Forced "Moments"

*looks longingly into your eyes* Hey there. I know, you're eating that sloppy-joe sandwich...but baby, I just gotta tell ya...I'm having a baby right this very second.

Don't you hate when dramatic people try to force a moment on you? It's got to be the most awkward feeling in the world. You're sitting down, listening to a story, when all of a sudden, people tell you to stand up and sing. What? I'm in the middle of doing something...why am I singing all of a sudden? What would happen if this happened in every day occurrences?

Bill: Hey, Jeff, I'm gonna need those files at my desk--
Jeff: AMAZING GRACE! HOW SWEET THE SOUND! SING IT WITH ME, BILL!
Bill: Wha...what? Jeff, I'm telling you that if you don't get those files to me, I'm gonna have to--
Jeff: SILENT NIGHT!!! HOOOLY NIGHT!!! ALL IS CALM!!! ALL IS BRIGHT!!! FEEL THE MOMENT, BILL? DO YA FEEL IT?!
Bill: Jeff! Stop singing! I'm trying to tell you something important--
Jeff: I GOT THE JOY-JOY-JOY-JOY DOWN IN MY HEART! WHERE?! DOWN IN MY HEART! WHERE?!
Bill: You're fired.
Jeff: Whew! Finally.

I went to a youth retreat this weekend and all I got from it was forced "moments". I was sitting listening to a Bible story, when all of a sudden, BAM! I'm singing a song. Then...BAM! I'm listening to why life is like a train (complete with a powerpoint presentation consisting of photos that are not related to trains). After that BAM! I'm making a pledge. What the heck? Choose just ONE activity! Don't be throwing around my attention like a waterballoon!
Then, we had to all go get stickers that were heart-shaped and represented "The Heart of God". I'm pretty sure I don't need to be getting a paper/adhesive concoction to get the heart of God, just saying. But what's worse, is that this boy was crying with emotion (apparently the forced moment worked for him, which is great, seriously. I'm seriously glad) and this girl went to hug him when, out of the darkness came...THE MOMENT PHOTOGRAPHER! That obnoxious old man who thinks it's totally okay to blind you with the flash when he takes a picture of a strictly intimate moment! Way to expose an actual moment! Seriously, what is up with the obnoxious photographers? You have them everywhere--birthdays, revivals, weddings...what would happen in everday life with THEM?

Bill: So, I fired Jeff for singing at work today.
Bill's wife: I'm glad, honey. You must have had a rough day. *rubs Bill's shoulders*
Photographer: I NEED MORE EMOTION! RUB HIS SHOULDER TO THE LEFT AND MAKE ME A SASSY FACE! BILL! BILL, BABE, YOU GOTTA LOOSEN UP YOUR EYES!!! GIVE ME A WHOLE BRITNEY SPEARS LOOK, HONEY! OKAY? OKAY! WATCH OUT, HERE COMES THE FLASH!!! *blinds everyone into annoyance*

This world needs more moments without obnoxious photographers and stickers with too big of meaning.