I seem to have the remarkable ability to create awkward situations and blatant misunderstandings that often times cause people to avoid me so that they do not come under further “harm”.
Thus the idea for this thread came up.
Here we shall discuss the many events that have happened to you (where “you” is a general you, and does not in fact refer to anyone named You) that have had negative conclusions even though you meant nothing by it.
Let’s start with…
Eldera*
The second day of school came with the usual eventualities. I woke up, I got ready and I spooked a random person out.
I arrived two hours early with the hopes of making a friend. I sat down at the bench closest to my class room, next to a woman with an electronic device in her hand. She was blaring music, which wasn’t only annoying, but unnecessary; the fact being that she was wearing head phones.
Seeking to free myself from this cacophony plague, I moved to a bench slightly farther from my door. The woman I was now sitting next to smelt odd; and not only that, when I tried to enter polite conversation she seemed to suddenly find better things to do.
Feeling dejected, I went around the balcony to a bench noticeably apart from my class room. This is when I met Eldera. She was eating a sandwich; that I really wanted; and sipping on a caffeinated beverage.
We had a conversation of sorts; I spoke of the annoying woman with the music; I spoke of Eldera’s lunch bag; I spoke of my class which was two hours away. At this point it was revealed that Eldera was in fact a tutor of mine.
“You’re kind of early for the class…” She noted, with more than a hint of worry in her throat. (She was constantly referencing her boyfriend, in an out-of-context sort of way). My reply was a bit odd, I admit: “I came early to make friends; I figured eventually someone would talk to me, you know?”
When I was in class later that day, I had the great misfortune of sitting next to her friends. When she came around to one of them, a man, she asked him if he would walk her home. When he pressed for reasons as to why, she said that she would tell him later. It felt horrible that my simple quest to make friends had turned me into a pervert in the eyes of this woman.
I made a point from then on not to ask her for help or engage her in conversation. I thought this would assure her that I had no ill will against her, but it did not. Often times I am left waiting several minutes for assistance from other tutors because she simply will not acknowledge my raised hand.
It sucks, it really does, to be treated like a stalker when I have never done anything of the sort.
Anyone else have experiences like this one?
I apologise if this post is a bit bland, I just don’t have the energy to relay everything that was said by Eldera and I.
~S.P.I.~
*This is not her real name.
I’ll try to remember some…I know they’re out there.
