What do you do when you think nobody is watching?
I'm a truck girl, always have been. While most people would imagine me cruising around in a Mini Cooper or a VW Bug (I assume because I'm such a tiny person with a bit of a Euro personality), my dream vehicle is actually an Escalade EXT. Yes, you read correctly, the small stature hippy dreams of driving a bad for the environment, over priced, enormous, AMERICAN, rapper-truck.
I'm sure it's of no surprise to you, that Escalades run rampant all over Atlanta, and therefore I see them all the time. However, it's rare that I see a WOMAN driving one of these cars. So naturally, as I was driving this afternoon and happened to see a pair of beautifully manicured nails hanging out the window of a GORGEOUS 2009 Escalade EXT, I had to pull up next to the car (being the nosy person I am) to see what type of woman was actually driving this car. Was she famous? Was she suited up like a lawyer? Was she rocking out to Metallica with piercings all over her body? The questions were endless.
However, when I pulled up next to the gas guzzler, there were no more questions, only feelings of shock, and my mouth hung open.
This woman had her "beautifully manicured nails" of her right hand, jammed in her nose, picking. She really was digging for treasure, I mean, seriously getting in there. What disgusted me even more was not only the fact that she kept picking like nobody was around her at a VERY busy intersection...but that she pulled her index finger out, looked at it carefully, STUCK IT IN HER MOUTH, and then drove away when the light changed.
Just like that. A female, in my dream car, picked her nose, ate her boogers, and probably thought no one would notice.
Now I apologize profusely for the ever so detailed account I just gave you, that probably has you making nasty faces at your computer screen, but such an experience simply got me wondering...what do people do when they think nobody is watching them?
In August of this year I moved into an apartment by myself and it's my first time really being able to live in a space without being courteous of other peoples thoughts, actions, opinions, or needs. This means I get the chance to walk around naked (no mental pictures please), leave clumps of hair in my shower drain, let clothes stay on the floor where they are taken off, watch whatever I want on MY television, wake up looking a H.A.M. (hot a** mess), and leave dishes in the sink for days...all because I don't have to keep up appearances.
Furthermore, I think about my friends and past relationships. As all of humanity knows, every girl gossips, and I've lost track of how many times I have heard or said, "Don't tell *Person X* I said this but...." just to keep our names clean, while spreading the latest dirt that may or may not be true.
And what about cheating? It's often said that "what your partner doesn't know can't hurt them," and that's largely true. You cheat, nobody finds out, and you go on being a happy couple, because no questions are ever asked.
Now with all that said, aren't those bad habits?
My mother always told me that I shouldn't do anything behind closed doors that I wouldn't mind the public knowing. Of course, that statement can be a bit overbearing, as there are some things people do that are meant to be private, but what if the things we do in private are rude, nasty, embarrassing, or just overall bad for us? Maybe there are some habits and tendencies, that we just need to cease and desist.
Would you live in an unhealthy environment because nobody will ever see it?
Would you cheat on your partner if you were 100% sure they would never find out?
Would you seriously pick your nose and eat your boogers at a stoplight because you forgot your darkly tinted window was rolled down?
It's only appropriate that we ask ourselves...what do we really do when we think nobody is watching?
I'm sure it's of no surprise to you, that Escalades run rampant all over Atlanta, and therefore I see them all the time. However, it's rare that I see a WOMAN driving one of these cars. So naturally, as I was driving this afternoon and happened to see a pair of beautifully manicured nails hanging out the window of a GORGEOUS 2009 Escalade EXT, I had to pull up next to the car (being the nosy person I am) to see what type of woman was actually driving this car. Was she famous? Was she suited up like a lawyer? Was she rocking out to Metallica with piercings all over her body? The questions were endless.
However, when I pulled up next to the gas guzzler, there were no more questions, only feelings of shock, and my mouth hung open.
This woman had her "beautifully manicured nails" of her right hand, jammed in her nose, picking. She really was digging for treasure, I mean, seriously getting in there. What disgusted me even more was not only the fact that she kept picking like nobody was around her at a VERY busy intersection...but that she pulled her index finger out, looked at it carefully, STUCK IT IN HER MOUTH, and then drove away when the light changed.
Just like that. A female, in my dream car, picked her nose, ate her boogers, and probably thought no one would notice.
Now I apologize profusely for the ever so detailed account I just gave you, that probably has you making nasty faces at your computer screen, but such an experience simply got me wondering...what do people do when they think nobody is watching them?
In August of this year I moved into an apartment by myself and it's my first time really being able to live in a space without being courteous of other peoples thoughts, actions, opinions, or needs. This means I get the chance to walk around naked (no mental pictures please), leave clumps of hair in my shower drain, let clothes stay on the floor where they are taken off, watch whatever I want on MY television, wake up looking a H.A.M. (hot a** mess), and leave dishes in the sink for days...all because I don't have to keep up appearances.
Furthermore, I think about my friends and past relationships. As all of humanity knows, every girl gossips, and I've lost track of how many times I have heard or said, "Don't tell *Person X* I said this but...." just to keep our names clean, while spreading the latest dirt that may or may not be true.
And what about cheating? It's often said that "what your partner doesn't know can't hurt them," and that's largely true. You cheat, nobody finds out, and you go on being a happy couple, because no questions are ever asked.
Now with all that said, aren't those bad habits?
My mother always told me that I shouldn't do anything behind closed doors that I wouldn't mind the public knowing. Of course, that statement can be a bit overbearing, as there are some things people do that are meant to be private, but what if the things we do in private are rude, nasty, embarrassing, or just overall bad for us? Maybe there are some habits and tendencies, that we just need to cease and desist.
Would you live in an unhealthy environment because nobody will ever see it?
Would you cheat on your partner if you were 100% sure they would never find out?
Would you seriously pick your nose and eat your boogers at a stoplight because you forgot your darkly tinted window was rolled down?
It's only appropriate that we ask ourselves...what do we really do when we think nobody is watching?