Dizzy Dee

I had such an embarrassing experience yesterday at the bank. I was waiting to see a consultant, along with three other people. I don’t like talking to strangers like that. People usually make senseless small talk and I think its stupid. Anyway, to get back to my embarrassment. The girl next to me was probably in her late twenties, and seemed extremely impatient. After a while she asked me why one of the consultants didn’t see any clients. I answered her with a bit of a clueless expression on my face and a slight shrug, after which she told me that she had to get her cash passport sorted out, because she was going to visit her sister in South Korea in a few days’ time.

I asked a bit about her trip, and whether she was looking forward to it. Now since we were not waiting in a normal queue for the cashiers, but instead sitting, waiting for consultants (in the forex department), she probably thought I was traveling somewhere abroad as well. So she asked me “So what about you?”. In that moment I was totally clueless. Not knowing “What ABOUT me” she really wanted to know… It didn’t even occur to me that she meant I might be taking a trip overseas, and that she was merely inquiring as to where I would be going. After quickly retracing our conversation I started to talk about traveling, and told her of all my overseas trips. I saw that she looked at me funny, but didn’t realize that she was expecting a simple answer. Something like “Yes I’m going to Switzerland” would’ve been perfect. But NOOOOOO I had to go and tell her all about my travels. Where I’ve been, and why. She must’ve thought I was really lonely; talking to a stranger like that. (I’d become the person I always fear I will find myself standing next to.) Half way through I realized that she was actually referring to my reason for being in the queue. I almost stopped in the middle of my sentence, and then just ended it abruptly, telling her that, NO, I was not traveling anywhere.

I felt like such an idiot!!! Luckily shortly after that she was called to the next available consultant.

I hate when I say stupid things. I do it THIS extravagant too often (I think?), but when I do it, I do it well.

*sigh*….