Awkward.

Well, I tried to complete the assignment of listening to someone else's conversation. It was - as you guessed it - awkward. I was by myself in the BLUU (unfortunately), and as I was eating my bland salad, I was intently listening to two girls' conversation.

They were eating their food and talking, and I was stoked! I figured they would talk about something funny, which would then give me material to write about. Boy, was I wrong. :(

No more than one minute into my eavesdropping did they stop talking. Now, it wasn't because they were aware of my listening; it was because they were both on their phones! It made me so sad! Here are two friends taking time out of their day to eat lunch with one another, and all they can do is text (or Facebook or Twitter...I mean, the possibilities are endless)?!

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they started talking to each other again. I heard something about the Indy 500, but I couldn't catch all of what one of the girls was saying.  More small talk went on, and I was about to give up when I saw a smile spread across one of the girls' faces.

She started to laugh a little at herself as she explained to her other friend how there was kale (maybe?) in her smoothie rather than spinach. At this point, I was praying for the other girl to start laughing. And what did she do...SHE CONTINUED TO PLAY WITH HER PHONE!!!

I mean, COME ON! At this point, I admitted defeat. Tragically, I did so as some of the Market Square workers were laughing in the back (but I neither knew what they were laughing about nor why). 

Looking at my watch, I left the BLUU to write this post before today's class. 

Defeat? Check.

Awkward? You betcha.