Ruined Vibe: Volunteered at the fair a few days back. Very, very boring. No one stuffed to bursting with corndogs and deep-fried candy bars cares about other people's hunger. The other volunteer and I spent most of our shift people-watching. Our favorite source was the Weigh-In booth a couple of spots down from us. It consisted of a giant ramp with a scale at the top. A weighee climbed the ramp, waited a few seconds at the top, then walked down. A print-out with the weighee's weight (and the day's grand total) waited from them at the bottom.
It was hilarious to watch the weighee's reaction to their printouts. Faces dropping everywhere. Total horror. And OV and I were having laugh a minute. Until the ana-broad happened past. She zero'd in on that scale, and prepared for it. She took off shoes, fanny pack, sweater. She climbed that scale, and looked frantic even before seeing that number. She just crumbled at seeing her number. She asked the booth volunteer eleventy billion questions. She must have hung around there for an hour. Sad.
And, then she come around every half hour or so. Totally fixated on that scale. So sad. Ruined me and OV's desire to snark.
As a side note, I decided corndogs are "healthier" than prontopups. PPs are made with white flour; corndogs are made with cornmeal. Cornmeal is a whole grain. Therefore, corndogs are health food. Eat 'em by the dozen next time you're at the fair.
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