crazy europeans

So the title of my post and the content of this post today come to you straight from the Johnson Commons cafeteria. Which has been taken over. By foreigners!

The English Second Language program has a bunch of new students. I've never heard so many different languages at one time. That's cool. They are cool. Their understanding of American's is not cool.

For instance, Americans have one of the widest "talking space" distances. That's your "bubble" or how close you want people to stand to you when you are talking to them. The more intimate you are with a person the closer you'll let them stand.

Therefore, when I am standing at the cafeteria and I don't know who the heck you are, you should give me a wide berth.

However, when it's full of crazy Europeans (who have a very small bubble), I'm totally squished up next to someone who's fresh off the boat, doesn't understand subtle English and smells. Yes. My day is complete.