There is nothing more disgusting than people swapping saliva in the middle of a busy school hallway. How hard is it to contain your hormones in public settings? Overly expressive PDA, especially in our school, needs to be addressed now.

High schools are a mixture of people of different ages; some getting ready to go to college, and others just sprouting out of middle school. What makes people think it’s okay to make out and grope each other in front of thirteen-year-old children? Set a better example for our youth.

Now I’m not saying people shouldn’t be allowed to hold hands or hug each other “hello,” but there needs to set a clear boundary between sweet and sickening. A small peck before saying goodbye is okay, but if your lips have been touching for over three seconds, separate. It’s not only nauseating but gives everyone second-hand embarrassment. You’re displaying your lack of self-control to the whole hallway.

Public displays of affection not only make everyone uncomfortable, but they also prove to be a massive inconvenience by jamming up hallway traffic. The number of times I’ve almost been late because of having to maneuver through couples hugging and kissing for odd amounts of time is ridiculous. If you’re going to have a love session in the middle of a passing period, at least do it to the side of the hallway.

This isn’t just a problem in my eyes. Other students have expressed discomfort with these occurrences. Out of an anonymous survey of ten students at RHS, nine of them answered that the amounts of PDA in the hallways make them uncomfortable.

Another student declared her opinion with pride. “When they stop in the middle of the walkway, people cannot get around them and it interferes with my day. I also don’t like when they walk extremely slow but doesn’t let anyone go around them. I don’t care if they do PDA but don’t interfere with people trying to get to their classes.” Jayden Thielemann (’26) said.

Excessive PDA in the hallways has become an extreme problem at the R. As a collective, let’s make a change.