Sunday, July 20, 2008

Whistling in Public

Some days I lose my patience with people. It's usually at the airport or on an airplane when I see the most horrific of human behavior. There's small things there that irk me, like discourteous folks that can't understand the dynamics of following single file at the counter or those people that absolutely can't wait for the front of the plane to de-board, in which case they immediately spill out into the aisle and toward the door once the seatbelt signal is turned off.

I think the worst of these airport offenses, however, is whistling in public. I hear it in the bathroom, in the concourse, and at the baggage claim. It is the worst thing you can do anywhere there's other people around, unless, for whatever reason, people are paying to hear you whistle.

It's absolutely irresponsible and obnoxious. Nobody wants to hear your crummy whistling for these reasons: 1) whistling is noise pollution, 2) you are forcing people to listen to the crummy song you've chosen to whistle, and 3) walking around making noise generally means you are the type of person that is oblivious to other violations of people's personal space. Just stop it.

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