TMI

Have you ever noticed how people always seem to provide way too much information? A simple question or a compliment can start a snowball of verbiage vomit that you didn’t see coming!

I mean, the other day I was in Kroger and the clerk asked me how I was doing. I responded, “just fine, and you?” Oh boy, was I not prepared. She blurted out this whole scenario about being worried because she hasn’t had a period in years, and now, all of a sudden, she has a new roommate who started hers, and now they are in sync. WOW!!! Really? I could have gone all year without knowing this. Why on earth would anyone feel compelled to share this information?

Giving a simple compliment can also bring on way too much information. Just recently, I complimented someone on their outfit. The response was baffling. I learned that they had been sick and lost a lot of weight, and as a result, they had to buy new clothes. The part I’m leaving out is the detail of how they described their sickness and all the things wrong with them, as well as the fact that they bought the outfit from Shein, which ships from China, and so on.

There are so many more examples I could roll with here, but you get the gist. I am just amazed at what people don’t mind sharing. Whatever happened to the simple “thank you” when you get a compliment? Or the polite, “I’m good, thank you,” when asked how you are?

To wrap this up, I suppose I’ll say that I’ve started thinking twice before answering someone’s polite questions and remembering to only say “thank you” when someone compliments me. If they are really interested in knowing more, they will ask. Trust me on that one!