Going through the drive through just to park and eat alone in my car.
2.When I was 12, a man in a suit I didnt know knocked on the door.
I could see him through the front room window so I hid behind the chair.
Noah Buscher
Looked up to see if he had gone, made eye contact.
Stayed where I was.
Wasnt the last time it happened.
3.I wear headphones all the time.
Even if theyre off/not plugged in.
7.I failed an important test once because I was too scared to ask the teacher for a pencil.
Then he pushed bring up the letterbox, and saw me splayed across the floor.
10.Before I got my own apartment, I was sharing one with two other people.
I was woken up by the sound of loud sex in the room right next to mine.
As I was lying there, unable to sleep, I realized something horrifying my period has started.
I couldnt leave my room without them noticing that I was there and that I could hear them.
I didnt want them to feel awkward.
I spent the whole night lying in a pool of my own period blood, pretending I wasnt there.
11.Every single day I order Starbucks on the app no matter how inside the store I am.
A lot of days there isnt even a line but that doesnt stop me!
12.I will hold a cough in until tears roll down my face so people dont hear me coughing.
Ive done it all over.
14.Pissed in a bottle to avoid having to leave my room.
Purposely tailor my career to be able to work remotely, from home.
Only respond to people through text or email.
I recently viewed and agreed to take a new apartment entirely through text.
Shop online, buying pants is hard.
I havent found a new pair that fits in 3 years.
Pay my brother to do my grocery shopping with a strict list so I dont have to.
Luckily he needs the money.
16.Went to a barbershop to get my beard shaved for the first time professionally.
Whelp… looks like Im getting a haircut.
Wasnt sick or anything, and I didnt even see a doctor.
I hated my coworkers.
18.Lived in a loft downtown on the 3rd Floor.
One time there was a family moving in.
I walked all the way around the building to the opposite sides entrance to get into the building.
What shouldve taken me 5 minutes took me close to 30 to get in my apartment.
Thats when I realized I might have a problem.
19.I use digital pre-bought bus tickets on my phone to avoid talking to the bus driver.
The app was down one day so I walked the 2 hours to work.
20.Girl Scouts selling cookies at entrance to Walmart.
Note, its the north entrance and very near where I parked.
This time, for reasons passing understanding, I blurt out Ill grab some on the way out.
I do my shopping, use self check (because introvert) and get ready to leave.
Again, my car is parked just outside the north entrance.
I promptly walk across the Walmart to the south entrance and exit there.
22.I had a huge crush on this guy senior year of highschool.
Like, would uncomfortably stare at him the whole class period crush.
One day, we added each other on Facebook, switched numbers, and started texting.
So I dont disappoint them.
Same thing happens here.
Thing is, we still had class together.
Several months of it.
If he was still in the hallway, walk around another hallway, wait for him to go away.
Pretty sure I was late a couple times so I didnt have to run into him.
i wouldnt even look him in the eyes because of how nervous I was!
Turns out, he had a crush on me as well!
23.Ive never played the lottery before.
At the top, theres a spot to mark draws.
So $40 bucks lost so you can avoid an interaction.
25.Ordered food to be delivered, but my housemates and their SOs were downstairs.
I told the delivery person just to drop the food on the porch and Id get it.
26.I was at a dorm party in college.
I became overwhelmed and hid under my gfs bed.
They looked for me and everything.
Once I was able to rejoin the party, strolled back in and acted like I had stepped out.
I cringe thinking about it.
27.I dont go into a shopping aisle in the grocery store unless its empty.
28.I walked around a trade show at a conference for an hour pretending to be on my phone.
Its a daily thing.
I was sure Id get over it.
Couple days in my Mom calls and says I sound terrible so she sends a cousin over.
He brings me some Gatorade and cold medicine.
Choke all that down.
Next day his mom shows up and takes me to the hospital.
Hey, youve had pneumonia, you shouldnt wait like this next time
Oops.
31.I dropped a college course when I heard two people whisper my name behind me.
32.I moved into a new apartment and I wasnt told where the big trash cans were.
At that point I went in search of the big trash cans, but couldnt find them.
34.Dropped out of college because I was afraid to tell my advisor/counselor about my struggles in school.
35.I work at a hotel and one of the worst things about it are the really chatty guests.
Theyll just stand at my desk and jibber-jabber, completely failing to take the hint.
Ive learned to call the hotel phone from my cell phone.
I answer the phony call and and tell the guest Excuse me, this is important.
Then I slip into the back and watch them on the video monitors until they fuck off.
36.Saw a coworker from my new job at the bus station.
37.Hid under a bed while a real estate agent showed a couple around my flat.
Couldnt be bothered to go out but cant stand small talk, so decided to lay low.
I had a cup of tea, cushions, a Nokia with Snake on it.
I was quite happy under there.
They were 25 minutes late.
I guess I was under the bed for just over an hour.
I feared a sneeze.
I was in my early twenties.
like dont stop and give me that its okay to go!
I appreciate what youre trying to do but it would be easier for everyone if you just kept driving.
39.I never answer the door unless Im expecting someone.
Just today actually, my neighbor was knocking on my door this morning and I didnt answer.
When it was time to head to work I realized I didnt have my keys.
I think my neighbor found them and was trying to return them.
40.I have phone anxiety.
Like, literally as soon as he turned right out of the parking lot instead of left.
A 10-min cab drive turned into a nearly 2 hour journey home.
I ended up hearing a lot of conversations I shouldnt have heard because nobody ever knew I was there.
43.My roommate threw a party at my house and I hid from everyone.
I avoided eating that whole night because I didnt want to walk by the party to get food.
My car was trapped between other cars.
I ended up jumping out of a second story window and walking 3 miles to a 7-eleven.
Then theyd text me and ask if I was okay, and Id say, Yep!
Just keeping busy with some projects.
And theyd ask if Id eaten anything since they hadnt seen me, and Id say, Yep!
Trust me, Id never go without food!
Then Id wake up at midnight and steal my own food from the fridge.
My neighbor had double parked behind me and I needed to get to work.
46.Going through the drive through just to park and eat alone in my car.
They were two birds, a bunny, and two Guinea pigs.
I would feed them carrots and talk to them.
48.In high school I didnt have a car so I walked home.
Had to attend an out-of-town conference with my classmates as part of the requirements for a course.
Also, all of them carpooled together in groups.
Ill catch you guys there!
so I wouldnt come off as a weirdo.
