336 – Civil Inattention
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We now go to two people getting on to an elevator. |
| 0:10.4 | All right, going up, there's another guy with me in the elevator, but yeah, it's okay. |
| 0:15.1 | Just gently step over to the other corner and sort of tilt my body in a way, which is neither away from him |
| 0:21.8 | more towards him. And I'll just make a quick eye contact and avert my gaze. So we've |
| 0:27.1 | acknowledged each other. Smooth sailing from here. I've done my social obligations. Just have to |
| 0:31.6 | ride up to my floor. And he's actually still looking right at me. That's kind of weird. He's |
| 0:36.8 | just smiling at me. I'm just going to take a quick peek to see if he's, yeah, he's still looking right at me. That's kind of weird. He's just smiling at me. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm just going to take a quick peek to see if he's... |
| 0:40.4 | Yeah, he's still looking right at me. |
| 0:41.9 | And any time I look at him, we're making eye contact. |
| 0:44.1 | He's just smiling at... |
| 0:45.3 | Hi there. |
| 0:46.6 | Is there a problem? |
| 0:48.1 | You're just looking at me? |
| 0:49.0 | Oh, no. |
| 0:49.1 | Just riding up the elevator. |
| 0:50.5 | It's a great day, isn't it? Yeah, it's a pretty good day, I guess. Yeah, I mean, I'm having a good one. |
| 0:54.9 | I couldn't help notice that you were just looking at me and smiling in the elevator, instead of politely averting your gaze. Nothing makes me feel good, like a nice smile out in public, so I try to give that to other people. I have to be honest, it kind of makes me feel weird, like you're staring at me or thinking about me or like i mean i am thinking about you i'm thinking what are the |
| 1:14.3 | chances that you are the chances that makes me feel weird, like you're staring at me or thinking about me or like... |
| 1:11.6 | I mean, I am thinking about you. I'm thinking, what are the chances that you and me, of all |
| 1:16.2 | people, would be in this elevator together? All the millions of people in this city? It's like a little |
| 1:21.1 | miracle. Yeah, I guess... And then I'm wondering, who is this person? Why are they in this elevator? Are |
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