Sunday, August 2, 2020

Journalism

At U Scan, paying for my items:


Girl at the U Scan next to me: are you humming?


Me: (totally in my own world, still humming): What? Oh yeah. I guess I am.


Girl: Cool. Sounds nice.


Me: (mildly irritated by the fact that a stranger just praised my public humming for the sake of social convention—which by the way, she had no business commenting on—but also realizing I am not good at being a person in public, and feeling awkward about it): Totally.


No further conversation occurs, I pay for my purchases, gather my bags, and leave the store. This is journalism.

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