stage fright
Who taught : Andrew and Pete
Do you know what are the top 10 fears people have in the world? It looks like there are some differences based on different surveys but here are the ones I found.
1. Acrophobia (The fear of heights)
2. Aerophobia or Aviophobia (The fear of flying)
3. Glossophobia (The fear of public speaking)
4. Lygophobia (The fear of the dark)
5. Arachnophobia (The fear of spiders)
6. Ophidiophobia (The fear of snakes)
7. Rejection (The fear of rejection)
8. Claustrophobia (The fear of confined places)
9. Kakorrhaphiophobia (The fear of failure)
10. Agoraphobia (The fear of open spaces)
Let me see…. I think I definitely have 4, 5 and 6 and a little bit of 7 and 9. How many do you have? Speaking of phobia, a few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Andrew, Pete and Brian. For some reason, we started to talk about stage fright. What would you think first when you hear this expression? Well, here is the definition I found from the wikipedia.
The anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia which may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience.
Stage Fright in men's restroom
I guess you should get it right. But we did not talk about that fright. It was the fright or fear males feel when they stand next to each other at a urinal. I actually do not have this fear but it seems like there are people have this fear and suffer from it. Or maybe even worse thing would be the time that you need to line up and many of other people behind you watching you peeing. To be honest, I do not like it. One day, I was in DC during the cherry blossom festival and there were one restroom in the Lincoln Memorial. So many people lined up to pee and there was my turn. I mean I could feel that people behind me watching me. That was really not a good experience. I think I do have a little bit of stage fright in that sense. Guys, do you also have it? How about women? Do they also feel some sort of stage fright when people are waiting for you lined up? I guess not because they can close the door. Well, there is another different thing I noticed in the U.S. from South Korea. The door in restroom! How come there is a big space at the bottom. I do not like that. In Korea, the door reaches all the way to the bottom which makes me feel more secure and private to do my business. That door should be renovated in the U.S.
related term might be
to have butterflies in your stomach.
For some reason, I have a different feeling from butterflies in my stomach. To me, “butterflies” one has a positive connotation whereas stage fright has a negative. Am I wrong?
Good point – I think “butterflies in your stomach” could go either way. It’s like a nervous kind of excitement. It wouldn’t apply in the situation you described though.
In the case of a man at a urinal, “stage fright” is appropriate, but “butterflies in your stomach” is not. If you’re at a urinal, the reason you might have “stage fright” is because other people are around, so it means more than just being nervous.
I always liked the space at the bottom of the bathroom doors so you know if someone is in there. Is there some other kind of indicator in Korea for this or do people just steady try the door all the time?
In Korea, there is usually a little indicator on the front side of the door. If someone is inside, it says, “사용중.” In English, either “occupied” or “in use.” I actually feel OK now but for the first time I had to use it, it was so weird that I cannot …. (you know what I mean) and just got out of it.
And another indicator is kind of the individually sensor light thing(?) on the ceiling of the each chamber, I don’t know the exact name of the system but the sensor of light reacts to body temperature so if someone is in there, the light is on automatically. So you can go in the chamber where the light is off without hesitation.
ok this sounds like a much better system.
Remember! She is blue blood so that she usually stayed around upscale places. Not all of the Korean restrooms have that kind of nice system. I was only able to get to see that kind of indicator when I was with Jessy because she took me very luxury places. 🙂