An in-person, recent conversation between my brother (Shad) and I recently:
Me: So how is the new job?
Shad: It's good, they--
Me: --and what do they have you working on?
Shad: Well, I'm still going to--
Me: --what time do you have to be there in the morning? Do you take the bus?
Shad: Yeah, I--
Me: --Do you park at the park 'n ride? How early to you have to get up and afkdlafjslruouriowfkaljd83490289042cnmnc,asd,fdnsamf,snam,fns,d438190891adkjfdkal.?
Shad: ...
Me: So you like it then?!
Shad: sigh.
Me: HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON? So good. - boots up laptop -
When you quickly gather the most information possible in the shortest amount of space/time for a living, it's too easy to get caught up living the rest of your moments like this. When I get the gist of a topic / the top five links on a Google search of it, I zoom onward with the wind in my hair. To the next task! That's not okay to do during a conversation with real people.
I'm going to stop now though. I'm listening.
