What might start as a quick ticket to glory in middle school recess is just an annoyance to those in high school. The new trend of “bottle flipping” started from an internet video and spread like wildfire.

It is easy enough to see how it started to be popular. You drink most of your bottled drink and take your best shot of tossing it and that’s all there is to it; toss and hope for the best.

I think that this new trend should be ended for the sake of everyone that has some semblance of sanity. My lunch period should not be filled with seeing bottles tossed into the air for quick and annoying entertainment.

People don’t need the headache of constant thumps from bottles flipping during the time to eat lunch, catch up on homework, or socialize with their friends.

The noises that come from the flips aren’t limited to thumps; wait till they land one and you will hear the incessant victory whoops and hollers.

To fuel this unfortunate habit that they have many newly purchased water bottles get half of their contents get poured out without drinking any of it. I’m not an environmentalist by any stretch of the imagination but that seems so wasteful to me to dump out perfectly good water for a simple game.

During this commotion of making their debut on the stage of bottle flipping, they make quite the mess that could have been avoided if they behaved like they were in a public area which they are.

I won’t be saying outlaw water bottles by any means but at least if you are flipping bottles drink the rest of the water and recycle it or put it away. This shouldn’t be a problem and I can’t fathom wasting my time playing with a water bottle instead of doing work or talking with my friends.

We could just wait for the best new thing to replace the bottle tossing just like “whipping” was replaced by “dabbing” but I would rather just not see it anymore.

As a student who can constantly hear and see water bottles being flipped, I don’t want another day of these juvenile kids flipping their bottles and ruining my peace and quiet wherever I go for lunch.