Shut up and ___________!

I am a phone person. I love talking on the phone. Always have. I remember when I was in elementary school how we were the first people of my friends to get call waiting and 3 way calling. I remember being on the phone for hours and hours with my friends talking about absolutely nothing.

I still enjoy talking on the phone playing catch up with friends, gossiping and laughing about my dating life.

What I don't understand is why people feel the need to have long extended conversations out in public. Today at the gym, the girl next to me on the elliptical machine got a phone call and proceeded to have this ridiculously long and loud conversation. I was standing next to her and had my iPod paying but I still managed to hear about how much weight she has gained and how her friend didn't notice it at her birthday party because she was wearing a big dress. TMI, I don't care about this girl. Why must I be subjected to her personal conversations? I always thought that if you are really getting a good workout, you should be able to talk but you really don't want to. To this lady I say, "shut up and workout"

But it's just not while working out. It's in the locker room, at the grocery store, in line at Starbucks, walking around CVS, eating at a restaurant, at the movies. EVERYWHERE!! Are these conversations so important that people can't wait until they are in private? Why must the rest of the world suffer through your dumb conversations? And why must you talk extra loud? Shut up all ready! Hang up the damn phone you loser!