By Becca Royer, Staff Writer
You are walking up the stairs coming back from first lunch on the way to yet another gruesome class where there is probably a quiz awaiting you with a less-than-stellar grade on the top of the paper. Coming up with an excuse to tell your parents about this grade, you round the corner and BAM!
You witness the revolting scene of a freshman making out with her senior boyfriend.
The PB&J sandwich you just ate is coming back up as you feel nauseous observing (and hearing, to your further disgust) these vulgar Neanderthals. You quickly avert your eyes and run back down the stairs to the second floor to try another stairwell, but the damage has already been done.
Every time you blink you see the despicable image. Everywhere you turn they are there. You are trying to forget all about this incident when your eyes are hit with yet another repulsive exhibit of endearment: Amber kissing Chad goodbye. Well, this is a problem, because Amber is one of your BFFs. Disgusted, you turn away just as the bell rings, making you late to class.
PDA – public display of affection – is a growing problem in the hallways of Reynolds High School. While a couple holding hands in the hallway can be cute AT TIMES, there is a very fine line between cute and sleazy.
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been trying to live my life and get to class when a couple will stop right in front of me to share a smooch, and of course I have to scoot by them while they whisper words of amour in each other’s ears. It’s always exceptionally awkward when you see a pair of lovebirds sucking face in what they believe to be a secluded area when really they are in plain sight of everyone.
Back to the line between “awh, that’s cute, they are adorable” and “ew, why is that happening, this is a place of learning:” Hugging is on the socially acceptable side. I’m a hugger. Hugs can be shared between friends or more than friends without making others feel extremely uncomfortable.
Holding hands is also OK in the hallways because that is adorable. I don’t think anyone really sees someone holding hands and freaks out about it. Although this gesture definitely indicates a status of being more than friends, sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
Kissing at school is never acceptable under any circumstances. Ever. Get a room or hang out on the weekends or after school hours, but do not kiss anyone at school. I don’t know about you, but I always feel really intrusive whenever I’m near someone and they do the classic slow-mo run into their significant other’s arms to have a reuniting kiss.
Canoodling, fondling, caressing or any other form of inappropriate touching should not occur at school, either. I think that is pretty self-explanatory. And it’s really not courteous to others if you do that at school, so please refrain.
PDA in the hallways is an epidemic that needs to be stopped. With spring fever beginning to break out, bear in mind that nobody wants to see that. So if you and that special someone are planning to “meet near the first-floor corridor,” you might want to rethink and reschedule for somewhere that is not on school grounds.