So you know what's awkward? When you're telling a story to someone and they turn away from you right in the middle of your sentence to say something to someone else.
It's kind of like if you were driving down the highway at 70 mph and then all of a sudden a stop sign appeared. Both experiences may give you extreme whiplash and road rage.
Not only is it the slightest bit rude, even if the person didn't intend it to be, it's kind of hard to recover from. You're just left standing there blinking with your mouth open: "So then I told the guy- Oh, or you could talk to someone else. I'm not telling a story or anything, THAT'S COOL."
Then, usually, the person just turns back to you and expects you to continue with your story. Now, in protest of this ridiculous rudeness, I've been telling myself to just not finish the story. After all, it would serve them right! ... But. Unfortunately, I always really want to tell the story, so I have to finish it. I find myself mentally banging my head against the wall for it later, but I have to finish the story.
Curse my need to have complete thoughts!
Well that's understandable. I'm guilty of doing this too, though. It's one of those consequences to being easily distracted. You remember something and have to tell the person that you saw what you need to tell them, and usually it's important.
ReplyDeleteBut that's just me. :P