OOF! — Thirty Sentence Prompts for an Awkward Encounter
[01] “Sooo … the weather.”
[02] “This is, was, my favourite shirt.”
[03] “Oh, no, ha ha. You can have it, go on.”
[04] [Clears throat.] “Anyway, moving on from that — ”
[05] [Long period of silence while avoiding eye contact.]
[06] “Uhm, I think you meant to say ‘[word/phrase],’ not ‘[word/phrase].’”
[07] "Ha, you’re the last person I expected to wake up next to this morning.”
[08] “That’s — that’s a bit of a strange thing to ask, isn’t it? A bit personal?”
[09] “Oh, wow, I hardly expected to run into you today … again!”
[10] “Huh? What did you say? I had earbuds in.”
[11] “Sorry, I can’t hear you over the [music/noise], you’re going to have to repeat that.”
[12] “I swear I didn’t mean to graze your [boob/bum] just then.”
[13] “Excuse me, sorry, but that’s mine, actually.”
[14] “No, no, you go first. I insist.”
[15] “No, really. You go … please just go.”
[16] [Under breath to self.] “This is painful.”
[17] “Ha, yeah, I know it wasn’t my best joke.”
[18] “No, actually, I didn’t mean to say that. Ignore that.”
[19] “Actually, I think it’s better if I don’t comment on that.”
[20] “Sorry to interrupt, but — you’ve got something on your face.”
[21] “It’s not a big deal, I mean, I’ve had … plenty of things like this happen before.”
[22] “Listen, I know you’re trying to lighten the mood, but please stop.”
[23] “There’s no need to be awkward … really.”
[24] “Oh, wow … thank you … so much.”
[25] “Oh, no, it’s not that at all … promise.”
[26] “Can’t we talk about something else, please?”
[27] “I’m so sorry about how awkward I’ve been during this entire conversation.”
[28] “Situations like these are always so awkward, aren’t they?”
[29] “Are you always this awkward?”
[30] “Well, this is awkward.”
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