News Flash: Most People Are Boring

I sat in on a casting call yesterday for a cooking show. The cooking show is looking for "real people with cooking dilemmas who would like to have those dilemmas solved on-air by a real-life celebrity chef." It seems like a cool enough show, and the auditions were pretty widely advertised, so I expected a good variety of people and an assortment of wacky food dilemmas from the people auditioning. I ran the camera and took notes while the producer asked questions like, "What is your food dilemma?" and "What do you do in your free time?" Additionally, she asked the catch-all, "Is there anything else interesting that you'd like to tell us about yourself?" Overall, I would have to say that I came away from the audition with one impression and one impression only: most people are boring. BOOOOORRRRING. Put you right to sleep boring. It was a sad revelation.

Admittedly, I only sat in on 3-4 auditions, but out of those I think 2-3 people stated that eating, watching TV and/or walking their dogs were hobbies. Guess what? THOSE AREN'T HOBBIES...those are everyday boring activities that everyone does. That's like telling someone that getting out of bed in the morning is a hobby. Besides, if you're trying to sell yourself I understand maybe saying that cooking & entertaining is a hobby of yours, but just straight-up eating? Come on people.

Are people really that boring, or are most people totally out of touch with what makes them interesting...to the point at which, even given a perfect opportunity to evaluate and champion what makes you unique and interesting, you bone it?

By the way, the croc picture at the top is what you get when you do a GIS for "not boring." You're welcome.