My name is Brad. I am a writer, I am awkward in social situations, and I spend a lot of time in coffee shops trying to escape all of the terribly distracting things I find at home (video games, movies, tv, cats, comics, vitamin water, robots, etc.). I rotate amongst local coffee shops throughout the week so that no single location becomes too familiar with my presence. Spending any appreciable amount of time in one place is bound to make you privy to the occasional odd situation, but I have come to believe that coffee shops are breeding grounds for weird. The following is my account of the wonderfully weird and horribly awkward situations I have encountered.

The Daily Pilot: Exposing OC’s Real News

Three biz-casual guys sat down at a table together.  The conversation seriously went like this…

Frontman: Did you see? I was on the cover of the Daily Pilot today.
Self Promoter: Did you see my ad?
Realist: Who reads the paper?

Frontman and Self Promoter shrugged then continued on to another topic.  A few minutes later, Frontman got a call.  Frontman spoke loud enough for the entire coffee shop to eavesdrop.  It went like this…

Frontman: Hey.  Yeah.  Oh man, I got robbed last night.  I lost twenty-five hundred.  Check this.  I get pocket jacks and he gets pocket nines.  I bet 250, he raises 500, I go all in at 1300.   The river comes up 4 5 6 7 8.  I got taken.  Let me finish here and I’ll call you later.

I feel I should explain my amusement with the above story.  I really enjoy when people have one sided conversations on the phone that shows off how awesome they are.

Here is another example of such a conversation I heard…

Bluetooth Guy: Yeah, the economy is so bad I can’t even sell my Ferrari, man.  I really wanted to upgrade to a newer one, but nobody wants this one.

Bluetooth Guy was actually overheard at the airport, but I felt it was relevant enough to break the coffee rule, just this one time.

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