Funny Real Life Stories From the Most Awkward Encounters
There is a special kind of silence that falls over a room when someone has said exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time. It is not ordinary silence. Ordinary silence is what happens in elevators, libraries, and dentist waiting rooms where everyone is pretending not to hear the receptionist explain insurance codes with the emotional range of a fax machine. Awkward silence has weight. It takes up furniture. It sits in the good chair and makes eye contact. The fun