Sometimes it is so apparent how socially awkward I am that I wonder if I should take the Asburgers test online again. I find myself in situations wherein I feel incredibly uncomfortable but everyone else is so nonchalant, that I wonder if it's just me with the problem...
Say someone is standing some place while waiting in line or at the water cooler filling up his/her giant water bottle, and two people, strangers to the first person, walk over already in the midst of conversation. Then, these people walk in different directions for different reasons - someone is at the sink and someone is at the microwave - but they continue to converse despite the fact a person with ears was already there quietly and is now sandwiched between them. These people continue to have what should be a private conversation, talking through this person as if he/she were not even there.
Is that considered to be eaves dropping? It better not be. I mean, there's nowhere to go in this situation. I can't tune out what's being said over my head as I wait for the impossibly slow water to trickle my bobble bottle full. What is appropriate? I am allowed to join in with, "yeah, dude, you should probably see a doctor and a lawyer about that." Would that exacerbate the level of rudeness or reflect the awkward vibes they threw my way?
I didn't say that, but if I had, would I be rude? Who is rude in the conversation sandwich, the meat or the bread?
