TMI UMD

"It bugs me when people talk in the library,� UMD senior Janie Vadnais said. “If it's for a short amount of time it's really not a big deal, but if they’re having a ‘meeting’ or just passing by each other and talk for a long time, it's really annoying because it's not really the place to talk.�

No matter how annoying it is listening to other students talking too loudly, somehow it seems that there will always be the people who give a little too much information [T.M.I.].

“I think it’s weird that people don’t care that the people they don’t know can hear what they are talking about,� UMD senior Courtney Mettling said.

Chances are, if you’ve ever heard someone giving T.M.I., they’ve probably heard you giving T.M.I.

Think of all the random and weird things heard around campus, what are some of the strangest phrases you remember most?

“Where are you guys? I’m in Spanish class and no one is here!�
This is just one of many phrases heard outside a quiet classroom while students are trying to take a test.

“Where you at? You going to Stargate? Come get me, I’m with my girl.�
A saying heard inside a quiet computer room. This was the third time the man picked up his phone.

“Oh my god! I can’t believe she said that!�
This was heard in front of the lockers in the Sports and Health Center.

“I had a class with these two girls last semester and all they did was talk. Once they were talking about this one girl who was pregnant and saying her name and making it pretty uncomfortable for the few of us that could hear,� Vadnais said.

“One time I heard a guy in Humanities burp really loud because he thought no one was around,� senior Racheal Lybeck said.

If you find yourself sharing information that others might not want to hear, chances are there may be students closer than you think, so please don’t be that girl who fights with her boyfriend in the library, thinking she’s quiet, when really everyone can hear her. And please don’t be the guy outside the classroom telling his friend what he did last night.

“People should wait to have the conversations when they aren't around people they don’t know,� Mettling said.

A good way to avoid everyone at UMD listening in on you is to go in the bathroom to have a conversation, go outside, or even try texting the person you are trying to have a conversation with.

“I would recommend to go elsewhere. Be respectful of the other people around you,� Vadnais said.