14 Oct
Odd Peeve - Sloppy Pouring
Sorry so busy - no time to post anything meaningful. There are pictures from the Scovill Children’s Zoo trip, though, if you care to look.
This is just a quick post about a strange pet peeve I have. I really hate it when someone pours a drink loudly and sloppily. I can’t quite put a sound word to it. Maybe it’s kind of like SCHLORP.
If you really want to get under my skin, try pouring your drink sloppily from a soda can. Open the tab quickly, so that it makes a loud SNAP, and you’ll be well on your way to making me cringe before you even start to SCHLORP the soda into a cup.
Finally, turn the can almost completely upside down, so that air cannot get into the can without forcing its way past the gravity-fed liquid that’s blocking the hole. That gives your pouring the ultimate SCHLORP sound and results in me wanting to grab the can out of your hand, throwing it across the room to smash into the sink or garbage can.
Why does this bother me so much? Man, I don’t know. Maybe because if your pouring results in SCHLORP-ing, it implies that your are impatient, and that you don’t “get it” that you could actually pour it faster if you would leave some gap in the can opening for air to get in.
Wow, that sounds really straight-laced. Weird.
Who Said That?!