K.