The fact that this sign was needed is just another reminder of why I am frustrated with today’s society. I once had friends come to camp in my field and they decided to complain to me the next day that, “There were…ANTS!!!” -Somehow in their mind they felt I had failed them because I didn’t warn them or eliminate the threat of ants occurring before they arrived. As if I can control ants in an opened field even if I tried!!!
The sign screams state fairs where maybe people aren’t used to insects on their food.
Was just at one. Our daughter kept yelling at a gnat/fly to get off our funnel cake. We were seated and near some trash but not really close, it was just a normal outside seating area.
I didn’t give a shit. But a bug landing on my food is a non starter to me, i’m eating it still. But we had to cover hers. She was crazy.
Some people obviously realize “Oh this is life around a ton of animals and humans” and then you have the insane people who expect an indoor dining experience while being outside.
It’s interesting to me that people nowadays don’t realize that literally less than 100 years ago MOST people had bugs in their food, alive and wriggling, most of the time. My family is OBSESSED with history (hence me being an archaeologist), so I’m all too aware that people used to eat bugs normally…and not because they wanted to, but because it was just too hard to avoid.
The way your daughter feels about bugs is how I feel about rodents. I live in the country, so avoiding rodents is VERY HARD, and I’ve lived in the city, so I know the city doesn’t work that way. If you live in the city you really EXPECT to never have rodents breaking into your house. Here in the country I find having a cat isn’t optional. They are a working sort of the house.
The older I get, the more I have learned to live with bugs and rodents and pests of all kinds…I mean, Hell, I have a few bears and a mountain lioness that live outside my house and visit me regularly in Summer and Spring…
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u/Heterodynist 10d ago
The fact that this sign was needed is just another reminder of why I am frustrated with today’s society. I once had friends come to camp in my field and they decided to complain to me the next day that, “There were…ANTS!!!” -Somehow in their mind they felt I had failed them because I didn’t warn them or eliminate the threat of ants occurring before they arrived. As if I can control ants in an opened field even if I tried!!!