Not sure what's in the air, but I've had some really awkward moments with strangers these last few months. There has been 2 incidents that really stand out in my recent memory.
First one was back in May. It was after work and I was having dinner by myself at my favorite local Vietnamese restaurant. I go there so often, they generally know what I want without me having to order and when it's empty I just sit down without waiting to be seated.
It's a normal day, I walk through the door, sit down at my usual table. As I'm surfing on my phone, someone sits down across the table from me. My head is still down, when I hear a female voice say "hey sexy, did you wait long?" It's at that moment the girl looks up from her purse, and I look up from my phone. I'm looking at her thinking "who is this person?" and I can see she is processing the "oh **** I'm sitting at the wrong table with the wrong guy. It's probably been a good 20 seconds of just silence and staring at each other when the waitress comes up and says "She's not your girlfriend and He's not your boyfriend" At that point the only thing I can think of to say is "uhhh awkwardddddd, but hi I'm Boris and I think your boyfriend is the guy waving frantically behind you two tables down" She laughs awkwardly and apologizes and runs off.
The second time was in June. I was off early and was out picking up some burritos for dinner for me and the girlfriend. I get my order and am off to the salsa bar to fill a couple of those little plastic containers up with salsa, onions, cilantro, and other burrito toppings.
Here's where it gets weird. A well dressed man around the same age as me is standing next to me. So I didn't think about it, I just reached over and grabbed a couple of the plastic containers since i was between him and them. I then try to hand them over to him. He then gives me this awkward look like he was stuck. He didn't accept the containers from me. It was at that moment I realize he didn't want them because I touched them. But at this point we are staring at each other. I'm standing there thinking "crap I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't want it because I touched it. I can see him thinking "crap how do i reject this without being rude." We stand there caught in that awkward limbo for 10 seconds but it seems drastically longer then that. I didn't know what to do, and the only thing I could come up with was to slowly un-extend my hand and just put the empty container in my pocket.
The man finally says, "I'm sorry, If my wife was here she would have yelled at me for being an *******." I laughed and just said "its ok, If my girlfriend was here she would have yelled at me for being unsanitary."
The thing is, in both times even though it was my first time ever seeing these strangers, we could both tell exactly what the other person was thinking in those awkward moments.
So have any of you guys had any of these awkward encounters lately? or am i just odd?
First one was back in May. It was after work and I was having dinner by myself at my favorite local Vietnamese restaurant. I go there so often, they generally know what I want without me having to order and when it's empty I just sit down without waiting to be seated.
It's a normal day, I walk through the door, sit down at my usual table. As I'm surfing on my phone, someone sits down across the table from me. My head is still down, when I hear a female voice say "hey sexy, did you wait long?" It's at that moment the girl looks up from her purse, and I look up from my phone. I'm looking at her thinking "who is this person?" and I can see she is processing the "oh **** I'm sitting at the wrong table with the wrong guy. It's probably been a good 20 seconds of just silence and staring at each other when the waitress comes up and says "She's not your girlfriend and He's not your boyfriend" At that point the only thing I can think of to say is "uhhh awkwardddddd, but hi I'm Boris and I think your boyfriend is the guy waving frantically behind you two tables down" She laughs awkwardly and apologizes and runs off.
The second time was in June. I was off early and was out picking up some burritos for dinner for me and the girlfriend. I get my order and am off to the salsa bar to fill a couple of those little plastic containers up with salsa, onions, cilantro, and other burrito toppings.
Here's where it gets weird. A well dressed man around the same age as me is standing next to me. So I didn't think about it, I just reached over and grabbed a couple of the plastic containers since i was between him and them. I then try to hand them over to him. He then gives me this awkward look like he was stuck. He didn't accept the containers from me. It was at that moment I realize he didn't want them because I touched them. But at this point we are staring at each other. I'm standing there thinking "crap I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't want it because I touched it. I can see him thinking "crap how do i reject this without being rude." We stand there caught in that awkward limbo for 10 seconds but it seems drastically longer then that. I didn't know what to do, and the only thing I could come up with was to slowly un-extend my hand and just put the empty container in my pocket.
The man finally says, "I'm sorry, If my wife was here she would have yelled at me for being an *******." I laughed and just said "its ok, If my girlfriend was here she would have yelled at me for being unsanitary."
The thing is, in both times even though it was my first time ever seeing these strangers, we could both tell exactly what the other person was thinking in those awkward moments.
So have any of you guys had any of these awkward encounters lately? or am i just odd?
