Oct 19, 2006 14:58
I find that a lot of my school day involves avoiding contact with people I don't like or don't feel comfortable with. On more than one occasion I have ducked into a restroom or the library just so I wouldn't have to deal with the stress of having to walk by them and feign some sort of interest just so word doesn't get around that I'm a frigid bitch. Today there was around 8 or so people that I feel awkward around grouped together walking in the skyway. They were quite a distance in front of me but I audibly cursed because they were walking so slow that our meet up was inevitable. I lessened my pace to an excruciatingly slow crawl but was still making headway. At one point I was about five feet behind them. Breezing passed them would have been far worse than just tagging behind, so that's exactly what I did. The first chance I had I went down an escalator and took the rest of my walk outside enjoying the briskness since the near confrontation had me sweating.
It's strange how the upside to our school can also be it's downfall. Having such a small campus makes it impossible to get away from anyone. If I get accepted to the U of M I am going to bathe in the discreetness of it all. I'll just be another faceless person falling between the cracks.