Waving at the Wrong Person

WHY is accidentally waving back at someone a full social execution. I’m just existing. Peaceful.

Mind on autopilot. I see a hand go up — I wave back. CONFIDENTLY. Wrong person.

They weren’t waving at me. They were waving at someone BEHIND me.

Now I look like I just waved at the concept of friendship. So now I gotta play it off.

“Oh haha yeah I was stretching.” No you weren’t. You committed to that wave.

OWN IT. And the worst part? They make eye contact. They KNOW. Now every step I

take after that feels illegal. I’m walking like I just committed a crime in public.

Congratulations. I waved once. And now I can never return to this location again.