Aw-k-ward

Alvin and I decided to go out to a rice restaurant right outside our apartment the other day. We saw that it might rain, so we brought our umbrella. It hardly rains in this city except very rarely in August.

When we left our building, it was lightly raining. In one minute, the weather changed to pouring. It was a little windy, so our pants were getting soaked. We were only about 5 minute walk away from our apartment, but we went for the first shelter, the atm area at the bank. This atm area is indoors and is a small room that can fit about 10 people.

This room already had about 6 people in it waiting out the rain. Alvin and I were in the back of the room, while everyone else was at the glass door looking out. As we were waiting, another guy runs into the room. A girl, who was already there, starts telling him that he didn't have to come. They were talking for about 5 minutes, but then I noticed that the crowd around them started backing away. I didn't think much about it, but 30 seconds later, the girl bursts. At first you didn't notice, but then she starts getting louder and louder, and she starts shaking because she is crying uncontrollably. She was actually very loud.

What I gathered from her monologue is that she just broke up with her boyfriend, (not the guy that was there), and her mom is mad at her. The whole place is silent, and we are all pretending we are unaware what is happening, but honestly we are all stuck in a cramped room, and this lady is not being private about her private life. Very aw-k-ward. The guy, not knowing what to do, and probably aware that everyone is feeling awkward, is just patting her shoulder. More aw-k-ward.

This situation lasted for five minutes, and then the rain subsided a little. Alvin and I took that time to escape from the awkwardness and run out to dinner. We both had a little laugh at the weird situation.