After a month and a half of lunch duty, I have come to a realization. It is IMPOSSIBLE for people to walk up to a trashcan with out literally "throwing" items into it. People either practice their free throw shoot from 4-5 feet away or their underhand pitch from 2-3 feet away. NOBODY (I'm including teenagers and adults alike) walks all the way to the trashcan.
I've also come to the realization that there are typical reactions when a person MISSES their trashcan shot. People either 1) Follow through and pick it up right away, 2) Look around first to see if anyone noticed they missed it before deciding their next move, or 3) Pretend they never threw anything to begin with.
I have heard horror stories about lunch duty. But really, it's not as bad as I thought. So far it's an interesting place to observe human behavior - again, I'm including adults and teenagers. However, having said this, I reserve my right to change my opinion and decide it stinks at any time during the year.
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These are interesting observations. I will add mine from the younger perspective ( younger people I'm monitoring, not my perspective being younger. The throwing phenomenon must be instinctual because even our youngest of students (5 yr. olds) do this. We have new custodian who has put the crack down on this behavior though, as you can imagine, a five year olds aim, new to the "lunch toss" has not been honed to as a teenager's has been. Many milk cartons and peas and carrots end up surrounding the trash can. Our new custodian has taken a vow to break this habitual behavior and stands guard over the trash cans ready to punce on any young lad or lass who really is just folling their genetic make-up and considers a lunch toss. -Megan
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