Everyone is allowed childish, irrational fears. Some people hate clowns, others spiders, water, etc. For me it’s hornets.
>be me
>senior in high school
>a mistake in scheduling sophomore year led me to end up not taking a mandatory sophomore level science class as a senior
>alright whatever
>it’s the last class of the day so that’s good at least
>spend most of the time sleeping and dicking around
>ace all the tests anyways
It should be mentioned we were learning about biology and insects of some kind or another at this time, which prompted this.
>Some kid says he caught a giant fuck hornet and that he should bring it to show in class teacher says this is a great idea
>I loudly voice my concerns
>my hatred for the creatures are well documented
>am ignored
>I hear the foreshadowtron firing up in the background
>NEXT DAY
>in seat
>kid walks in
>has the biggest fucking hornet I’ve ever seen
>not as in “biggest I’ve ever seen in real life” this was literally bigger than any picture or video I’ve ever seen of a hornet.
>panic mode on standby
>kid brings it up to the front of the class and the teacher starts talking about hornets and stuff
>I can’t even focus
>the hornet looks pretty docile at least.
>“Shake him a bit and see if that wakes him up”
>I make an insightful comment about why that is a fucking retarded idea
>I am ignored
>hornet does wake up, and it’s pissed
>kid forgot to secure the lid of this shitty plastic container
>HORNET FUCKING PUSHES OUT THE LID AND FLIES OUT OF THE CONTAINER
>kids scream
>teacher says in a firm but calm voice “Nobody panic”
>she has the situation under control
>I do not
>Hornet flies straight toward me
>NOW IS A PERFECTLY GOOD TIME TO PANIC
>FIGHT OR FLIGHT ENGAGED
>FIGHT MODE ENGAGED
>bolt up, scream obscenities and throw my fucking desk at the thing
>misses entirely, skips off another desk and wrecks the kid who brought it in
>books and papers fly fucking everywhere
>whiteboard falls and takes out the front row of students
>the hornet’s buzzing shifts from “I’m about to be angry” to a higher “I am completely fucking angry” buzz
>FLIGHT MODE ENGAGED
>teacher screams “ANON CALM DOWN”
>“FUCK THAT”
>football tackle through the group of children crowded around the door and bust it open
>hear the cracking of skulls on linoleum
>turn left and run out of the school, into my car, and drive home, still in blind panic
>NEXT DAY
>walk into classroom through noticeably broken door
>everyone in class has horrible bruises on them either from where the hornet stung them or from being caught in the collateral damage of my escape
>kid who got hit by the desk isn’t in class, find out later he had to get a neck brace
>dead fucking silence
>everyone is staring at me
>say “I don’t like hornets”
>sit down and pretend nothing happened
Fucking hornets, man
I’m with anon on this one, man. Fuck hornets and fuck anyone who thinks it’s a good idea to shake one up in a classroom. I have a serious fear of wasps and hornets as well so this is probably what I would do in this situation as well.
Even if it’s not hornets in particular, fuck teacher who knew about anon’s phobia, got asked repeatedly to not allow something that would trigger it and still went with it. That’s just fucked up as a human being, let alone a teacher
Not only that but if he has a severe fear of anything actually just listen to him and avoid giving a panic attack to anyone.
I remember being in some kind of summer camp with a random assortment of teenagers. Some “therapist” is there to teach us about fears or smth. One of the girls tells him about her irrational fear of spiders.
He’s like:“Let me try something.”
She begins to panic saying “please don’t, I am in therapy and its hard for me.”
He just ignores her, folds his hands, like he holds something. Says “Imagine I am holding a spider in my hands.”
Girl gets panic attack. Can barely breathe and sobs.
He looks completely flabbergasted.
Who could have seen that coming?
Yep I would 100% panic, when you panic you are not in control of your actions. Justice for anon!
No, fuck the dumb shit kid who didn’t screw the cap on. Kid deserved his neck brace.