I wouldn't even try to pull on a stubborn bag. Several years ago I did this same maneuver on the inner bag of a some Lucky Charms and re-injured a rotator cuff.
The rotator cuff originally was damaged when I was mountain climbing. Great cred.
To go in to the doctor for a Lucky Charms-related injury was humiliating.
Wow. The irony. Lucky Charms weren't that lucky for you.
Posted by:
spudart on Mar 05, 09 | 1:36 pm
I would have considered eating the chips if no one saw me :)
Posted by: on Mar 05, 09 | 1:41 pm
Im sorry Matt, but this is hilarious! I know I would have just walked away... sorry about your luck lol <3
Posted by:
Diamond on Mar 05, 09 | 1:42 pm
I'm surprised you didn't write "If you could be a number, which number would you be?" on each cracker and just leave them there, creating another Maldrexhibit.
Posted by: Marco on Mar 05, 09 | 1:43 pm
I would have done EXACTLY what you did!
Look at them surprised. Decide that I didn't want to litter, and yes, food is litter because ...
I didn't want to feed the pigeons
Tell passersby who tell me to leave them for the pigeons that I don't feed the pigeons (though secretly wanting to go into my rant about those flying rats)
Nibble on whatever I had left in my lunch kit, not realizing I may have touched the filthy ground in my good Samaritan attempt to keep the ground clean.
Go back to work and tell my co-workers what happened, readying myself for some serious ridicule and embarrassment.
Blog about it (eventually) because it is a food item.
Posted by:
Tom on Mar 05, 09 | 2:56 pm
I think it's nice that you picked them up and that you stayed to eat your grapes even though you were embarassed....
Depending on the day...I would either:
A) felt stupid and walked away.
B) Picked them up
C) take the rest of my food and dump it out and call it "Protest against Public Embarassment" A Performance Art piece.
Posted by:
Eliana on Mar 05, 09 | 4:00 pm
I would run like I never ran before.
Haha. I know I already told you this but I did the exact same thing with a big bag of M&Ms once. At least my incident was in a grocery store entrance and not in a place where I had to stick around to finish eating :) I was really embarrassed, but my friend and I also laughed like crazy about it, so it was all right.
I think overall you did fine with your situation, but of course next time wash your hands before continuing to eat, hehe. There's been pigeon poo on that ground! ewwww!
Posted by: Sarah on Mar 05, 09 | 10:41 pm
1) Stare for a couple minutes
2) Scream
3) Run really fast!
or
1) Yell really loud "WHO THREW THESE DAMN CHIPS AT ME?!"
Posted by:
sparx on Mar 06, 09 | 10:06 am
Since I think eating with my hands after touching ground food is icky, I think I would have tried to gather the rogue crackers into a pile with my foot and nudged them safely into an unoccupied corner so the pigeons could munch on them without getting in the way of the other people eating. I know it's terribly wrong of me, but I think pigeons are funny :-/
Posted by: Lisa S. on Mar 06, 09 | 1:43 pm
I'm gonna go try it and find out!
Posted by: Psi on Apr 14, 09 | 3:58 am
