Did you know.... (Room 101)

Member Name: katyboo123

Product:	Room 101
Date:	26/10/09 (68 review reads)
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Advantages: Getting rid of things you hate? Isnt that the advantage?

Disadvantages: None!

Did you know that the concept of Room 101 comes from George Orwell's novel, 1984? The book was written in 1948 as a dystopian novel predicting a bleak future in which we would all be watched and controlled. There have been several concepts drawn from the novel, including the long running Big Brother TV series. Winston, the main character in the novel, is sent to Room 101 in which he is tortured by having a cage secured to his face and then starving rats poured in to the cage to gnaw at his face as this is his greatest fear and loathing. The Room 101 concept for the TV show (and in sayings i.e. a room full of spiders would be my room 101) comes from this novel.

I will therefore tackle this discussion two fold, first listing my fears, secondly listing my dislikes. I am scared of flying, and anything which does fly, this includes (but is not limited to), pigeons and other birds, moths, wasps, bees, flies, butterflies, bats, superheroes and witches on broomsticks. I don't like flying things because I cannot control them, and I tend to be a little bit of a control freak. I realise that flying is a necessary evil - I would not be able to visit beautiful foreign countries if I could not fly at all, and therefore I put up with it and stuff myself with Kalms and Rescue Remedy by Bach. But in a world where Room 101 existed so hopefully would 'teleportation' so I could close my eyes and be in Morocco in a second, rather than having to deal with Air Travel. I am scared of Pigeons and I struggle to go shopping unless accompanied or if alone, I will only go to covered centres, such as Metro Centre or the Trafford Centre. I can't stomach birds, not even tame pet birds. I once read a story in take-a-break which told how a woman was pecked all over her face by two crows in an alley way near her home. I was also bitten by a Goose as a child. These could be the reasons for my seemingly irrational fear of birds? So yes, all of the aforementioned flying 'things' would go in to my Room 101.

Also in there would be things I don't like. These would include cheap Ugg Boots which have been worn to death and collapsed over the side of the sole, so that the wearer is practically walking on the pavement rather than the sole. I wouldn't buy Ugg Boots full price, I'm by no means a snob, but come on, they look unsightly when they get to this stage. Not being able to smoke in Pubs would be another. I hate it. I don't go out much anymore, so the smoking ban didn't really work for me. Instead of reducing my cigarette in take on a night out, it's stopped me spending money on expensive nights in town and instead we all split a crate and sit in the garden smoking! So the nightclub and pub / brewery industry is losing out on my custom, not John Player Special!

I hate disrespectful children in equal quantities as I hate disrespectful old people. My girlfriend sat down on a busy bus a few weeks ago and a pregnant lady and an old lady got on, so she gave up her seat and the pregnant lady sat down. The old woman hit my girlfriend with her stick and went mad, saying she had no respect and should have given up her seat for her, and that the other woman was pregnant not disabled or elderly. I mean, you can't go about hitting people with your walking stick! So disrespectful people of all ages in there too please.

I cant stand frizzy hair on a rainy day, spilling my morning coffee down my clean white blouse, snapping a cigarette, loud Ipod headphones on people on the bus (I don't want to hear your music), people who are in a rush and push past you, people who walk past big issue sellers without saying 'no thank you' (manners cost nothing and at least they are working), when McDonald's get your order wrong, when you buy something and it's a bargain then you get home and realise it's pretty awful, AA road directions (is it just me or are they impossible to follow), arguing with people I love, when people keep pets alive and they are poorly when it's better for the pet to put them to sleep (selfish much?), traffic jams, cold tea (unless it's iced), not being able to decide what to cook for tea, watching a film or reading a book which is awful hoping it gets better then reaching the end and realising you just wasted hours or even days of your life, being on holiday and feeling ignorant because you can't speak the lingo.

Finally, and most importantly I would put in Rude people, particularly in shops and on buses and in taxis and in restaurants. People who you are paying a wage to by buying from, using and spending with. There's nothing worse than a shop keeper who puts your change down on the counter when you hold your hand out, or a taxi driver who complains when you give him a £20 note, or a restaurantier who sighs when you ask for a few more minutes to look at the menu. It gets to me! Im a little like Hannibal Lecter (not a cannibal thankfully) but I cannot stomach rude people. Manners cost nothing, and a smile is always remembered longer than a grumble or a frown or a sigh, and smiling / politeness gets you places, rudeness just makes you disliked, bitter and unhappy in yourself.

The end (hope I didn't bore you too much!)

Summary: Goodbye pigeons, cheap Uggs and rude people