The Little Things That We Do

Human's are in their very own way, objects of curiosity. The behaviour of humans in certain situations is very interesting and funny. I like to call observing humans and their little awkward behaviour as "Human watching", inspired by British author Desmond Morris, who uses the term in his books.

In certain social interactions, people tend to be a little dishonest. This dishonesty, when becomes apparent at a later stage, generally leads to a tension between the two parties and an inadvertently creates social awkwardness. This social awkwardness has been dubbed as a "Larry David moment", due to the sit-com "Curb Your Enthusiasm" starring Larry David.

Let me explain what i have been saying with an example. Recently, i had gone to watch  movie with a friend of mine. After getting into the waiting area of the theater, i spotted another friend (more of an acquaintance really, rather than a friend) and he walked up to me and the usual "hellos" and "his" ensued. I asked him if he had come lone, to which he replied that he indeed had.

The Infamous Larry David

Then we parted ways, waiting to get into the theater. I then made my way inside the hall and sat down in the allotted seat. Then as i was looking around the hall casually, i found the friend i had met earlier walking down the aisle with a girl.

I found it amusing that he had hesitated to tell me he had come along with his girlfriend. What did he think i would do? Make her fall into love with me? Or start shouting the fact that he had a girlfriend from my rooftop for the whole world to hear?

So, in order to avoid any weird conversation or encounter with him, i had to make sure that he doesn't know that i know that he lied to me. I had to be careful that he doesn't spot me during the intermission. I had to be sure he wasn't in the restroom in case i had to go and pee! And when we were leaving, after the movie had finished, i had to be sure that he left before me and give him some buffer time to disappear.

All this because HE lied to ME! I had to go through all these troubles just to make him believe that he had fooled me. If i had lied to him and to take some measures to make that lie stand, fine! That's a different issue. But this?

I could easily have confronted him while he had his around around the girls waist. I could have had the pleasure of seeing him blush and trying to come up with some stupid on the spot excuse. But no! I had to choose the highway. I had to be the good guy.

If there is a God, I'm sure He's laughing His ass of just watching us humans doing all these weird stuff. Maybe that's exactly why He created us. We are, in fact the Lord's entertainment. And that is the purpose of life.

May 29, 2014.
Update 1: This happened again, but with a different person. Not an identical scenario, but the gist of it was pretty much the same.