May 06, 2003
It's Just Too Early
Sometimes I just feel like it's way to early in the morning to be dealing with all the crap that happens. Today's ochem lecture was a prime example. To begin with, there are some huge losers who show up about 2 hours early for lecture, take up all the good seats, and so when I show up at 8am (which is early by Berkeley time), I still end up sitting in the way back. But today was much worse -- the lecture just kept on dragging and dragging and dragging, till the point where I felt physically anxious. I guess this must be what it feels like to be claustrophobic and trapped in an elevator or something. Not to mention the person sitting next to me just didn't know anything about lecture hall etiquette. Everyone knows that the left arm rest is off limits and equally so, you're right elbow shouldn't go past the arm of your desk. I usually sit on the aisles so I can get the hell out of there, but the person to my left KEPT JABBING her elbow into my side. What the HELL? Also, some person was passing gas throughout the duration of the lecture!!!!! It smelled SO BAD! And then there were the goddamn dumbasses who sit down IN THE AISLES when there are entire rows of seats open in the back. Do you really think you will be able to see better if you are on the GROUND as opposed to a few rows back? Of course not! Stop being dumb, sitting in the aisles next to me, and hitting my legs all the time. That's super annoying.
With the lecture that would never end and the idiot sitting next to me and the farter and the people rubbing up against my leg like some obnoxious cat, I was about to have a fit! I thought to myself -- you know what? It's just too damn early for this. Not that this type of environment is hospitable at other times of the day, but at 8am in the morning, I just don't want to deal with the idiots and the farters, you know? I felt like just jumping up, and screaming "NO MORE CHEMISTRY DAMMIT! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! STOP!!!!!!!" to Pedersen, then elbow the idiot next to me in the face, kick the ass clowns by my feet, and say "would you please mind farting in the other direction?" to the anonymous guy gasing the back section. How can someone pass gas for a hour and a half straight?! Someone should just defecate in that guys bed, and see how he likes it then!
SERIOUSLY though, when I go to lecture, I'm not asking for much. Just leave me alone, let me take my notes, try and understand, and then leave. As it is, 1 1/2 hour lectures are super long, and when you add to that the fact that it's organic chemistry, and also that the professor doesn't pause for a second between topics, it becomes an extremely painful lecture. No one wants the added bonus of having to deal with being elbowed in the side every 2 seconds and having to smell people's farts for the entire lecture! SERIOUSLY. This is unacceptable.
What's even worse is when there is a class that is too small for a given lecture hall (ie. Chem 130a or EE 20), and some moron YOU DON'T KNOW comes and sits down RIGHT next to you, even though there are a million other seats open. WHY, dammit?! I don't know you. You have no reason to sit next to me. Common lecture protocol dictates that you sit by people you know in an uncrowded lecture, or you if you don't know anyone, respect the 1 seat buffer. RESPECT THE BUFFER DAMMIT. Don't come in and virtually sit in my lap! This rule is applicable to both girls and guys, but it's way more annoying with guys because guys are (usually) larger and take up more space, thus leaving less for me.
I think school and dumb people have pushed me to the brink of insanity. It seems that the closer we get to the end of school, the slower time passes by. Why won't it just end!?