I can just imagine my hyper-judgmental 19-year-old self overhearing this exchange and forming all kinds of uncharitable conclusions about the speakers. Scribbling their remarks down with puritan glee. Hoo boy.
My resolution this week is to write a story that's a mix of dialogue and prose. So: an actual short story. No idea where I'm going to go with this, but there's already a strong voice, so that should help to inform who the characters are.
As for what the story's about...? I guess we've learned by now that that comes later.