So, I was waiting patiently for the train after class today, reading Interview with the Vampire, and minding my own business. There were a couple of girls a few metres away from me, and even without a breeze I could smell their perfume quite strongly, which definitely reminded me of a few people I knew back in high school. Plus they were playing their Top 40 music loud enough for all to hear, but I still managed to ignore them. Then a group of three young teen girls girls walks past me and sits down a few feet away from me (watch as I seamlessly transition between the metric system and that other one used by other countries *wink*). They were chatting, and then one of them calls her father to pick her up from whatever station she was going to alight at. When he apparently got annoyed at her for being so late getting home (they were young enough that they would've had a time limit on their day out), she put on a high, whiny voice, and yelled at him for jumping to conclusions, saying that her friends went to the movies and that's why she was so late. So, apparently they held her at gunpoint and forced her to stay out with them. Interesting. Then she went on to tell him to be at the station because he had to drive her straight to dance, and then hung up. I know I haven't been out of my teens for many years, but when did please and thank you go out of fashion?
Then the other two friends started fighting about borrowed money, or something, one friend threatened to slap the other one, things got a bit heated, and then the one on the receiving end walks all the way to the other end of the station just to get away from her. This last bit happened within the space of maybe 7 minutes (though I wasn't keeping track of time). Guess what girl number 3, THOSE AREN'T REAL FRIENDS. I can just see them making up, the more dominant friend being apologised to by the other friend, after saying potentially damaging things about her behind her back, things will be awkward for a few weeks, and then it will get back to normal. How is that a good thing? High school sucks at the best of times, and when you have friends like that it actually makes it really bad for some of the time, but that is completely outweighed by the fact that you've actually got friends, regardless of how they treat you. I don't know how to stop this happening, and really it's none of my concern, but I can't help but think back to a few non-friends I had in my earlier years of high school, and how much better my life was when I got rid of them and found the group I finished high school with. They think that they're different to us older generations, and I probably thought the same thing when I was their age, but they're not. History is repeating itself time and time again, and the only difference is that we've now entered the 'Bubble-Wrap' Generation, where you can't say any negative words to children (eg instead of 'don't run inside' you must say 'walking inside please') because apparently a child will just fall apart otherwise. I've got news for you, when they go out and get real jobs their bosses aren't going to say 'Walking inside please', they're going to say 'Don't run in here, that's a major OH&S violation, which you should already know from training. Do it again and you'll be given an official warning.' I can just see this generation falling apart at the seams every time someone tries to teach them anything in the real world.
That's my two-cents worth
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