I will never understand some people
General | December 5, 2009
Tonight, at dinner, I went to get some ice cream, but ended up not taking any because you know what the person in front of me did? He stuck his head into the ice cream tub, presumably to smell it (who does that?), and his long curly hair, which looked like it had not been washed in days, brushed against the ice cream and brought up chunks of it as he stood up straight.
Seriously now, who does that? There are a lot of weird and quirky people at my college, including one of my friends who likes to eat a mixture of yogurt, sugar, Froot Loops, and Cocoa Puffs, but according to him, “At least I’m not a threat to public health.” Just his own.
Yesterday, at the library, I was going to take the elevator up to the fourth floor when a girl walked in and pressed the button for the second floor. Seriously now? Even I’m not that lazy. I would gladly walk a flight or two of stairs unless I was holding something particularly heavy. This girl didn’t have anything, not even a backpack or a bag. She was empty-handed. And get this: the library has a constantly-running escalator up to the second floor. You just stand on it, and it takes you to the second floor. No effort even required, and it’s much faster than waiting for the elevator.
Anyone want to give me some insight into the minds of these people? Or if not, tell me your stories about people you don’t understand!
I can empathise re: people in elevators. There’s one building at uni which has 12 floors, is very busy, but has only three elevators. Sometimes, you have to wait minutes for one, only to get in and have to stop at every single level (I always had to go to level 10!). I’ll generally walk up to level four or five (depends on the building, though). Farther and I’ll get the elevator.
Oh, and another example. The law building at my uni has a mezzanine, and the staircase to get there is right at the entrance, yet I recently witnessed someone get the elevator, which he had to walk farther for, instead of using the stairs. Pretty sure using the elevator took about five times as much time!
Anyway, this turned into a rant, whoops.
Urgh, the germophobe in me dislikes people with dirty hair, and I don’t particularly dig long/shaggy hair either. But the ice cream tub must’ve been rather huge for him to stick his head in it? Though, I don’t care if he does that with his own tub of ice cream at home, but with ice cream you share?!
Also, the elevator. The elevator in my uni’s library is at the far end, so the stairs are about 20 m, closer, so lazy people actually opt for the stairs. Also, the fact that the elevators take about 5-10 minutes to arrive usually deters everyone going up 1-2 floors from taking the elevator.
As someone who always gets dirty looks when I’m using an elevator to go up only one floor, I’d like to suggest that maybe she has an invisible illness that requires conservation of energy. The energy it takes me to climb just one flight of stairs is equivalent to a healthy person bench-pressing their own weight for at least 5 reps. But that being said, the girl in your elevator was probably just lazy.
Argh I know exactly what you mean! I was at a restaurant the other week with my family and as I was passing by the spaghetti pot, this man came up with some half eaten spaghetti on his plate, lifted the lid and scooped it back in. He noticed me looking at him awkwardly and he’s like, “I don’t like to waste food.” and gave me this “you know what I mean” smile. Really??? REALLY??? You don’t like to waste food so you’re sharing your germs with everyone else?? Eck.
The elevator thing is not so surprising, but the ice cream guy? EW!
Ew, that is so gross. The hair in the ice cream thing. People just don’t realize how nasty their habits are. It freaks me out when people still sneeze into their hands and then wipe them on their jeans. Gross, people. Or when I catch them picking their nose and they put their boogers under the table, desk, or wherever they’re sitting.
This is why I have such a hard time eating at buffet-type places. I try not to think about what’s already been done before I got there, but if I see someone do something nasty around the food, that’s pretty much it for me. I won’t touch anything else.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone do something as ridiculously disgusting as the hair in the ice cream. Like, honestly, wtf???