My Life; Unedited: Could You Please Not Do That?

Have you ever just stopped to watch people? When they don't know you looking of course. And not in any weird creepy way. I mean have you ever just been really observant?

In case you didn't know, I'm kind of a fanatic when it comes to books. I love to read. Some of the books I read just amaze me, the things that people can pick up on by being observant and paying attention to their surroundings.

Along with loving reading I love to write. I had an English teacher that told me that the key to good writing is excellent observation skills. He then proceeded to tell me that, that is the exact reason I struggled. I decided to prove him wrong. So therefore I began the hobby of being as observant as possible. I have tried to notice the little things that happen. No matter how little they may be.

So by means of my people watching I have a story for you. I was at work today in the drive up not paying too much attention to the moniter when a tube dropped, but there was nothing in it and no car to be found. Then I noticed 3 kids, (two boys and a girl) they were about the age of 11 or 12.

Sending the tube back out I decided to watch and see what happened. I flipped my moniter to the camera that they were closest too and watched as they ran up and sent in another one. By this time I had a plan. I didn't even look at the tube yet and I just sent it back out. I watched them as they were just snickering and thinking they were hilarious.

Now it was the girl's turn to do it. She tried to be very sneaky not realizing that I could see every move she made. She pulled out a little mission impossible stunt and rolled to the side, crawled to the tube and right as she stood up to push the button I flipped on the mic revealing myself on her screen and said, "Hi, can I help you with something?"

She yelped in surprise and ran over to where the boys were. One of the boys thought that he was going to show me, so he tried to be even more sneaky. He stood behind the brick piller near the button and was reaching around to push the button when I came on again, "Could you please not push that?" I said.

He screamed higher than the girl and ran off towards his friends. It's obvious that they were just three bored kids bored and trying to have some fun. They stood on the curb for about 45 minutes jumping up and down and trying to get passing cars to honk.

Now this was just funny to me, and I'm sure they didn't think anything of it. (Even though I'm pretty sure their mothers won't hear a word about it.) But at the same time it caused me to think.

What about my life? I know there isn't anything watching me on a camera all the time, but someone is watching me. He may not be able to show up on a screen and say "Please don't do that." But that doesn't change the fact that he's there. And every now and then I'm sure he'd like to say, "Taylor what are you thinking?"