If you haven’t read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows yet, don’t read this ‘cause there’s spoilers ahead.

(Note that I am kind enough to warn you ahead about spoilers, unlike other people…)

I had this premonition that having lunch in SC full of college students is a bad idea. I was right. I was already acting “unreasonable” as my mom put it when I’ve been complaining about our choice of eating place. I miraculously finished my food first and was already nursing a glass of juice when a group of students adjacent to our table started blabbering about the latest Harry Potter book. Simply put, spoilers were the center of discussion. My blood pressure shot up so fast that I try alleviating the ringing in my ears as I glance at their table and shake my head with complete revulsion. I wanted to approach them and turn their tables along with their lunches upside down. Their immaturity disgusts me to the brink.

Erpats only noticed the conversation from the neighboring table after several minutes and commented if he heard right, “Ano daw? Namatay si Harry Potter?” My mother replied, “Pinapatay nila si Harry Potter.”

And I said while eyeing the other table, “Ako papatay na ‘ko ng tao.” Forget that I just finished attending mass.

My brother, being callous and overly sensible that he is, answered matter-of-factly, “Wala kang magagawa, public place ito, hindi mo poder. May karapatan silang pag-usapan kung ano’ng gusto nila.”

Thanks, bro. You’re such a help in battering my already bruised ego. Go ahead; keep kicking me while I’m already lying writhing in pain.

“Wala silang konsiderasyon.” I countered. Not wanting to continue the sour atmosphere of our conversation, I switched by joking, “Basta alam ko buhay si Dumbledore.”

I had to leave it to that, eventually we left and I got home to this. I needed to put this down into writing and give a piece of my mind to the world, specifically to those pompous loud-mouths who just can’t shut their traps and enjoy being asinine know-it-alls as they find their self-assurance in broadcasting to the whole world that they knew something first before anybody else.

Usually I pity stupid people because some just can’t help being brainless. But in this case, the stupidity ranges to another level due to lack of attention. Mga KSP. Mga walang life. Mga walang konsiderasyon. Cheh.