Homework! The very thought of thee....

Hey!  So to briefly describe what is about to happen....I was given a homework assignment to observe (creep) on students in a populated portion of campus today for an hour.  I was to take notes on what I observed happening, and afterwards, write a brief descriptive paper on what I saw happening.  I would now like to share with you what I wrote....

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!