No, I think Sheldon is aware of the feelings his friends (and treasured acquaintance) have for him. He just thinks his way is far superior. If a random customer had ordered in excruciating detail and confirmed all those details when the food arrived, he’d just think that person was operating on the same, superior plane as Sheldon. When Leonard did it, Sheldon was completely aware he was doing it to annoy him - it just didn’t work because excruciating attention to detail never bothers Sheldon.
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Jeebus, how long did it take to do that?
That’s an amusing juxtaposition of post and username 
It was good but I found it to be very comic like.
The writers are going way overboard with Sheldon turning him into a caricature of himself.
When the security guard calls Leonard to get his friend, we can assume the guys frequent the place as they guard would’ve called the cops. But Sheldon’s actions are sitcom funny but would be real world insanity.
We’ve already seen Kramer walking into a company and starting a job he didn’t have and getting fired from it. Now this is the second time we see Sheldon doing working at a place he doesn’t actually work at. First was at the computer store, where he started helping people, when he went to buy a gift for Leonard
I liked the epsisode but the writers are clearly pushing Sheldon from a quirky guy to an insane nut. Like Ted Baxter in his original form was just an idiot, till they got him Georgette who humanized the character. Not that Sheldon should get a girlfriend, but they need to bring him back to where he was originally, a social ackward guy with quirks not, and insane lunatic.
Jumping around in a ball bin isn’t quirky it’s insanity. And it’s a cheap way of getting a laugh. And normally I wouldn’t be bugged by it, but the writers are clearly capable of coming up with good material and not having to resort to such things to come up with a quick laugh
*Sheldon: I’m not crazy. Mother had me tested.
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I mildly agree with the rest of your post, but I interpreted his ball bin insanity as an indication of his sleep deprivation and not a reflection of his normal state of mind.
I went to Caltech. This isn’t very far off from things I saw students (even some grad students) actually do. Some of the faculty were pretty zany, too. Wouldn’t put it past some of the postdocs either. On this point the show is exaggerated for effect, but not as divorced from reality as you might think.
Bazinga is the new catch phrase around my house. Sheldon is completely OTT but in a fun, harmless sitcom way. I can’t say I mind it too much every once in a while.
But they’ve really got to bring back Leslie Finkel.
I didn’t have a problem with it because (aside form the fact that he broke into the building) a ball pit is actually an appropriate place to act like that. It turned out to be a good physical outlet for his frustrations complicated by lack of sleep.
Now, if they’d had him rooting around in a dumpster, or running naked through the woods or something, you’d have a stronger point. But the ball pit… Heck, I’d probably act nuts in there too. Looked like fun.
Just how realistic was the ball pit, physically speaking. Is it really possible to submerge and propel yourself to a new location unobserved?
It wasn’t “unobserved.” The viewers could see Sheldon’s “wake.” Leonard was just so frustrated and sleepy that he didn’t notice. But you could tell that Parsons was doing his own stunts, as it were.
Not quite, and certainly not as fast. But what made it hysterical was that Sheldon was finally in his element; unlike the “real world,” he could actually function there . . . while Leonard was just totally flummoxed.
Bazinga!
Ha, not too long. Mostly just copy and pasted. (bazinga)
Leonard: “And here, you can have my corn…”
Sheldon" “Corn?! What the hell am I supposed to do with corn?!”
Winkel.
I loved the fact that it was Howard, who only has a master’s and is only Leonard’s “treasured acquaintance,” whose offering was rejected.
I keep wondering about that. Doesn’t schizophrenia typically not manifest until late adolescence?
I think Markxxx has a point. When Leonard arrives, Sheldon was building atomic structures with the balls, not playing.
I’m guessing you don’t read much xkcd? Randall Munroe even built his own! In some parts of geekdom, ball pits are up there with bacon as objects of internet idolization.
I disagree. We got to see how Sheldon acts when he is sleep deprived and frustrated. As sson as he got some sleep, he came up with a solution—do something mundane until his brain figured out the answer.
I have a similar brain. If a problem doesn’t involve fire or blood, I force myself not to think of it for 24 ours. Often I come up with a solution then.