People and Their Vegetables

I usually don't mind talking to people I don't know. It can be kind of fun and interesting. But there are some things I just don't really care about or need to know from a stranger. One of these things is their feelings on peas. It can be mentioned in passing, but I don't need to hear about it for twenty minutes. I never knew that I did not need this, but it was discovered a few days ago whilst at my friends house. Her grandma's friend or sister or something like that came over. I had never met her before. We were introduced and started the normal menial chit-chat that social etiquette requires. It was all going fine and dandy until we started talking about her garden, more specifically her peas. She loves them. She knows a thousand different ways to prepare them. She fully believes in their nutritious value. She cared and knew enough to make me sit and listen for many minutes of my life that I felt wasted. If I know you, I will sit through such speeches simply because I care about you. If I don't know you, I probably still will out of politeness, but I will most likely walk away with many an unkind thought of you.