Why Are People So "Thirsty" at Airport Security?

People need to calm down while going through airport security.  We have all gone through the steps - we know how it goes- place your luggage on the conveyor belt, put your laptop in a bin separately from your other things, place the rest of your items (jacket, shoes, purse) in another bin and send it all through.  Patiently, I wait for the person in front of me to place all of their items in the bins and on the conveyor belt.  Ah, now it's my turn.  I take my small carry-on bag and place it on the belt.  I reach to grab a bin for my laptop and some eager passenger behind be plops his bag down.  I look at him as if to say, "What the H do you think you are doing?"  He moves his things back.  I place my laptop in the bin, reach to grab the bin for the rest of my things and "plop!" goes his bag again.  I look at him and say, "you need to calm down, buddy."  Again, he pulls his things back to allow me to finish putting my things through security.  This has happened on more than one occasion.  Are people clueless to what's going on around them? Is it that serious?  Are you going to a fire after you get through security?  What's the rush?

Why Do People Think Plants Have Feelings?

Why does anyone have to spend 5 minutes of their life explaining to someone that plants aren't people, only to be unsuccessful?  I can understand explaining to a 5 year old the difference between a person and a plant, but to a  grown person?   I shouldn't feel like a murderer because I throw out a dead annual plant.  Do you know what the word annual means with regard to plants?  It means that it completes its life cycle from seed to death in one year.  Yep that's right! It dies.  It has a lifespan of 1 year.  The fact that I do not mourn the death of a plant that is supposed to die in November in Chicago, Illinois where it's cold, is not unnatural.  Why are you looking at me like I am a bad person? And then you try and tell me that plants have feelings?  That's creepy.  I have a plant in my bedroom.  If plants have feelings, I don't want that plant in my bedroom anymore.  What is that plant feeling while I am stepping out of the shower or changing in front of it everyday?  Plants do not have feelings.  Finally, I would like to address the comment "I have a problem with death."  I think most people have a problem with death.  Again, it's a plant.

Why Are Passwords So Mystical?

Everything needs a password nowadays and the passwords we used in the past are no longer secure.  Passwords now have to contain more than 8 numbers/letters/capitals/special characters.  No wonder we forget our passwords.  Why does everything need a password anyway?  Is someone really going to hack into my teacher resource account and steal lesson plans? Of course the easiest thing to do in order to keep all of your passwords straight is to use the same password for all of your accounts - but we are told that is not secure so we change up our passwords.  What happens?  Can't remember passwords.  Now we have to answer the prompt questions so they can send us a link to get in to re-establish our password that we forgot.  Let's talk about those prompt questions.  Here are some of the prompt questions I have seen:  Who was your favorite singer in high school?  My favorite singer in high school? I have no idea who my favorite singer was 38 years ago, or if I even had a favorite singer 38 years ago.  Was it the BeeGees?  KC and the Sunshine Band?  Andy Gibb?  Boston?  Foreigner?  How about this one - What is the name of your favorite pet? I don't know about you, but I liked all of my pets.  That's like asking who your favorite child is.  How Rude!  Even this one - What is the name of your High School?  Of course I know the name of my High School, but did I capitalize it? Did I write the name and then "high school" or did I just write the name?  This makes me anxious and irritated when I am already anxious and irritated that I lost my password in the first place.