"Eh, 21."
A few years ago, I went to watch a movie with my sister. We were lining to buy the tickets and we had gotten to the front, for some reason I left the queue and let my sister pay for the tickets. While she was still paying for the tickets, I was watching movie trailers playing on the TVs by the cashiers. Then, the trailer for the movie '21' came up.
I remembered talking about wanting to see that movie with my sister when it came out, so when I saw the trailer for it, I paid extra attention. Then what I thought was my sister came up and stood beside me. I leaned over to my left, eyes still fixed on the movie trailer and confidently said: "eh, 21." using my head to point to the TV screen.
Needless to say, that wasn't my sister behind me. It was some random girl with her boyfriend. I looked at her and she looked at me.
Now, the appropriate thing to do in this situation would be to just apologize and laugh about it right? But I was so embarrassed and shocked to do anything. So I just stood there looking at her for 2 seconds. My brain then analyzed the situation and concluded: "it's already been a few seconds, it's too late to apologize now, it'll just be awkward. In fact, anything I say at this point will just be awkward and embarrassing. Okay, I know what to do."
I turned around and walked away. Without a word, like nothing happened. Didn't even look back.
Now that I think about it, if that girl didn't realize that I mistook her for someone else, she'll think some guy just came up to her and said "eh, 21." for no apparent reason and then walked away. She must have been freaked out then.
I remembered talking about wanting to see that movie with my sister when it came out, so when I saw the trailer for it, I paid extra attention. Then what I thought was my sister came up and stood beside me. I leaned over to my left, eyes still fixed on the movie trailer and confidently said: "eh, 21." using my head to point to the TV screen.
Needless to say, that wasn't my sister behind me. It was some random girl with her boyfriend. I looked at her and she looked at me.
Now, the appropriate thing to do in this situation would be to just apologize and laugh about it right? But I was so embarrassed and shocked to do anything. So I just stood there looking at her for 2 seconds. My brain then analyzed the situation and concluded: "it's already been a few seconds, it's too late to apologize now, it'll just be awkward. In fact, anything I say at this point will just be awkward and embarrassing. Okay, I know what to do."
I turned around and walked away. Without a word, like nothing happened. Didn't even look back.
Now that I think about it, if that girl didn't realize that I mistook her for someone else, she'll think some guy just came up to her and said "eh, 21." for no apparent reason and then walked away. She must have been freaked out then.
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