11th
Microwaves and You
I have noticed some things while people watching. I love to people watch. I like to see how they act, wonder why they act that way, and then of course ponder on it and write blog posts about it.
Todays topic is something very near and dear to all of our hearts. The microwave.
I have noticed some odd behaviors around the microwave. Be it at home, be it at work, these same behaviors hold true.
Watching Your Food Nuke.
Why do people stare at their food as it spins around and nukes in the microwave? I’ve watched people stare so hard, that I swear they think they have some microwaving speedup force powers at their grasp. I have even witnessed people bending over slightly to get a better stare stance going at their food as it microwaverizes. Why? I don’t know if its unhealthy to stare directly into nuclear food cookers, but it can’t be fun, can it? Nothing is happening. Your food is heating up. There isn’t anything THAT interesting going on!!! Someone please explain this one to me. What is so fascinating?
Removing food with 2 seconds left
While people stare insanely as their food spins, they also take another step. It never fails, I’ve witnessed 10s of 10s of people do this. They take their food OUT of the microwave with 5 seconds or less left. Why? While you were staring, could you tell that your food was done? Is that 5 seconds so important? Are you THAT hungry, that you must get your food NOW? Is the last 5 seconds of a micro-wave a bad 5 seconds? I wanna know. Maybe it’s because they don’t want to hear that BEEEEEP at the end that was invented to let you know that your food is done assuming that your nose wouldn’t be pressed up against the glass? What gives.
Plus, you require me to hit clear and end or up up down down left right left right B A B A select select start to turn the bitch off. Stop it, let it beep. Please.
One and done
Apparently there is an unwritten rule that you can only microwave something once in a given microwaveular session. Check this one out. I’ve been around people who watch their food nuke, get it out early, proceed to eat it, say “Ahh it’s not hot”, and then when I say “Put it back in”, they look at me like I have dogshit on my nose. As if to say “WHATTTTTTT??? PUT IT BACK IN THE MICROWAVE? HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST A THING!” Ummm. What’s the big deal, put it back in, watch it again, take it out early, until the damn food is hot. But no, we sit and eat cold or warm food because of some quirk.
This all can’t be a learned behavior, our parents really didn’t have microwaves. My dad sometimes OVERCOOKS shit knowing he wont get to it in a few minutes because he went BACK to the couch while his food cooked. Imagine that!!!!!!
Oy.
