Unspoken social rules make normal interaction with other people difficult -especially with someone you really don’t want to interact with in the first place. Or if you like the other person, but have nothing to say. And there are other situations that can become painfully awkward. You’ve been there. I certainly have. Link
Shakespeare
That was laugh out loud hilarious!
I have the coffee shop stalker to deal with… unfortunately.
dooflotchie
Hmmm…well. I guess there’s now one reason I can be thankful for some of the side-effects of working in retail for years, because it’s honed my politely-ending-conversations-and-quickly-getting-away skills!
Body language helps a lot, use it!
nifrek
I just close my eyes, cover my ears and start screaming while counting up… I usually open an eye to have a peek when I’m around 15 seconds and most times the other person is gone. However, sometimes people don’t know how to react and will stand there and stare at me, unable to process what is going on. If by 30 seconds (second peek) the person is still there, I’ll start running away as fast as I can while still covering my ears and counting (eyes should be open at that point tho, I tried with eyes closed once and it didn’t end well, I was stuck with the person for 20 minutes until ambulance arrived). If by 45 seconds the person followed me when I ran away, well by then they deserve a conversation, so I’ll stop running and screaming and just invite them to my house for coffee. Not a lot of people come to my house.
Miss Cellania
Whoa, nifrek, does that work with your parents? And they haven’t called an ambulance yet?
nifrek
I don’t live in the same city as my parents, so when I see them I usually make the effort to at least not do the running away part.
nutbastard
@everwhere
right, because they’ve got the exclusive rights to intentionally crudely drawn comics on the internet?
i’ve read the entirety of both the oatmeal and hyperbole and a half. they are not the same, nor is one a ‘rip off’ of the other. they are sovereign entities.
how’s *your* awesome website that you make enough money to live off of going?
that’s what i thought.
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