Ever since I became a high school student the school had us attending this night, which they aptly dubbed "High-school night". It was a night meant for camaraderie and enjoyment, it was fun though some parts of it I was bored as all hell. I remember good stuff back in those days, but one thing bothered me. You see there was this one booth that would capitalize on the feelings of others. Every time we held this event there was always that one, that one booth that had forced romance smeared all across it.
I didn't really pay mind to it too much as I have no power as to what they do and what services they can't give. In my first HS night, it was that people can pay to have two people have their hands tied together, pretty mild really it just holding hands. Though if you were the type to get embarrassed easily this will be a living hell to you, but that's nothing compared to if they manage to get the person you like to be the one you get tied up with. I have no personal experience, but I damn well know that ain't the best to spend the evening. If you like the person then good, but does the person like you? What then? Now he/she is forced to be stuck with a person they have no feelings towards too and would rather be with the one they actually like than stuck with someone they have no feelings for. It may sound crushing for the one with feelings for one that has feelings for another, but that's life. Not every situation will go your way and the more you realize this the less life seems frightening. But that seems tame compared to what they had in store next year.
It was announced when we were having a class, I was already looking for that one booth and lo' and behold there it was. It was a conversation booth. Where two people would be forced to sit in front of each other and were supposedly held there until they have a "meaningful"conversation. There was one word going through my mind at the time, and it was "WHAT". Let me get this straight, you expect people to have a meaningful conversation in a room full of other unlucky customers while the booth staff listen in to the conversation. What were they thinking? Did they expect people to go heart-to-heart in ear's distance from other people? Also, what is even the basis for a meaningful conversation? Considering their standards and the booth's subtle tone, they must expect crushes to come flying out of the wood-works and people confessing like mad. There are a lot of flaws in this system. It's uncomfortable for both parties. The person who came up with this idea must have done it just to see new possible couples and who has a crush on who, but that's thrown out of the window. You know why? The answer is quite simple and dumb. The booth accepts all requests, no matter who they were from. With no consent got from any of the poor souls that got into the booth and forced to sit while another student listens in on him/her.
Aside from the forced romance booths the food was pretty nice and although I had nobody to dance It was fine. I looked at the the shining stars that night, though not all the stars I saw that night were up in the sky.
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