Observations:
The time is 4 pm on a cloudy Tuesday afternoon. The room is a little over half full, and
finding an open seat is no trouble at all.
The Cross Roads, the main eatery on campus is filled with students doing
many different things, and this was my experience. You close your eyes and the room is bursting
with the sounds of rustling winter coats and sniffles due to some bad cases of
runny nose. I, seated in a centralized
location, am surrounded by people, all of them participating in different
activities. To my right are two young
gentleman (I say gentlemen because they were very sharply dressed), and they
were working together on an assignment.
The first, had his eyes firmly set on the screen of the laptop, and in
an appeared state of hypnosis, spouted out things to his friend to write
down. O the poor friend who had to write
down everything the other was saying! I
have never seen anyone write so fast. In
front of me I see a very attractive girl.
She is sitting all alone with her laptop, but she had recently begun a
conversation on the phone. I could overhear
her saying, “He totally just walked by me and didn't even say hello! I was like what the heck? I know right?” I could actually feel her pain with each “OMG!”
that left from her mouth. After her
phone call ended she made eye contact with some boys on the far left hand side
of the room. The boys (four of them)
proceeded to try to “spit their game,” but alas, they were unable to win her
over with their romantic calls of “hey girl, how you doin?” A girl with a Kobe Bryant backpack walks
through the conversation and ends the flirtatious folks failing follies. But I digress, continuing on, there are
several workers who are situated throughout the eatery. Two in particular were doing some very
noticeable activities. The first, a
larger man, was wiping down tables. At
each table, he would position himself on the right hand side, slowly lean in,
and wipe the table down from the bottom left hand side to the right and
continue on till done. Every table was
wiped the same way! Whoever trained him
deserves credit, for the tables appeared to be very clean. The second worker was removing dishes and
cutlery from the tops of garbage cans.
The rate at which these items were removed was apparently based on those
he could see around him. When an
attractive girl was around, he would remove them very slowly and stare directly
at the girl (apparently observing others as I was), until either eye contact
was made or he could stall no longer. If
no one of interest to him was within sight, he would be done with his task
faster than you could say Jack Robinson.
Now the highlight that defines all that is BYU-Idaho was seen just
before my time of observation concluded.
A group of three young men stood behind me, and discussed a plan to ask
a girl out. Now this girl had just
recently sat down in front of me. “Dude
what do you think she is gonna say?” “Man
I hope this works!?” “Do you have
Facebook up?” I must admit that I was
mildly confused upon hearing Facebook, but to my surprise, the guys came with
their “A” game.
Guys: “Hi we
are conducting a survey, would you mind answering a few questions for us?”
Girl: “Yeah
sure!”
Guys: “Perfect! (They pull up Facebook) Do you think that if
this guy asked you out on a date that you would say yes?”
Girl: “You mean
this guy right here? (And she points to
one of the guys whose face matches that found in the photo).
Guys: “Oh yeah
him! He likes to go on dinner dates
followed by movie nights at his place.
Could we get your name and number so we can pass it on to him? I’m sure that he will be in touch with you
soon.”
Girl: (Now
giggling) “Sure why not!” (And she gives
them the info).
Guys: “Thank
you for taking our survey! We will let you know the results as soon as
possible.”
Very tactful my friends and I wish you the best of
luck with your upcoming date! My experience
in the Cross Roads, was very eye opening, I saw those who were into their
studies, those trying to find a future spouse, and those just enjoying their
time. Did I tell of all the students I
saw? Nay, I was barely able to scratch
the surface. I wasn't even able to
mention the correlation found between where you were seated, and the
probability of getting married in the next year. Nor was I able to touch on the fact that not
a single student recycled a plastic bottle!
I call for a movement to put more recycling receptacles in this student
union of sorts. That is all for now, and
I bid you all adieu!
So let me know what you think!? :) And yes I do realize that I am a total dork, but I'm okay with that....to once again use my french....Adieu Adieu to you and you and you...GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
