Pedantics

I was watching The Big Bang Theory and heard a new word.  I like the way it sounds, but I don't know this word!  I look it up.  Pedantic is a state of pedant.  Naturally, I need to know what "pedant" is and look that up next.  It's a noun and means a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules.  My.  New.  Favorite.  Word!  I realize the world needs all kinds of thinking and all kinds of personalities.  I can dig it.  Certainly there are times I want someone super detail oriented.  Like brain surgeons.  Or whoever is working on that illusive cure for cancer.  The guy detailing my car...I love how he Qtips my air vents & dash crevices to remove dust...makes my 2007 vehicle look virtually new! 
 
However, I do get frustrated when people get so hung up on minuscule details that they interrupt the flow of a conversation or bring it to a screeching halt.  For me, it's like I'm roller skating.  I'm picking up momentum, getting a groove going and someone shoves a stick in my wheels.  If it's pertinent, I'm cool.  If it's not pertinent, it's a waste of everyone's time, in my opinion.  Save your breath.  There are some things that simply do not warrant a full throttle break down of every little detail.  If someone is talking and mention they're eating a chicken salad sandwich when something worth repeating happens to them, but I specifically remember it was in fact a tuna fish salad sandwich, I do NOT stop the story to correct them.  You know why?  Because it has absolutely zero bearing on the story.  The story isn't about chicken salad OR the tuna salad, it's about something else entirely.  Who the frickin frackity frick cares what they were eating?  I want to hear about the REAL story!  The menu was merely to offer a frame of reference so we know they were eating a meal when the story worth repeating first broke.

So...yeah, UNLESS we're recording history for future generations to benefit and learn from, do we really care about an inconsequential detail? Is there a hidden consequence if we think the story teller was eating chicken salad when in fact, they ate tuna salad?  Let the story continue without undue interruption, please and thank you.  

But....that's just me.