Saturday, May 01, 2010
Awkward Alert: Everyday moments that make you cringe
Thanks to everyone who sent me messages asking me where I've been and why I haven't updated my blog (a special appreciation to the people who sent aggressive, demanding missives - I function well under pressure). My excuses of being too busy at work or not having a good enough photo to accompany my topic of the day were all kind of lame, so here I am (with a pretty random picture that connects to the theme of awkwardness tangentially at best). Thinking about those "wish you could change the channel" experiences that come up every so often:
1) At Starbucks, you and a friend both place orders. You are standing in front of her and the cashier asks, "Are you paying together?" Now you feel all extra stingy to answer, "No, separately is fine." So suddenly you've invested ten bucks in a caramel frappucino.
2) At a high school reunion, you realize that everyone from your winning debate team is hovering near the hors d'oeuvres, and you quickly hand your camera to a non-debater to take an old-time's-sake photo. A totally random classmate runs over and does that stupid half-crouch in front of the group before you can think of a way to politely say that this was not an open casting call. When you get home, you discover that she wasn't crouching low enough to be photoshopped out of existence.
3) At the office, you and a colleague enter the elevator at the same time on a Friday afternoon. "What time are you headed to the after-work get together?" you ask. His blank expression reveals that he was not included on the email invitation.
4) At the gym, your aerobics instructor arrives to class with a dramatic new haircut - ten inches shorter and several shades away from its natural color. It's too different not to acknowledge the new look, but you want to somehow express that her mane was so much prettier before. "Wow - you cut your hair!" you say excitedly yet surprisedly, hoping the message gets through. She eagerly awaits additional input. "It looks great," you mumble defeatedly.
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A good looking friend of the opposite sex on facebook leaves a comment on your page that can be easily misinterpreted that there is “something going on” between you too. You have just added your Recent Love Interest and Now it looks like you’re A Player.
You respond in the comments section to the comment on your page, to make it clear: Haha what a great joke, how is your Girlfriend?
However, you are tired of having to Constantly make these distinctions and Wish your friends would just write things that can be easily interpreted as Friend Speak. Do you just take down your Wall? What is the Proper Etiquette to follow if Everyone Knows you are Single Anyway, as Lone Tree in the Sahara Desert.
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You respond in the comments section to the comment on your page, to make it clear: Haha what a great joke, how is your Girlfriend?
However, you are tired of having to Constantly make these distinctions and Wish your friends would just write things that can be easily interpreted as Friend Speak. Do you just take down your Wall? What is the Proper Etiquette to follow if Everyone Knows you are Single Anyway, as Lone Tree in the Sahara Desert.
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