Someone waved at me across a crowded parking lot and I waved back enthusiastically for a solid four seconds, big smile, both arms, before I turned around and saw my actual coworker standing directly behind me, waving back with significantly less enthusiasm.
The person who started it all just kept walking, completely unbothered, having successfully greeted a total stranger who apparently needed the validation more than the person she actually knew.
My coworker brought it up at three separate meetings over the following month, always at the worst possible moment, always with the exact same amount of joy.
My brain replays those four seconds of pure unearned enthusiasm at three in the morning more than it replays actual important memories from that same year.
Opening this exact folder on
@RallyOnChain because apparently even parking lots deserve their own permanent record.
What's the moment of enthusiasm you deeply regret aiming at the wrong person?