On Saturday, Trevor and I had the great opportunity to see Tory and Grant from Mythbusters (awesome experience, see Dawn's page for more photos). They came to the University of Lethbridge as part of the "Science Happens Here" event hosted by the Science Alberta Foundation. Apparently, the Mythbusters have had a partnership with the Foundation for a few years now. Who knew?
Anyhow, that's not the stupid part. We showed up to the University just after 5:00 because rush seating started at 6:00 for the show at 7:00 and Trevor wasn't about to take any chances (we were 3rd in line). After an hour of Trevor checking my watch every five minutes, they opened the doors and he was off like a greased pig to get seats at the very front. This is a picture of the seating after about thirty minutes:
Now for the stupid part. There were about eight to ten seats in each of the first two rows which were reserved for University staff who were helping with the event (the Chem department put on a really cool opening act). We were on the second row right beside the reserved section, as close to center as we could get. No word of a lie, with the bleachers and floor seating packed (see photo), four or five groups (not just individuals, but groups of 2-3 people) came all the way to the front wanting to sit in the reserved section. Did they honestly think that the best seats in the house were still vacant when nearly every other available seat was taken?!? Did they stand at the very back and think, "Oh look, awesome seats at the front! No one has spotted them yet, I'd better grab them right away!" And since they were groups of 2-3 people, obviously it didn't occur to anyone else in their party that maybe there's a reason the best seats in the building are still available. Trust me, I'm not sitting off to the side out of the kindness of my heart. After the second or third time, I had to remind myself that pointing out the fallacies in their decision-making paradigms would not be setting a good example for my son.
"You're going to need to talk slower, I don't speak Stupid." I don't know why people get offended when they find out they're stupid, but they sure don't seem to appreciate it. Not like it's my fault...
Anyhow, that's not the stupid part. We showed up to the University just after 5:00 because rush seating started at 6:00 for the show at 7:00 and Trevor wasn't about to take any chances (we were 3rd in line). After an hour of Trevor checking my watch every five minutes, they opened the doors and he was off like a greased pig to get seats at the very front. This is a picture of the seating after about thirty minutes:
Now for the stupid part. There were about eight to ten seats in each of the first two rows which were reserved for University staff who were helping with the event (the Chem department put on a really cool opening act). We were on the second row right beside the reserved section, as close to center as we could get. No word of a lie, with the bleachers and floor seating packed (see photo), four or five groups (not just individuals, but groups of 2-3 people) came all the way to the front wanting to sit in the reserved section. Did they honestly think that the best seats in the house were still vacant when nearly every other available seat was taken?!? Did they stand at the very back and think, "Oh look, awesome seats at the front! No one has spotted them yet, I'd better grab them right away!" And since they were groups of 2-3 people, obviously it didn't occur to anyone else in their party that maybe there's a reason the best seats in the building are still available. Trust me, I'm not sitting off to the side out of the kindness of my heart. After the second or third time, I had to remind myself that pointing out the fallacies in their decision-making paradigms would not be setting a good example for my son.
"You're going to need to talk slower, I don't speak Stupid." I don't know why people get offended when they find out they're stupid, but they sure don't seem to appreciate it. Not like it's my fault...
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