I hear drunk people

[gordonzola]

Waiting for friends to arrive at the bar last night I got to overhear drunk drama. One guy was yelling at his friend, "I know what you’re doing! You’re stealing my friends. You’re always stealing my friends. You’re not my friend."

His friend, not nearly as drunk, replied in a voice soft enough that I couldn’t understand individual words. He was trying to soothe his friend but it wasn’t working. A woman was also with them and caught my eye and knew I heard the drunk’s outburst . She gave me one of those what-are-ya-gonna-do looks that come with a shrug.

Drunkie saw this, looked over at me, and stormed out.

My friends arrived but I guess the bar was emptier than usual because I kept being distracted by alarming statements coming from the tables around me.

"I have body issues! All women have body issues!

"I’ll beat up your father for you if you want me to."

"Is that a rat under that table over there?"

I decided against hanging out for a second pitcher.

Comments

[rivetpepsquad.livejournal.com]

WHICH bar???

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

Zeitgeist.

[rivetpepsquad.livejournal.com]

*shrieks*

[redshrike.livejournal.com]

i so called it.



(in my head, of course...but still!)

[grapesoda.livejournal.com]

I used to argue the "all women have body issues" statement but just hanging out with other women gives me body issues.

[grapesoda.livejournal.com]

Maybe that was too flippant.... maybe I'm drunk enough to be at that bar you're talking about.

[freshwater-pr0n.livejournal.com]

Drinking to excess is far, far more entertaining when other people are doing the boozing. You save money, you wake up rested and chipper the next day, and you get a free floor show.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

usually that bar is so noisey you can't make out individual conversations so well. This was a special night.

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

The Drunks freakin' love you.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

ha, you should know!

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

We recognize one of our own.

[slit.livejournal.com]

Don't make fun.

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

Who's making fun? Aren't we all speaking the same language here?

[the-dalai-mama.livejournal.com]

That has got to be the best thing I've read all day!

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

aw thanks.

[aparecida.livejournal.com]

People with issues hang out in bars? Who knew?

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

hey now. no one disputed that. It was the visibility of their issues that was remarkable.

[aparecida.livejournal.com]

:)

I've been noticing that every time my boyfriend gets together with any of his friends, they seem to get really drunk together. I was starting to wonder whether he had more problems than he was letting on to me, or whether I was just wrong about my conception that people drink like that when they have problems. Turns out it's that all of his friends have problems.

He doesn't seem to mind that, but I must say, I enjoy my life better now that it's no longer true that all of my friends have Serious Issues.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

I used to find this kind of scenario hilarious, and drunks endlessly amusing. Now I just find it kind of, well... depressing.