It's been happening more and more often: when I murmur a courtesy "Sorry" after nearly bumping into someone or awkwardly exiting a doorway that someone else is trying to come in through, the other person will respond with, "That's okay, you're fine."
You'd think "No problem" or a simple acknowledging grunt would suffice, but no—people follow it up with a comment on my state of being. Thank you for the affirmation, dear stranger, but I didn't ask for your opinion on the matter. Do I really seem so clumsy and self-conscious as to be subsequently wondering whether I have somehow made you think less of me during our polite dance of deference in an entrance-way? You are (inadvertently and with the best of intentions, I am sure) making me feel like a six-year-old.
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Haha please do--it'll add some flavor to my humdrum life.
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