Lately, I've been using public transit a little too often. Not only are the public grooming habits a little unsavory, I've accidentally eavesdropped on some of the stupidest conversations ever.

What's the dumbest conversation you've heard lately? Mine involved the "friend zone" and a couple of clueless students.

Recently Overheard on the bus:

Cute girl, age: 21-ish: So, like, I don't know why you even think I'm shallow. I'm not shallow. I dated a geek.

OK looking guy, same age, caught dangerously in the "friend zone": What geek did you date? Come on.....

Girl: You know, David. He was like a total geek. He studied computers. He even wore glasses.

Guy: Yeah, but he's like 5"11". He can't be that much of a geek.

The conversation went on in much the same vein. Short and sweet, the conversation taught me enough to make a snap judgment about each of the people in the conversation and their friendship.

Fact #1: The girl is shallow. Anyone that has to prove she is not shallow by indicating which guy she dated as evidence is more than likely one of the most shallow people in the room. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing (I myself like bad TV, silly articles, and the occasional dumb conversation), but too many shallow people does not make the world a better place.

Fact #2: WIthout even looking at the guy, he is short and suffering from sort of complex around it, more than likely as a result of being in the "friend zone" for too long. For those of you not in the know, the friend zone is the point at which the guy is trying desperately either to get sex and/or a relationship with a girl while the girl uses it to her maximum advantage to gain favors of the non-sexual kind including but not limited to: rides, concert tickets, invitations to parties, and free alcohol.

Fact #3: The guy is also shallow. Since when do height and geekiness have anything to do with each other? Granted, Bill Gates is not the tallest of gentleman, but I am sure they are tall geeks somewhere out there.

Fact #4: If this David guy was a real geek, she never would have dated him in the first place, being WAY too cute and WAY too shallow to even consider the possibility of dating him in the first place.

And, FYI, I don't think that all cute girls are shallow, but you have to represent yourselves a little better than this particular chica did.