Last night I had an itch in my eye, and when I went to wipe
my eye, I pulled something like five eyelashes out. I feel like that’s not a good sign. I feel like there's a saying about that.
Room Etiquette and Mobile Device Tethers
One of my biggest pet peeves (shut UP, I do not have that
many) is people who do not have proper entering-the-room etiquette.
When you enter the room, you are the one who greets people.
The enter-er does the greeting.
You know how I know this is correct? Because the person who is standing in front
of the coffee machine, copy machine, etc., may not know that you have snuck
into the room, and you will scare the crap out of them if you just sneak up
behind them without announcing yourself.
It’s not the room occupy-ers duty to say “good morning” to you first.
I am REALLY big on this rule, because I work in a large
office environment. If I walk into the
kitchen and there are folks in there, I pass along a “Hello!” or “Good morning!” I don’t act like nothing is happening. I expect interaction, however brief and/or
painful it might be.
When I turn around, and someone has entered the room, and they
are just pretending I am not there, it boils my blood.
The reason that I care is because I know this is going to be
a growing trend as generations younger than mine are socially interactively inept,
due to their umbilical cord to their electronic devices. Folks can’t even ride 2 minutes in an elevator
with other humans without using their cell phone crutch.
OH NO, THIS MIGHT REQUIRE HUMAN INTERACTION, WHERE IS MY CELL PHONE, I CAN’T RISK HAVING TO SAY WORDS OR LISTEN TO THEM!!! I MUST LOOK BUSY! DON'T TALK TO ME, I'M OBVIOUSLY BUSY ON MY PHONE!
Even my peers do this.
It drives me bananas.
But hey... seriously... please try to do better. You could make someone's whole day by engaging them in actual human face-to-face interaction. Really. You just never know.
And now, some photos of things that have been in my life
recently.
Road Trip.
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