By this point in life, people know I tend to look at the situations and random happenings of life with a view of suspect.   To me picking out the oddities seems easy and apparent. This past week I was taking a bathroom break at work when I found myself a little baffled by the way people act in my building. When this guy exited the bathroom, he decided to use handicap button that opens the door for him. We’ve all seen it before. And this wasn’t the first time. The thing is, I think I’m yet to actually see anybody who uses this particular bathroom, physically use their own hand to pull open the door for entry or exit. It’s quite the mystery. This lack of motivation to physically exert your force to do something for yourself when there is a machine option to assign the task to instead is strange to me. Has laziness really crept into our society to this extent? Now I know what you might be thinking, “You work for the Federal Government, are you that surprised?” True, this would provide for a skewed sample, but I see it elsewhere, just more consistently in some places. And it doesn’t end with door opening. What about those people who take the elevator up one floor instead of the stairs? Mind-boggling. In this age with reports thrown in our faces speaking to the drastic effects of obesity and this increasing trend of obesity in our country, there is no need to wonder why these issues exist. Just look around and things become evident. So on this Thanksgiving I offer my thanks to those people that “use what god gave you.” To those people who walk the mile to the bar instead of taking a taxi. To the people that open their own doors (and hold it for others) and walk to the 2 flights of stairs because they know its good exercise and fairly effortless. Thank you to the people that actually take time out of their busy lives to not remain lazy and brain-drained.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!