Sunday, 25 January 2015

Seeking Social Filter: Inquire Within

So my friends love vinyl, records for those of you that are unsure of the term vinyl.

We went to our local bar this arv whilst our two friends took over the decks and played our fav tracks. We listened, drank cider and sang along, LOUDLY!

I was so excited to go this arv that when waiting to be picked up from home I saw a car pull up at the house and assumed without much checking that it was the girls, I stepped out of the house down the driveway and as loud as possible i busted out a big "well hi there ladies!" waving my arm as though i was directing an aeroplane! It wasn't the! in fact I've no idea who it was. I mumbled something to the effect of oh sorry your not my friends which may have made it worse and scurried back inside.

It's similar to when someone is smiling and waving, you return the gesture only to find that it's not you they  are waving at but the person behind you. Cue red face. 

Ever since I was young people have intrigued me, I love people watching, humans are fascinating creatures right? I've had this bad habit longer than I can remember. I will be at the supermarket with someone, and people further along in the isle are either doing something weird or having a Barney (fight) etc, I am fixated on them while the person I'm with is perusing the contents of the shelf next to me, either the people are conscious of my attention or the commotion is over and I turn to the person next to me only to find with great dread, they are no longer there. Nope not in sight at all. Completely moved on. Which leads me to realise I have been standing there, alone, gawking at these poor people like I am Judge Judy doing her Friday night grocery shop and about to sentence them to counselling sessions for being poor human beings in society!

I am great at embarrassing myself! Saying the first thing that comes into mind and then having to try and back peddle to mend my social error. My friends say my brain doesn't have a filter. I wonder if I was born this way, or if it can be fixed! Then again, me with a filter would just be plain boring! No-one wants that now do we.



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