1. The Cover Up-  The cover up is a pressure filled, decision ridden moment that occurs right after you realize the person you thought was waving to you, was actually waving to a person behind you. But the realization always comes too late. Your hand is already in mid-air, suspended in space, proclaiming your blunder for all to see. So you are forced to quickly choose a plausible action that could explain your outstretched limb. Options include fixing your hair, a sudden urge to stretch, and for the more daring, pretending like you were actually waving to a different person. Either way the ordeal leaves you exhausted, feeling self-conscious and worried that they saw through your ruse.

 2. The Name Conundrum- It happens to the best of us. The frenzy and excitement of meeting a new person renders the mind incapable of simple memory. Names are exchanged, and subsequently forgotten. A month passes and you find yourself friends with an unidentifiable, too embarrassed to give in and ask. So you wait, vying your time until someone else to calls out to them and says those few syllables that you so desperately need.

 3. The Four Way Impasse- This situation can be seen rampaging intersections across the globe. Two cars pull up to a four way stop at the same time. Their eyes lock. Engines rev. And so commences the battle of the best wave. A fight for who gets to claim the self-satisfaction of being more polite. Neither car wanting to give in, neither willing to submit. And so the stare, they wave, they struggle. The battle begins.

 4. The Eye Ensnarement- That moment when you are sitting in a public area, casually letting your eyes roam around and someone, some horrible person, decides to look your way just at the exact time you look theirs. For a second you’re caught, locked in an uncomfortably intimate, and entirely unwanted moment with a complete stranger. You look away as fast as possible but it’s too late. You’ve ruined the solidarity of the moment, you must move on.

 5. The Doorway of Detriment – Trailing behind someone you approach a door. The person ahead of you opens it and steps in. Cordially they stop and hold it for you, there’s just one problem,you’re had no intention of going in. In truth you were turning left and just happened to pass the door in route. But now that person is standing there, an exhibit of human kindness so often lacking in this world. You feel horrible waving them off. How could you not except their offer? The guilt is amassing, it takes everything you have to just to keep from going in that door. So you wave and say thank you, trying to make up for your unintended rudeness as you walk away.

 6. The Bear Attack- Scene: A silent classroom. Actors: Students busily taking a test. The only sound is the rustle of pages, the scratch of pencils, the sighs of your frustrated peers. But wait, what was that. You feel it coming first, an ache in your abdomen, a flickered thought to a forgotten meal. And then without warning it bursts out of you, a roar that turns heads and pulls forth snickers. An untamable beast snarling for sustenance, demanding to be fed.

 7. The Sidewalk Tango- The narrow path is crowed and you’re suddenly face to face with someone attempting to maneuver in the opposite direction. You step to the right, no good, they are there. A step to the left proves futile as well, apparently they had the same idea. All at once you’re trapped in a live game of mirror, hopelessly trying to dodge them. Finally there is a standstill, a calculating moment of telepathy in which you fervently attempt to send brain waves that tell of your next move. A nod of understanding, and you’re off….or not.

 8. The Eternal Minute- Doors close. A grind. A shake. Silence…blink…blink…blink….The lights flash each floor. The stranger in the opposite corner seems to move closer with every number. The silence presses heavy on your ears. Maybe you should say something, no, no that would only make it worse. Finally, a shudder. The doors slide open. You’re free.

9. The Chamber Confusion- Entrance. Stares. Silence. Giggles. Blush. Heat. Sweat. Turn. Run!

10.   The Ask Again- That fleetingly proud moment where you raise your hand and ask a question only to realize that someone posed the same one only a second before. The second before in which you weren’t paying attention. Whoops!