I can be unobservant. This probably isn’t something any of
you are going to debate, even half-heartedly. I like to think that I’m too busy
thinking important thoughts to notice the details of the world around me. In
reality, I do live in my head, but my thoughts aren’t all that lofty or
important. This trait of mine leads to awkward conversations with people that
follow along the lines of:
Me: [pointing to a picture on the wall] I really like that
picture, is it new?
Sister-in-Law: No.
Me: Has it been there a while?
SiL: Yes
Me: Was it there three years ago when I lived here for 9
months?
SiL: Yes.
To date, the biggest thing I didn’t notice was a window at
work. One day I was walking through this mostly glass walkway and there was one
particular window that I didn’t remember ever seeing before. Obviously, it had
been there the whole 1.5 years I’d been taking that walkway on a daily basis – I just never noticed.
Well, I broke my record with an even bigger thing I’d never
noticed before. The other day I noticed a school for the first time. It’s
clearly visible from a highway I take at least twice a week, near an exit I
take occasionally. An entire school that somehow escaped my notice. At this rate, in about 10 years I’ll be having
conversations like this:
Me: [pointing] What’s that?
Other person: (alarmed stare)
Me: Is that new?
OP: No.
Me: What is it?
OP: It’s a door. It’s your front door.
Me: Has it always been there?
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