Today, I attended a TEDx conference. The woman sitting next to me spent the whole time picking her nose, playing with the retrieved contents, and sticking her hand down her pants. FML
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OP here to answer a few questions that have come up. I spent the whole time inching away but she didn't seem to realise there was anything wrong. Also no I did not call her out because she was 10 years older than me, twice my size both vertically and horizontally, and accompanied by her husband. Also I'm a coward and socially awkward and tend to avoid confrontation wherever possible. Seats at the TEDx were assigned and I paid for nice stall seats, I wasn't going to move. Even if I wanted to, the place was packed with 1800 people so there was nowhere to go. To whoever said she wasn't interested in the conference, it seems like she was. It was actually quite annoying because she kept making comments out loud throughout the talks: "Cool!", "Wow!", "Who'd have guessed?!". Which in itself is rude because talks are about listening and not interfering with the experience people around you are having. Any other questions, feel free to ask!
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Tripartita 45
Her findings will be documented and revealed at the next TEDx talk.
deathrise007 22
Ew. I wonder why people like that even bother going to important meetings if they don't have the patience and interest in the meeting in the first place. Sorry you had to see that OP.
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Comments (33)
Witchylady 18
WTF? Serious. Oh my lord. That is just gross and weird and gross
spicyburrito 18
How impolite of her not to share. FYL
AdamTodddBrown 11
Ted is terrible
Tannasgh 22
Yuck
morgasshk 14
If you didn't call her out on it or at least move away, then I'm sorry to say, but you're an idiot.
geekpower_fml 28
OP here to answer a few questions that have come up. I spent the whole time inching away but she didn't seem to realise there was anything wrong. Also no I did not call her out because she was 10 years older than me, twice my size both vertically and horizontally, and accompanied by her husband. Also I'm a coward and socially awkward and tend to avoid confrontation wherever possible. Seats at the TEDx were assigned and I paid for nice stall seats, I wasn't going to move. Even if I wanted to, the place was packed with 1800 people so there was nowhere to go. To whoever said she wasn't interested in the conference, it seems like she was. It was actually quite annoying because she kept making comments out loud throughout the talks: "Cool!", "Wow!", "Who'd have guessed?!". Which in itself is rude because talks are about listening and not interfering with the experience people around you are having. Any other questions, feel free to ask!
toba122 12
Jfc, that must've been the most annoying experience ever. I would've been sending her dirty looks, that's for sure
CrassKal 27
39 That would mean having to watch her disgusting grooming habits.
EwahWeeWah 21
Ugh, she sounds so frickin annoying.
genshift 8
Sounds like she was having a one-person party.
yellowzinnias 20
I once had to take a 2-hour physics final sitting next to a guy who had lice so bad I could actually see them jumping around in his hair in my peripheral vision. Since there were 600 of us taking the exam in the same room at the same time, the rules were very strict so that they could squash attempts to cheat. Our seats were assigned by the proctors, and we were not allowed to move for any reason or we received an automatic 0 on the exam.
bulrush 3
*Hernck* I threw up a little in my mouth.
Emmy0806 6
I wish you didn't post this.