Lukewarm Takes

What are Temple students’ most lukewarm takes?

BY: Nathaly Suquinagua

We all have some minor mundane issues when it comes to our everyday lives, especially college kids who seem to be running around campus every day of the week. Unlike “hot takes,” these lukewarm takes are more personal pet peeves.

Sophomore Natalia Hewit has one minor issue that seems to bother her.

“I simply get annoyed when people assume what others do,” said Hewit. “Why do people assume I’m aggressive? I hate being called aggressive. It’s just insulting.”

Jumping into the conversation, freshman Alex Zera mentioned how much he dislikes people nowadays having no common decency.

Zera remembered a time where he was walking down the stairs and a woman greeted him and said good morning.

“It was a little uncomfortable since it’s like what are you doing, do you have a secret motive that you have for saying hello? She seemed like she was a worker and she was familiar with that kind of work and I was so surprised she greeted me,” said Zera.

It surprised Zera, as he was not accustomed to seeing people greet others in such a polite way. It was something he won’t forget. Zera thinks this should be more normalized and that people have to show good manners even when others don’t.

Hewit chimed in and mentioned how in food service, it is nice to say hello and how are you to the workers. People are used to not saying that and it ultimately makes workers not want to say these types of things to people anymore.

Part of the reason why Zera and Hewit think people don’t show manners is that there is a misconception that if other people don’t show manners, then why should you continue to do so?

Adding to the list of what makes people upset or feel a certain way was sending food back at a restaurant or a food place.

Zera mentions how much he would rather stay with the food he disliked rather than send it back to the kitchen. Constantly complaining about the food for Zera is something that makes him upset and would not want to cause any issues at a restaurant.

These are some of the small concerns that many Temple students have and mentioned here are just some of the many.