Do y’all not understand what fidget spinners are for? This is a way for people to burn off nervous energy (ADD, anxiety issues etc.) and does not imply that the person fiddling with it isn’t listening. In fact, they’re designed to HELP people pay attention.
I pull out my hair (a habit similar to biting your fingernails) and as soon as I find a decent spinner that’s small enough for my stumpy fingers to work one-handed I’m gonna carry that thing with me everywhere I go. To replace the impulse that leads to my trichotillomania.
Granted, if the spinners make noise or if they’re using them to actively distract other students (tossing back & forth or something) then that’s not tolerable behavior, of course, but at that point it’s not the spinner it’s the asshole, and your ire could be directed towards Koosh balls or something.
Are you familiar with fidget cubes? Check product comparisons if you might be interested in one of these, there are substantial differences in quality between the good ones and the cheap knockoffs.
Actually learned that from a pastor who said "Actually, Meg listens better when she’s knitting, her husband needlepoints, Dave fills a page of his sketchbook every Sunday, and Pietro paces…
“Those people who just sit there? I have no idea what’s going on in their heads…”
Btw, my classroom has hit Minimum Ubiquitous Spinnerage, where there’s enough of them spinning that no one notices them anymore.
Okay. This has finally gotten on my last nerve. I’m on vacation in South Korea, but the following is a common stunt I’ve seen in many places, including the US.
So, I’m taking a taxi back to my hotel and there’s a rather clever and, I have to admit, cute little cartoon sticker inside the passenger side door. The sticker advises the passenger to watch out for scooter and motorcycle drivers passing the taxi on the right while the passenger is exiting the taxi. The buses here have those stickers too. The stunt is the morons riding the damn scooters/motorcycles and passing a bus on the right when the bus is at a bus stop or passing a taxi on the right while it’s obvious the passengers are exiting. Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to not realize that a bus at a bus stop just might have passengers boarding or exiting the bus? And, anyway, why are you passing a stationary vehicle on the right in the first place? (Yes, traffic drives on the right in South Korea.)
Brings to mind something that happened a few years ago in this very city (Busan). One young lady in my church ward had been absent for a couple of weeks. When she was present again, I asked her where she’d been. She replied that she’d been in the hospital for about a week because she got hit by a motorcycle passing her bus as she exited the bus. Well, we had to take the same bus route home after church. When we got to our stop, she exited first but she grabbed the handrail and kicked high and hard out the door. When we got off the bus, she told me she was hoping that she’d connect with some moron on a scooter or motorbike. Personally, I hope she’s continuing to do that and connects each and every time!
Eh, I’ve watched idiots on a sidewalk insist on walking right past the door of the bus while it is offloading passengers, stepping right in front of people trying to step off the bus. Selfish morons.
That sounds like a big public safety problem. Are there hefty fines or other punishments for people caught passing stationary vehicles on the right? Is there any way to try to get the police to enforce --or, better yet, prevent–motorcyclists from going around standing buses?
I’m so sorry to hear about the kidney stone! I hope stone removal and recovery is as fast and painless as possible. When you get out of your appointment today, tell us how the situation looks.
Why do people, after waiting in line at a fast food place, walk up to the counter and only then begin looking at the menu and trying to figure out what to order?
I feel like clubbing them over the head and throwing them to the back of the line.
Fucking morons. You’ve been standing there waiting. You could have spent that time figuring out what you wanted so you could order it instead of showing everyone what a clueless jackass you are and wasting everyone’s time.
That goes triple for idiots with kids. Don’t fucking wait until you get to the counter to ask what they want.
And damn, even at the drive-though, if you go to McDonalds, Taco Bell or any other fast food place, you fucking know what they sell. Don’t sit at the speak arguing with your kids. Know what they want before you get there.
But oh wait, you mean there are other people in the world? :eek:
Um. There are people in the world (like me) who have impaired vision. I can barely make out the menu boards when I’m starting right at the counter, but not at all otherwise.
Why can’t they post a copy of the menu on the wall somewhere in the lobby?:mad: With prices and calorie counts, too, that’d be lovely.
Though, no, I don’t hold up the line. I just order the same things – if there’s a fabulous new special I’d love, well, hopefully I’ll see a commercial for it or something.
[QUOTE=Monty;2038793And, anyway, why are you passing a stationary vehicle on the right in the first place? (Yes, traffic drives on the right in South Korea.)[/QUOTE]
Because that makes it so much easier to snatch the purse or wallet from the passenger and take off on the scooter.
I thought I had a solution to this because my roommate has a nice concealed-carry purse she keeps her handgun in. Turns out she got it at Goody’s twelve years ago and it’s not technically a concealed-carry purse. It has a compartment at the bottom that used to hold a change purse, but is also the right size for a handgun.
So my suggestion is to get a time machine and go to a Goody’s in 2005.
Because the menu on the wall is too small to see until you get to the front of the line! That’s because all the fast food joints have crammed so many other items onto the menu (trying to pretend they’re a real restaurant) that they have to keep the print small to fit them all in. And to leave about a quarter of the menu space for flashing, animated advertisements.