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Originally Posted by TDK
if a child drowns once a week then I don't think you're a very good lifeguard  |
I think this is the best post TDK has ever made on any of his various accounts.
Around the end of October, we turn the heaters on at my theater. This makes the air dry and causes high-static conditions. Because of this, all the tiny, stepped-in popcorn particulate that accrues in the lobby and hallway during the course of a show becomes super static-charged. When I try to sweep anything less than a whole kernel off the carpet, the popcorn crumbs fly anywhere but where I'm sweeping them, forcing me to make tiny, slow sweeps, alternating the orientation of the broom every few sweeps so it doesn't get a charge. Even then, the dust tends to fly out of the dustpan whenever it feels like it, forcing me to sweep it up again. It's very frustrating and I'm glad that we're on the tail-end of Spring and I don't have to deal with it for another few months.