So the other day in class, we had a guest speaker come in. He came in to talk to us about SAP and ERP, some Information Management topics, and his career in the industry. He had some pretty interesting insights and stories, but one thing took place that kind of summed up the people in my class.
After we came back from break, our guest speaker got back to the front of the room, ready to continue his conversation with us. Right before he was about to get started, a conversation was sparked about some TV show about multitasking in the digital age or something. A few comments were made, and it was clear that this guy was ready to go. Just as he was about to speak, another student shouted something out about the TV show that took the conversation in a whole new direction. This caused another person to get into the conversation, going back and forth for a couple of minutes.
This is all happening while our guest speaker is just standing at the front of the room (mind you, wearing a T-shirt that ended directly at the top of his cargo pants), waiting in silence for this ridiculous conversation to end. I mean, how obnoxious do you have to be to carry on your own conversation, while a guest speaker waits for you to shut the fuck up?! The best part was that every time it seemed like the conversation was going to end, this guy would open his mouth to start speaking, just to be interrupted by some other idiot jumping in and making another useless, obscure point. Eventually, I couldn't stand it anymore. Every time someone added something to this conversation, I just laughed and made them aware of the ridiculousness of this situation. It was mind boggling to see how oblivious these people could be.
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