Awais Jaffery

So the other day when I was driving back from work, I got stuck behind this car for almost 15 minutes because of the rush hour traffic.  You might think to yourself, ok! What’s the big deal? Well, here comes the problem, I know you can’t see it clearly in this picture but you see the black circle I drew on the picture? Well… There was a person sitting there facing me, I didn’t know they made backward seats on these cars but anyways so there it was… him looking into my eyes, while I was staring at his for 15 minutes non stop.  I tried changing the lane few times but just could not.

Now, you might think, WHY NOT? Well, try being in my position.  Will he think it’s rude if I change my lane now? Should I keep looking at him? Will that creep him out? Should I look away, but would he think that’s not polite? So for 15 minutes I kept contemplating as to what I should do while he kept staring at me.  I couldn’t help but laugh at the situation but I was trying to hide my smirk as to not appear rude.  And finally, it happened… he turned away to talk to his mom and I availed that opportunity and changed my lane and drove as far away as I could.

Can you think of a more awkward drive you’ve had?