This is a close up of my cup after I spilled the water onto a paper I was reading; this is something that happens to me all too often.
On the occasions where I spill my drink, the aftermath is more of a hassle than a struggle. My first instinct is to move my phone and other electronics out of the way. Then I move to pick up the toppled glass and fetch something to catch all the water. It's my goal, thereafter, to restore my work station to it's pre-spill glory.
The true limitations of any spill is the need to stop everything else that is going on to tend to the problem at hand. It's even worse if the contents of the glass can cause a stain, then you have to act more quickly. I don't find that there are many opportunities that spawn from this form of clumsiness, other than having to get up from what your doing to combat the mistake by getting something to clean up your mess. A change of scenery then.
I also wanted to include the pictures I took last week of a girl outside of one of my classes spilt her Red Bull. I thought about how unstaged and natural her reaction would be so I had to document it discretely.
Spilling your Red Bull in the hallway can present a few obstacles: having to clean up your mess, making sure others don't walk through it, acting as if you had nothing to do with the matter. I found it really funny that after she knocked over the can, she brought 2 paper towels back, as if that would clean up the mess. When that wasn't enough she used a tissue to try and mop up the rest. She eventually gave up and went back to her nap, awkwardly on a bench in the hallway.
Friendly note, if you ever spill like this in a classroom building: refrain from leaving the sopping tissue on the floor so you can go back to sleep and try to actually clean up the spill, instead of giving up after 2 minutes.
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