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Writer's pictureThe Exhausted Pessimist

Blowing Bubbles

Let me preface this story by saying that a) we've just finished moving a butt-ton of furniture and boxes back to our place and b) it's the tail-end of winter so it's cold.


So as a Canadian I have obviously mastered the passing greeting of the head nod and slight smile you give to strangers who you don't particularly want to interact with. However, due to Covid-19 I haven't needed to use this method in over 2 yrs, so the skill is a bit rusty.


But anyway - I'm on my fifth trek from my condo to the car, a one minute walk, when a couple exits the building adjacent ours. And I know by their trajectory and my own path that we will be in close enough proximity that a greeting is mandatory. Usually, with a mask, a head nod and quick hello is sufficient, but I was outside and out of breath, with a runny nose so I thought I'd crack out my rusty greeting skills.


I looked these absolute strangers in the eye, nodded, tightly smiled and proceeded to blow a decently sized snot bubble out of my nose directly in front of them.


And I know they saw it, because the person in front immediately recoiled a bit and a look of confusion passed across their face.


One of the many reasons it has been reaffirmed that I should maintain my status as a hermit.

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