“Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.” - Author Unknown
We all have enjoyed an activity called ‘people watching’ at least a time or two. Some people will admit to people watching and some won’t although we all know everyone does it.
Most of the time we people watch while we are waiting for something or someone. Although there are times when we will just go out for the sole purpose of people watching. Now the results of people watching are very much location dependant. Each location will provide different types of people and different activities or actions for you to enjoy. The locations are endless:
Outside your workplace
Inside your workplace (although I think the boss gets mad when you spend more time watching others than doing what he is paying you to for)
Parks
Playgrounds (but be careful here, moms are really cautious these days if they see someone watching junior too long. Try to keep the people watching to adults please)
Grocery Store
Mall (the food court is the best place in the mall for this but really anywhere will provide good entertainment)
Your own neighborhood
The DMV (takes a real close second place only because you only go there one time a year but it’s always entertaining)
But the best place possible for this activity known as people watching without a doubt is…….
The US Post Office.
Now it doesn’t matter where this post office is located you will have a good time no matter what. I realized this was the best place only recently as I waited in line at my local post office. Next time you go don’t just run in and run out. Take 5 minutes to just look around you and you will see what I mean.
You will see:
The person who talks to nobody in general
The person who has no clue about how to use the automated machine but won’t admit it. If you offer to help they will say they don’t need it yet they can’t see where the large label (that is at least 5’x7’) has spit out of the machine right in front of them
The person who makes a special trip to check their post office box, the one they keep for no reason what-so-ever except to make themselves feel important. Trust me you will know them when you see them. They are usually the ones who are throwing out the junk mail from their box and keeping nothing because they don’t get anything but junk. The bills and such come to the house.
The person who instead of stopping at the mailbox outside (the one they have to drive right past in order to get out of the parking lot) will come inside just to drop an already stamped envelope into the mailbox.
The person who comes in with a box, and all the stuff to go in it but it isn’t in the box it’s in a bag and they have no idea how to package the stuff, have no tape, no labels filled out, etc so the guy at the counter has to take 20 min to help them do what should have been done before they came to the post office.
The man who is angry because he has a pickup slip from the mailman for a package he wasn’t there to receive. Trouble is, it clearly states the package won’t be at the post office till tomorrow. The mailman just left that slip for him 20 min ago and his package is still on the mail truck. He is angry because the post office is inept because he has the slip but they don’t have his package (this guy was priceless) and then he stormed off
The people in line talking to others in line and they think they are whispering but you can hear them all over the lobby. These people are usually little old ladies but not always.
The possibilities for people watching anywhere are endless but for my money nothing beats the post office for entertainment value alone.
The US Postal Service may not always get the mail to you in a timely fashion and you might not like the price increases but damned if they don’t have great entertainment.
Don’t tell them though, they will want to start charging for it.
Totals for today
Calories 1956
Fat 74
Carbs 253
Protein 77
8oz. glasses of water 3
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