Every Single Time

Stratocaster89 · 9 months

Check time, put phone back in pocket. No idea what time it is.

itzmedavid · 9 months

So darn true, I do this all the time I even mess with the settings so it looks like I'm doing something.

NickDerpov · 9 months

Every time I do this, I just hope no one looks over my shoulder at my phone's screen to see me opening and closing the menu time and time again.

awesome_sauce123 · 9 months

Realize you are walking the wrong way down a hallway: Stop. Pull out phone. Turn sideways slowly for 10 seconds while staring intently at the screen. Wait 5 more seconds. Now you are free to walk that way.

Jackstick · 9 months

Jesus Christ, how did people survive these awkward situations before the invention of cellphones?

HobKing · 9 months

That's what socially adept people do, too.

No one can make every situation flow.

bonicr · 9 months

I did this today... twice in the same moment. The second time was as awkward as the first.

I was told to clear a doorway while waiting at a restaurant, so I was forced to stand uncomfortably in front of people who were seated. My brother was in the restroom so I was waiting there by myself so I busted out my phone just standing there with my crotch or my rear too close to people's faces.

I was then asked to move again since I was blocking another doorway so I acted nonchalant said "Okay" and moved while not looking up. The security guard took that offensively (understandably, somewhat) and asked me to move further so I got closer to people.

I then put my phone in my pocket and looked up at the news since I was feeling more awkward and had to do something. About five seconds in, the commercials start so I whip out the phone again.

There were like 20 people eying me... it wasn't fun. I'm not normally like this, so it was some like bizarre mental breakdown.

Augustus93 · 9 months

I'm doing this right now. Thank you for helping me look like i'm texting!

JDMcompliant · 9 months

I make it a point to resist doing this...forces you to deal with the current situation instead of escaping it. I think it helps build my social skills.

RebelLion_HalfBrain · 9 months

i just did thus tonight at a party actually

bootclunk · 9 months

Smart phones are a godsend for the socially awkward.

Damn I wish I could have had one in high school.

zyedy · 9 months

Everyone does this. Not just awkward penguins. I just watched a socialite group of university students do it because it was better than meeting each other. It's kind of sad, really.

DogPencil · 9 months

How about a subreddit for people who are in this position? Whip out the phone and share the situation you're in and why you felt the need to use the phone as a security blanket.

[deleted] · 9 months

When it isn't winter with snow all over - yet that hasn't happened much this year - I go and walk 2 miles during my lunch break. While on my walks I encounter quite a lot of people. Each is an interesting study in how we pass without actually making eye contact or interacting in any way. I always give a smile and a head nod, but people go to great lengths looking at the foliage and pulling out their phone to check things, always within a few paces.

[deleted] · 9 months

i go over my old text messages just so that if someone glances over they won't see me looking at the menu screen.

roflsandwich · 9 months

What? You always have a reason to use your phone for reddit. Akward situation, reddit on your mobile.

blooblop · 9 months

Wrong. There is a reason, just none of your business. Only I get to see the screen ಠ_ಠ

seenahm · 9 months

thats totally normal. sometimes i just stare at the blank screen until i come up with a conversation

thewhatman · 9 months

Ahh, my go-to move whenever I am around people.

metellius · 9 months

I wonder how many submissions have the same title as this one... I'm on my phone, can someone do a search?

AgentGlaze · 9 months

I wish I had a newer phone so I actually had something to do while pretending to do something.

FlamingTK · 9 months

i always do like "uhm yeah i could check twitter" but i already checked it three times before lol

dopebob · 9 months

what did people do before phones??? look at their watch??? there is nothing as good as a phone to hide behind in awkward situations

machinedramon · 9 months

SOP for SAP

[deleted] · 9 months

Yeah, i do this on elevators at the places i work so I don't have to make eye contact

name_taken_try_again · 9 months

generation of SAP's, worse part is, this is soon to not be awkward. Just the behavior of the populous...

princesswench · 9 months

I just got a super old school crappy phone which means IT COMES WITH GAMES!!! Copter and Panda something! Best way out of awkward situations... When you have no friends to text. =(

brian44cali · 9 months

PULLS OUT $100 DOLLAR WORRY STONE FOR NO REASON

FTFY

[deleted] · 9 months

I definitely take out my phone and text one of my friends "hey this is me texting you because I'm in the elevator with a creepy old person and oh fuck they just looked at me fuck fuck fuck fuuuuu okay they got off. Thanks for being a distraction. :) "

tahrox · 9 months

Just checking, what time is it?

Cato-The-Elder · 9 months

Whips out phone, "Scotty, beam me up!"

n0ne0ther · 9 months

"Oh, I think I got a txt message..."

nope - pretend like you did any ways

smithz12 · 9 months

I lightly tap the keyboard and pretend I'm texting

[deleted] · 9 months

hahahaha! so true. i've gone so far as to pretend i'm talking--not just texting--to someone. i always imagine my phone ringing while i'm fake-talking...busted!

elphadeecha · 9 months

sometimes, I end up deleting numbers from sell only to realize when the moment has passed.

dexxtaa · 9 months

"This is Tod.."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD4Vl18Pq1o&feature=related

CjjB · 9 months

The scary thing is that i'm doing that right know.

eypeon · 9 months

I'm doing that right now!

GayPerry_86 · 9 months

I'm sorry - its funny but its been done MANY times before - How do these de facto reposts keep making the front page! Urg makes me so angry!

Qx2J · 9 months

It's not rude penguine

[deleted] · 9 months

There's a fair case to be made that cellphones infantilize adults. Turning them into nervous, needy little kids that need to constantly get in touch with friends and family and post inane comments about what they are having for dinner.

I remember the old days when you called people.

Driving was actually -relaxing- It was a time to focus on your task, listen to music and let your mind ponder the bigger problems in your life.

Now driving is just a pain in the ass. If my Bluetooth isn't jacking my stereo up, some idiot is texting me something like "K. See you then." or your mom is calling me looking for another late night fucksession on the neighbor's trampoline and I don't want to because there's a nip in the air and I know that it'll be covered in Dew and I really hate getting wet and chilly, plus the dew makes that drunken milf's spraytan stick to me so I get home and my torso and forearms look like I just nailed Snooki.

but I digress, yeah I often pop my phone out and check the time, even tho I have a watch on.

Technology....pfffftht

Vortilex · 9 months

I attempt to crack my neck in awkward situations...

VonSnoe · 9 months

"RING G'DAMN IT, RING!"

Rapt_Aloof · 9 months

Aaand this is why I don't get a smartphone.

whatevers_clever · 9 months

Everyone does this.

rockoholik13 · 9 months

Did this at my formal last night... hmph

[deleted] · 9 months

Whenever I'm in an awkward situation, I suddenly have find my watch really pleasing to the eye.

franchis3 · 9 months

I do that at the mall when it looks like someone in those little kiosks is about to approach me.

Massive_Unit · 9 months

Shit, I don't even get texts.

KyleGrover · 9 months

I've definitely opened my phone, mindlessly fiddled with it, put it back in my pocket, then taken it right back out to check the time.

DuzellKitty · 9 months

I do this all the time! My other technique is to pretend to be searching in my purse for something, or to just read a book.

brbposting · 9 months

This is why I bring my 3DS with me everywhere I go. But, unfortunately I'm too scared to use it incase I might need that battery power for another situation later in the day (and I never do).

arottenmango · 9 months

Wow neat this is the first time I've ever seen this one Ha Ha it's so funny I can really relate!

Trizzoll · 9 months

Start typing a text that you know you will never send.

MaunaLoona · 9 months

More like:

People around?

Pulls out phone.

tongy89 · 9 months

Do this every morning in lift at work

4gotmy____ · 9 months

ahhhhhhhhhhh damn, you caught me.

shiznik · 9 months

Wow I have never seen this meme before, you are so creative.

rsplatpc · 9 months

AND MORE AWKWARD - TALKS TO FAKE PERSON ON BACKWARDS PHONE FOR 3 MINUTES

Picklenator · 9 months

This is what i immediately thought of. Skip to 2:40.

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