...hurry



"No way...no he's not!  Girl, he's fucking weird!  It's a party there?  Girl whatcha doing..our last resort.  Better call him...oh no way, I'm such a bitch.  He likes you...just text him, hurry!"

--young woman WORKING at Zeli Coffee, La Canada, CA, 5/9/14, 6:30 p.m.

She was on speakerphone at the time.

I know my stuff...

"Very stupid the way he was carrying on..was going up and down up and down up and down..how many times do i have to tell him...I don't know nobody knows it doesn't mean that he should right now. Nobody knows what's going on right now end of story.  ..I know my stuff...All I'm trying to say is that you...I am in a situation that is so unsure i feel very uncomfortable because nothing's stable.  Also i am in a lot of pain and I'm the only one who can authorize..all these inflammatory drugs..i am I'm terrible pain.  I DONT CARE THIS IS URGENT OR OTHERWISE IM GONNA DRIVE DOWN THERE NOW!"

--Man in Koffi, Palm Springs, CA, 3/17/14, 3:09 p.m.

Power Bitch





"This is what I was looking for, bitch!  'The 48 Laws of Power!"

--Young woman (17-18?) with group of two friends.  She had just returned one of the "Prada Plan" series.

stupid making more stupids



"I'm gonna go get some Viagra."

--Sloppy guy outside Lakeview Terrace Branch Library, Lakeview Terrace, CA, 1/16/14, 1:20 p.m.