2008 Woodie Awards
IDK what you are thinking
Deborah Chessey
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Sports
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It is possible that I have a disorder; I haven't taken abnormal psychology yet so I can't be sure. However, I am an eavesdropper. If I am setting in the student union building by myself and I have a book in front of my face, odds are that I am not reading.
Have you ever been talking on the cell phone, really loud, and felt like other people were listening to you? You were correct. There are hundreds of people just like me, and all of us are paying attention to what you are saying.
Don't get freaked out and think you are being stalked. Those of us that are listening are writer types, and we are listening to you speak and formulating dialogue in our minds. Instead of being offended to know that we are listening, you should be flattered. Your loud obnoxious words might appear in a script someday. (Or maybe a future Bengal article.)
It isn't just the incredibly loud and oh-so-personal conversations that you are having ten feet away from a person who would rather not know you have jock itch that you should monitor. If you are using MSN messenger during a lecture, many people behind you are reading your messages.
I'm not kidding. It is possible to read MSN from three rows back. When you are chatting, those of us behind you are reading and whispering to one another, "What does IDK mean?" "I don't know." "Me either."
Seriously? Don't get online to play a game during a lecture. There are many people behind you that are judging you by your game choices. Furthermore, we are second guessing your moves and wincing when you do the wrong thing.
What I am saying is this: Don't misuse the technology that our generation has been given. We are lucky to have many gadgets to keep in constant contact with our friends and family and our cyber buddies. But there is a right time and a wrong time to use your devices. Playing pong during a lecture is a wrong time. Talking on the cell phone while in the rest room is a wrong time.
And any time you say, "Promise not to tell anyone?" during a phone conversation, make sure you aren't standing in a public place. And as a final word of advice, did you know that cell phone technology is so much better than two cans on string that you don't have to speak in your outside voice to be heard?
Have you ever been talking on the cell phone, really loud, and felt like other people were listening to you? You were correct. There are hundreds of people just like me, and all of us are paying attention to what you are saying.
Don't get freaked out and think you are being stalked. Those of us that are listening are writer types, and we are listening to you speak and formulating dialogue in our minds. Instead of being offended to know that we are listening, you should be flattered. Your loud obnoxious words might appear in a script someday. (Or maybe a future Bengal article.)
It isn't just the incredibly loud and oh-so-personal conversations that you are having ten feet away from a person who would rather not know you have jock itch that you should monitor. If you are using MSN messenger during a lecture, many people behind you are reading your messages.
I'm not kidding. It is possible to read MSN from three rows back. When you are chatting, those of us behind you are reading and whispering to one another, "What does IDK mean?" "I don't know." "Me either."
Seriously? Don't get online to play a game during a lecture. There are many people behind you that are judging you by your game choices. Furthermore, we are second guessing your moves and wincing when you do the wrong thing.
What I am saying is this: Don't misuse the technology that our generation has been given. We are lucky to have many gadgets to keep in constant contact with our friends and family and our cyber buddies. But there is a right time and a wrong time to use your devices. Playing pong during a lecture is a wrong time. Talking on the cell phone while in the rest room is a wrong time.
And any time you say, "Promise not to tell anyone?" during a phone conversation, make sure you aren't standing in a public place. And as a final word of advice, did you know that cell phone technology is so much better than two cans on string that you don't have to speak in your outside voice to be heard?
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