I am so embarrassed I could curl up into a ball and die right now.
So I've just been out doing one of my favorite things: driving around at night listening to music. I ended up driving through a club-centric part of town which, because it's Saturday, is absolutely packed with club-goers. So I'm sat in traffic waiting for taxis to move, surrounded on all sides by excited party people. As usual, because of my car there's staring, waving, shouting, picture taking, etc, I rev the engine a bit in response, it's all good fun.
Then through my slightly open window, I hear a "hey man!". I turned to see two youngish women coming up to the side of my car. In a split second I'm thinking "Are they just crossing the road? No, they're coming straight up to my car." They're now pretty much right next to my window. "Are they going to say something about my car? Are they going to ask for a ride? Do I know them from somewhere? Are they prostitutes? (lol, inexperienced virgin mind)".
I roll the window down and say "yeah?"......aaand they just stand and stare at me without saying anything. For the longest, awkward 3 or 4 seconds ever. I realise that, actually, they hadn't been talking to me at all. Now I think about it, I don't even know if it was them that said anything to begin with. I awkwardly rolled the window back up, just to hear a laugh and "what was all that about?" before I got away from there as quickly as possible.
It doesn't seem very troubling in written form, but being the awkward, shy introvert that I am, I now feel physically sick. I can't seem to do anything without getting into awkward situations. Looking back, I should've said something like "sorry, I thought I heard you talk to me" or something, but I'm not that quick of a thinker.
Last edited: Jan 24, 2016