Nanny statism run amok:
No running on playgrounds. (The second paragraph of the article is the one which will fill you with utter disbelief.)
No microwave popcorn allowed. (Maybe.) Granted, I know former coworkers who were too…um, challenged to pop popcorn in a microwave without burning it, thus endearing themselves to the entire office by way of the clouds of smoke pouring out of the device and bag, but I don’t think a blanket ban is the answer.
Both via Cam.
Personally, I would not be against a ban on microwave popcorn. My office is, unfortunately, adjacent to my building's break room, so I smell every single thing that gets burned in there (as well as some things that don't get burned but still don't smell so hot--people eat some weird things in our building).
The problem is that these idiots can't seem to stand there for just a couple minutes to wait for popcorn to finish. Instead, they put it in, set the timer to longer than it needs to be, then head down the hall to the mail room to take care of whatever, get distracted, and are late getting back to their popcorn. Grrr.
Posted by: Lee Bennett at June 14, 2007 08:10 AM