So I'm walking into class yesterday.....this class being Genetics.
I follow some girl in. I'm at a safe, comfortable distance but close enough so that it should be obvious that I'm going inside as well because there really isn't anywhere else to go in the direction that I'm walking. The girl goes in the first set of doors, and I'm just far enough back that I can't just grab the door myself before it begins to close. What does this girl do? Nope, she doesn't hold it open or anything. Just walks right through leaving me to lunge to grab the door for myself before it closes all the way. Hey, I figure, maybe she just didn't see me. No big deal, it happens. Well, the second set of doors is seriously like 4 steps after the first set, and she wasn't through those by the time I got through the first set. Now, it had to be obvious that I was going into the building. With both sets of doors shut, it was a closed environment. If she didn't see me in the reflection of the glass windows surrounding us, she had to have heard my footsteps. And once again, nothing. She just strolls right through without even looking over her shoulder. Now I'm left to wonder. I generally think that common courtesy dictates that you should hold the door for somebody following you in, regardless of gender. Not to suggest that one should wait there, but there is time to simply hold it open quick without jeopardizing one's pace.
Explanation? This girl, was obviously not in a hurry because she wasn't running, and she wasn't late because it was 1:20 and class began at 1:25, plenty of time. That would have been my only explanation to why she didn't hold the door. I mean even if I'm late, I try to hold the door if anybody is following me in. It really only takes a split second and what does a split second mean when you're already late, which she wasn't. Little seemingly insignificant acts of kindness like holding the door can really make someone's days better. I have somewhat come to expect these little things, because I like to think people are generally kind and considerate. And when these things do happen, I really appreciate them because it reinforces the fact that people are good inside.
Now I'm thinking, what is this girl's problem? It's just kind of irking me.
The girl turns right after entering the second set of glass doors. I follow her. Her trajectory leads to the conclusion that she is going to the same class as I, Genetics. I'm still roughly the same distance behind her. Now, the doors to this class room aren't normal. They are huge. They go all the way to the ceiling and are really pretty heavy. She pulls the right door open, the standard entry door in the door setup at hand.
Okay, now this is the weirdest part. She walks in, looks over her shoulder, and smiles as she proceeds to CLOSE the door behind her. Then she just sat down without any further comment or acknowledgement. WHOA WHOA WHOA! Sound the alarm, something very very weird is happening here. Who does that? These doors are heavy, it would take more energy to try to stop it's opening momentum and close it than to simply let it close by itself. So the fact that she did that was just weird. But where did the smile come in. I was completely confused by that. I had no clue who this girl was. As far as I knew I had never seen her before in my life.
So I sat down next to Kevo and told him. He confirmed that he did not recognize her either. It was agreed that the events that had just transpired were indeed very weird. I am still perplexed by them. It just doesn't seem to make any sense.
On the topic of odd human behavior.
Moments after telling Kevo about the door closing incident, a girl sits down next to me. This is a different girl than the door closer. No, it would not be weird for a girl to sit down next to me, normally. But the seat I was in, should have dictated that she sit somewhere else. I was in the third chair from the end of the row, meaning that the two chairs next to me where wide open. It is common knowledge that when entering a room where you don't know people, you try to sit in a spot where you aren't actually right next to anybody. I didn't know who this girl was. Why would she sit next to me and leave the aisle seat open? Once again I commented to Kevo, and it was agreed upon that this too was strange.
What has this world come too? Why are normal human actions suddenly taking such odd turns? Or could it be that these girls simply don't know the unwritten code to human interaction?
Oh yes, and if you're thinking that I really had talked to them and am just so high on myself that I had purged them from memory. I will tell you that this is not the case. That usually only happens in a drunken state. But I will be the first to admit that I am terrible at remembering peoples names within the first 10 seconds of hearing it. But I don't talk to anybody in that class besides my buddies I sit by and on top of that, I tend to spend a lot of the class period falling in and out of consciousness.
What a coincidence that two such strange events would occur within 1 min of each other. Maybe it's a sign that I should rethink my whole picture of human existence. Or maybe it just means that I should go make dinner.
Don't even get me started on proper urinal approach etiquette.
I follow some girl in. I'm at a safe, comfortable distance but close enough so that it should be obvious that I'm going inside as well because there really isn't anywhere else to go in the direction that I'm walking. The girl goes in the first set of doors, and I'm just far enough back that I can't just grab the door myself before it begins to close. What does this girl do? Nope, she doesn't hold it open or anything. Just walks right through leaving me to lunge to grab the door for myself before it closes all the way. Hey, I figure, maybe she just didn't see me. No big deal, it happens. Well, the second set of doors is seriously like 4 steps after the first set, and she wasn't through those by the time I got through the first set. Now, it had to be obvious that I was going into the building. With both sets of doors shut, it was a closed environment. If she didn't see me in the reflection of the glass windows surrounding us, she had to have heard my footsteps. And once again, nothing. She just strolls right through without even looking over her shoulder. Now I'm left to wonder. I generally think that common courtesy dictates that you should hold the door for somebody following you in, regardless of gender. Not to suggest that one should wait there, but there is time to simply hold it open quick without jeopardizing one's pace.
Explanation? This girl, was obviously not in a hurry because she wasn't running, and she wasn't late because it was 1:20 and class began at 1:25, plenty of time. That would have been my only explanation to why she didn't hold the door. I mean even if I'm late, I try to hold the door if anybody is following me in. It really only takes a split second and what does a split second mean when you're already late, which she wasn't. Little seemingly insignificant acts of kindness like holding the door can really make someone's days better. I have somewhat come to expect these little things, because I like to think people are generally kind and considerate. And when these things do happen, I really appreciate them because it reinforces the fact that people are good inside.
Now I'm thinking, what is this girl's problem? It's just kind of irking me.
The girl turns right after entering the second set of glass doors. I follow her. Her trajectory leads to the conclusion that she is going to the same class as I, Genetics. I'm still roughly the same distance behind her. Now, the doors to this class room aren't normal. They are huge. They go all the way to the ceiling and are really pretty heavy. She pulls the right door open, the standard entry door in the door setup at hand.
Okay, now this is the weirdest part. She walks in, looks over her shoulder, and smiles as she proceeds to CLOSE the door behind her. Then she just sat down without any further comment or acknowledgement. WHOA WHOA WHOA! Sound the alarm, something very very weird is happening here. Who does that? These doors are heavy, it would take more energy to try to stop it's opening momentum and close it than to simply let it close by itself. So the fact that she did that was just weird. But where did the smile come in. I was completely confused by that. I had no clue who this girl was. As far as I knew I had never seen her before in my life.
So I sat down next to Kevo and told him. He confirmed that he did not recognize her either. It was agreed that the events that had just transpired were indeed very weird. I am still perplexed by them. It just doesn't seem to make any sense.
On the topic of odd human behavior.
Moments after telling Kevo about the door closing incident, a girl sits down next to me. This is a different girl than the door closer. No, it would not be weird for a girl to sit down next to me, normally. But the seat I was in, should have dictated that she sit somewhere else. I was in the third chair from the end of the row, meaning that the two chairs next to me where wide open. It is common knowledge that when entering a room where you don't know people, you try to sit in a spot where you aren't actually right next to anybody. I didn't know who this girl was. Why would she sit next to me and leave the aisle seat open? Once again I commented to Kevo, and it was agreed upon that this too was strange.
What has this world come too? Why are normal human actions suddenly taking such odd turns? Or could it be that these girls simply don't know the unwritten code to human interaction?
Oh yes, and if you're thinking that I really had talked to them and am just so high on myself that I had purged them from memory. I will tell you that this is not the case. That usually only happens in a drunken state. But I will be the first to admit that I am terrible at remembering peoples names within the first 10 seconds of hearing it. But I don't talk to anybody in that class besides my buddies I sit by and on top of that, I tend to spend a lot of the class period falling in and out of consciousness.
What a coincidence that two such strange events would occur within 1 min of each other. Maybe it's a sign that I should rethink my whole picture of human existence. Or maybe it just means that I should go make dinner.
Don't even get me started on proper urinal approach etiquette.
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