Fast Food & Rules

Today was a very fun, relaxing class... just what I needed. Fast food & Rules seemed to be the topic of conversation... and how do these pertain to psychology? Well hopefully I will enlighten you on the rules part, but the fast food is just a tangent!

We spoke about a gentlemen who spoke to a group and said that he never went to fast food places because it was dumb. Well the class came to the conclusion that he thought it was dumb because he never had the need for the establishments. You see the gentlemen did not drive, so if you don't drive you do not see the advantage of driving through a place getting food and continuing to drive. Now I will admit I do consume some fast food, but being a Health Science major I know way to much about the nutrition in those foods, or lack there of!

Most amusing was the stories my classmates shared about different ways they went through the fast food drive through. Walking through of course will not let you get any food, for some reason the employees frown on that. But being pushed in a shopping car will get you some food... how interesting!

Now on the rules, we spoke about a boy who hit his best friend. The best friend walked away with a broken nose, and the boy who did it had a test for ADHA. What was found was that he had an anxiety level of zero. What 9 year old doesn't have anxiety? What person doesn't have anxiety? Then came the discussion of serial killers, and personality disorders.

My thought is if the person doesn't have any anxiety, then does that mean they have no worry of doing something against societies rules? If that is true would that mean that they do not have a "conscience"? That doesn't seem like any fun to me because if you don't know the rules or boundaries how can you have fun safely breaking them? Growing up don't children break the rules to learn what the boundaries really are? I know I did!

Well there are my thought provoking questions for the day... enjoy!