I want to punch loud annoying people in the kidneys

I was at the hospital this morning with a friend, and Chinese hospitals being what they are (oh, I’ll come back to those at a later date)I took a seat on a nearby bench to settle in for a few hours.

I settled down to read a good book, when suddenly I was torn from my thoughts by one of the most horrible sounds in the world…

A loud, middle-aged Shanghai woman talk about her personal health problems in front of me.

I can understand a woman wanting to share her problems with others. I can understand people need to vent from time to time about the problems they face out there. Honestly, though, why do I need to hear about your venereal disease and how things are escalating to the point where you can hardly piss without feeling like you’re being gutted with a thousand knives (something I wish I could do myself to her at that very moment)? If your vagina’s going to rot off at least be kind enough to keep it to yourself in all ways possible.

I think I’ve found what could best be used to describe people such as her that seem to be so common around the streets:

bigmouthwoman is the same as bigmouthbird

What makes it worse is that I’m not the only one that hates this. I’ve talked to the locals, and THEY think that it’s just as annoying as anyone else.

So why do it?

I think people like to do this to themselves.

After that, there’s not much else I can say…