I do love the visual of a barista panicking about the wasp, but being unable to do anything about it until their coworker, who is also having a meltdown, types, prints, and applies the label to the cup before handing it to them to catch the wasp
A certain time of the year here they get so aggressive that it's inevitable if you are outdoors enough. They go for your eyes, so yeah,"don't harass them"
I’ve never been stung, and was always under the impression that they only sting if bothered, but the other day our family was at the beach and my niece got stung just sitting around doing nothing.
Hmm. At restaurants I often assumed they have been slapped before by someone else. But at the beach... Maybe it is that time in autumn when they get cranky.
Most likely your niece did something to the wasp on accident, or someone near her did. Maybe it was a beach towel, some sand, or a rock hit near the nest.
I’ve been stung once and the actual sting hurt a little bit but after that it just itched for a couple of hours.
Normally the paper wasps around here are totally chill but this one managed to get caught inside my shirt somehow and decided it was time to go to war.
As someone who has been stung dozens of times by probably at least a half dozen wasps and a few bees... The sting is incredibly variable.
I was doing some yardwork with my daughter and this nest must have been in a shrubby area we were tossing clippings into and one stung my hand and I saw one land on her ear and instantly grabbed her and ran. That was the worst sting I ever had felt and those buggers were small. Now my daughter is terrified of any pollinator.
I spent like 30 minutes icing my sting and she spent like 2 hours screaming with an inflammed ear as I attempted to help her ice it.
I am curious of there are different toxin types and different allergies... Like would those little buggers bring the same pain to everyone.
Not sure if it's regional, but I despise wasps with a passion. I don't harass them, bit they sure as fuck harass me. The try to fly into my face, my food, my clothes, etc. and then when they inevitably get stuck or upset, they start stinging. I've been stung multiple times by wasps and it hurts like hell and is always their fault. Bees are chill, European Hornets are okay (because they tend to just ignore you), but those yellow and black wasps can rot in a special super hell.
i have luscious eyelashes. bees, wasps, and similar like to land on my glasses to try to climb onto my lashes. when they're between the glasses and my eyes, uh, it's not fun. but if they crawl far enough in blinking kills them.
You've probably just been lucky. I found out I wasn't allergic when as a tween I licked on my lollipop and without noticing a wasp had sat right where I put my tongue. That could've been a real bad way to die, with a swollen tongue. Bunch of free ice cream though, so that was lucky.
26 Comments
EldenLord@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 335d
This is art
normalexit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 334d
The ingredients definitely gave me a chuckle after the initial shock of "oh no a wasp in a cup"
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 335d
dubble_deee@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 335d
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 335d
Do you think they printed the label before or after catching it? I like to believe this cup sat on the shelf waiting for its time to shine.
CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol · 24 pts · 335d
I do love the visual of a barista panicking about the wasp, but being unable to do anything about it until their coworker, who is also having a meltdown, types, prints, and applies the label to the cup before handing it to them to catch the wasp
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 334d
Like this took three 19 year olds to do.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 6 pts · 335d
Wasps dont harm me. I don't even know if I'm allergic to wasp toxin. 🤔
I mean, dogs or horses or even cows could hurt me. But I don't harass them, so they don't.
Or am I just lucky with those wasps all the time?
SGforce@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 335d
A certain time of the year here they get so aggressive that it's inevitable if you are outdoors enough. They go for your eyes, so yeah,"don't harass them"
probable_possum@leminal.space · 3 pts · 335d
That is certainly a point. Maybe I'm not. :)
relativestranger@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 335d
they swarm around the entrances of the building here this time every year
naeap@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 335d
Yeah, they are getting used to stuff
But the bush with the nest of the wild wasps on my way to the supermarket always screams up, when I pass by
Luckily they don't attack though, because they're kinda used to it
fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net · 11 pts · 335d
I’ve never been stung, and was always under the impression that they only sting if bothered, but the other day our family was at the beach and my niece got stung just sitting around doing nothing.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 4 pts · 335d
Hmm. At restaurants I often assumed they have been slapped before by someone else. But at the beach... Maybe it is that time in autumn when they get cranky.
pewpew@feddit.it · 1 pts · 335d
We often have wasps coming in when we have dinner, they never stung us
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 335d
Most likely your niece did something to the wasp on accident, or someone near her did. Maybe it was a beach towel, some sand, or a rock hit near the nest.
robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 335d
I’ve been stung once and the actual sting hurt a little bit but after that it just itched for a couple of hours.
Normally the paper wasps around here are totally chill but this one managed to get caught inside my shirt somehow and decided it was time to go to war.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 334d
As someone who has been stung dozens of times by probably at least a half dozen wasps and a few bees... The sting is incredibly variable.
I was doing some yardwork with my daughter and this nest must have been in a shrubby area we were tossing clippings into and one stung my hand and I saw one land on her ear and instantly grabbed her and ran. That was the worst sting I ever had felt and those buggers were small. Now my daughter is terrified of any pollinator.
I spent like 30 minutes icing my sting and she spent like 2 hours screaming with an inflammed ear as I attempted to help her ice it.
I am curious of there are different toxin types and different allergies... Like would those little buggers bring the same pain to everyone.
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 334d
Not sure if it's regional, but I despise wasps with a passion. I don't harass them, bit they sure as fuck harass me. The try to fly into my face, my food, my clothes, etc. and then when they inevitably get stuck or upset, they start stinging. I've been stung multiple times by wasps and it hurts like hell and is always their fault. Bees are chill, European Hornets are okay (because they tend to just ignore you), but those yellow and black wasps can rot in a special super hell.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d
i have luscious eyelashes. bees, wasps, and similar like to land on my glasses to try to climb onto my lashes. when they're between the glasses and my eyes, uh, it's not fun. but if they crawl far enough in blinking kills them.
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 335d
You've probably just been lucky. I found out I wasn't allergic when as a tween I licked on my lollipop and without noticing a wasp had sat right where I put my tongue. That could've been a real bad way to die, with a swollen tongue. Bunch of free ice cream though, so that was lucky.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 3 pts · 335d
That wasp felt harassed I guess. :)
But: Ouch!
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 335d
You are lucky.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 1 pts · 335d
Yay.
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 335d
This must be a hidden menu item!
thegreatloofa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 335d
Chug! Chug! Chug!
Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 335d