Observations From A Street Corner

To make a few extra bucks, I took a job as being a crossing guard before and after school.  It is a quiet job with lots of time to people watch.  Here are some things that I've seen since I started.

-The majority of people don't seem to know that it is actually illegal to block an intersection.

-It is possible to drive with just the palm of one hand while holding a cigarette in your fingers and your cell phone in the other.

-A lot of people are very interested in staring at their crotches while waiting at a red light. Either that or they are looking at their cell phones.

-It is not just kids that like the little stuffed animals that you get in the kid's meals at fast food places.  Adults like to use them to decorate the back of the car window with them.

-Being in the driver seat makes you invisible to people, which allows you to pick your nose without judgment.

-Sitting at a red light is a great opportunity to make sure that your make-up is looking good.

-Kids will wave at a person that they know and yell their hellos, even if the window is up.  This will often result in a cringe from the driver.

-Bungee cords are an acceptable way to hold loose parts of your vehicle to the body.

(There might be a part 2,3 and 4 sometime in the future)

You Did What?!

A random thought crossed my mind the other day when I licked off some sauce that had dripped onto my phone case.  Right after I did that not too hygienic act, it occurred to me that we truly do some gross things subconsciously everyday.

Why would our brains allow us to do such weird and gross things?  What purpose does it serve in our modern lives?  Was there actually a purpose in ancient times?

We are all told not to put things in our mouths but some how, we seem to forget that.  We will stick our pens, credit cards, paper clips, etc, into our mouth without thinking about it.  We will lick our thumb and use the spit to clean something off a child's face.  Who knows what could be on that kid's face?

And it's not just about the things we do with our mouths.  We touch our noses, our eyes and our ears after handling some not so clean items too.  Apparently, we are out to kill ourselves, subconsciously at least. Or maybe it is an ancient, internal instinct that allows us to introduce small amounts of bacteria into our bodies so that we can better fight off diseases.