fall.

    I love fall. I love the leaves and the way they sound when they crunch beneath my shoes. I love the brisk but sunny mornings. I love having an excuse to drink coffee and chais whenever I please. I love sitting in my living room by the fireplace, watching crap tv.

   All these things sound great, right? There’s just ONE THING that completely ruins fall for me, and that is the appearance of the common cold.

   I can’t think of anything more irritating than when someone in my class just can’t stop sniffing. It’s like they don’t notice they’re sniffing every seven seconds. And there are different classifications of sniffing.

• The dainty sniff: usually comes from girls who are trying to be discreet, still irritating though. It’d almost be better if they just manly-sniffed once every ten minutes instead of dainty-sniffing multiple times per minute.
• The snorty-sniff: generally erupts from a dude who should really contemplate just leaving the room and taking care of that. Really gross and moist sounding. Has made me gag. 
• The relentless sniff: most common type of sniff during tests because of the angle of one’s head. On average, a sniff occurs every five seconds throughout the entire exam. Has made me contemplate serious violence.

Here is a picture of what I endure during a test.

   I don’t know about the rest of my peers, but I generally try to keep some sort of snot-catcher with me in class during cold weather to prevent irritating everyone due to constant sniffing. Actually, I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who gives a shit because I haven’t had a class in the past two weeks where there aren’t at least 3 relentless-sniffers. It is so distracting that I admit I’ve looked up from my exam just to death-glare at them and mentally curse them.

   Seriously, people. Grab a freaking tissue on your way to class if you know you’re having some phlegm-related issue! No one wants to hear you sniffing snot back up into your sinuses. Repeatedly.