written by Percolator
original source of the story was Submitted by the author
I had a girlfriend who, while always almost instantly noticed everything that was under her feet (and I tried various clothes, pencils etc), for some reason, would not care at all when it was earphones. And I had a lot of pairs, as I like listening to music while walking, so I go through them fast.
I would throw my earphones under the table and watch as she would place her feet on them, notice that the “ground” is uneven and try to place her foot on a better position and then after some time inevitably land on them again. That was when the grinding and twisting begun.
She would play with the earphones under her feet for hours on end, with sandals, converse, boots, you name it. And all the while visibly wiggling her toes in her shoes as if she’s enjoying it.
Funnily enough, she never actually damaged any of the already disabled pairs I threw at her, apart from a few scratches maybe. One time, we go out and I only had one perfectly good pair of earphones as I had decided that I wouldn’t do that again. But for some reason she was moving her feet around like crazy, so I eventually relented.
Well, once she caught the wire of the earphones, she would constantly drag it back and forth and tap her feet on the earpods. At one point, she dragged the earphones forward while stretching, then stomped one of the pods which broke immediately, as if it couldn’t take any more abuse, and finally separated her feet enough to cut the wire in two.
Finally, somehow, still unknowingly, she managed to place the second pod exactly in the place she would step when we got up to leave. Needless to say that this pod was also destroyed. By this point, she was a bit drunk as well so it’s probable that she never even noticed the final crunch.
So, we got up and left, with the remnants of the only working pair of earphones I ever tried with her lying on the ground.
Here’s the kicker. I told her twice, that somehow my earphones fell under the table and by the time I saw them they were already destroyed and since she seemed to be enjoying it, I didn’t say anything as there was no point by that time. The first time I told her this, she asked if all of this happened while she was drunk. The second time, she told me “what am I supposed to do if you place them there”.
So, maybe not so unaware?