Monday Lunchtime Rambly Bits

[gnomi]

-- Is it rude for someone to blatantly read the back of your newspaper while you're trying to read the front? I felt it was at 7:20 or so this morning, but maybe I was too sensitive. Though her *leaning in* to check out the graphic is the bit that tipped me over to say something.

-- Morning fire alarms are no fun when one works on the 13th floor of a 14-floor building. The people doing construction upstairs should be more careful.

-- I think I mananged to get through a weekend on Martha's Vineyard without getting a sunburn. This is a big deal because I was actually outside a couple of times while it was sunny, I didn't have sunscreen with me, and I can burn while waiting for the bus in the summer.

-- After this weekend, I have a couple of over-ripe bananas. There is banana bread in my future.

-- Signs warning of the possible presence of deer ticks should be at eye level, not knee level. The deer ticks aren't the ones who need to read the sign. I'm just saying.

-- The weather should make up its mind and commit to warm or cool so that buildings can figure out how to set their HVAC systems. I'm tired of being too cold on cold days and too warm on warm days while inside.

Comments

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

The signs are for dogs, who are more susceptible to Lyme disease.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Dog owners might find this useful information too.

[fizzixrat.livejournal.com]

Verne Troyer might also.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

mmmmbanana bread. i fully support this version of your future. :D

i'd say that yes, someone else blatantly reading the back of your paper while you're reading the front is rude. i mean, really, lady, if you're going to do that, try to be a little more subtle about it. or buy your own damn paper. (how did she react when you said something?)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

She got vaguely huffy/indignant that I wouldn't just let her read the back of my paper.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

OMG, yes #1 is rude, and you should have rolled up the paper and whacked her on the nose.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heee!

[autotruezone.livejournal.com]

Banana bread in your future? Now that's a future that I remember.

[autotruezone.livejournal.com]

Is it rude for someone to blatantly read the back of your newspaper while you're trying to read the front?

I'd say the key word here is "blatantly". If it's done subtly, I don't think it's particularly rude.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

13th floor fire alarms aren't much fun at any time of the day. **sympathy**

[arib.livejournal.com]

Always bring a banana to a ferryboat ride party.

[diannefox.livejournal.com]

Is it rude for someone to blatantly read the back of your newspaper while you're trying to read the front?

*facepalm* This is totally me. I compulsively read everything around me. I try to not be obvious about it, but I'm sure there are times when I fail. (No, the fact that I do it doesn't make it any less rude.)

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

Is it rude for someone to blatantly read the back of your newspaper while you're trying to read the front?

Guilty! *is sheepish*

In my defense, I try not to be obvious about it, and it comes from not having been able to afford newspapers for a long time.

[dowitch.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's rude to read the back your paper, unless she takes it from you. Or perhaps gets snippy when you turn the page. That would be rude. It would also be rude if she were reading over your shoulder, or if she asked you to turn the page, or tried to read the middle of the paper (pages you haven't turned yet). Especially rude would be picking up the section you've set aside and doing your crossword puzzle. Even if she did it in pencil and left you an eraser. That would still be quite rude.

However, many things are much ruder at 7:20 am when on the way to work and feeling a bit grouchy, that are totally fine when traveling at 9:30 am to spend a day at the beach.

-- Signs warning of the possible presence of deer ticks should be at eye level, not knee level. The deer ticks aren't the ones who need to read the sign. I'm just saying.

LOL!!!

[sorek.livejournal.com]

Maybe she was trying to figure out how the Stargate worked:

:)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

You had to walk down 13 floors??? Eeeeek!

[caulay.livejournal.com]

I was wondering where the "fire" was in the building Monday.

/waves