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)
AviShtap 20
Maybe she's a public speaker, doing a study on how people react to disgusting individuals in public.....
CliffyB03 28
The face I made was not human
Tripartita 45
Somebody who witnessed it is now writing an FML of their own, and when some user reads it, they will do another odd thing that somebody will witness. It's a vicious cycle of inhuman displays and FML publishing.
Splitbreed 9
Did you ever thought about doing a TED Talk about human displays of emotions?
OptikalWinter 4
what else did you expect from a TEDx conference
crudeandrudeguy 29
So you essentially sat next to a man? LMFAO
deathrise007 22
Some women do that type of stuff too...
xpsychocatladyx 15
ew.... no further comment
quibz90 12
There are some weird and wonderful people out there... but that is totally weird and gross
JohnnyWake0 13
Sounds like my kinda gal ;)
ZGLH 11
You need to chill
NotRussian 16
That's because you're garage isn't full of bookshelves.
echarlotte 19
I thought Ted talks were for sophisticated people
mads_nicole 19
*cleavland voice* "Oh that's nasty."