Our Fantastic Lack of Skills

As college students, there are many things that we need to do for the first time. For some people laundry is a new adventure, for some it’s tasks as simple as cooking with a microwave.

One night, while I was at work, one of my roommates invited over a couple of people. One boy decided to make popcorn in one of the rooms. He had been pampered by his mother his whole life, he had never had to make his own popcorn before. Ignoring the “popcorn” button, he entered in 4 minutes and left the room. Since it was a snack size bag of popcorn, it burned after a minute and a half. The room filled with smoke and spilled out into the living room. The boy ran “for help”, and after my roommates made sure their room wasn’t on fire, they chased him.

The entire suite smelled of burnt popcorn when I returned from work that night, and it continued to stink. Thanks to him, we got to smell his lack of skills for days.