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.

Is This Socially Acceptable?

I honestly don’t know if this is an okay thing for someone to do? I mean, the guy in the background is technically wearing even less footwear (open toed sandals) but feet out of shoes for any appreciable amount of time just seems odd at a place that is technically considered an eatery. [...]

Trampy Mother Knows Best.

There were two girls discussing their various piercings and how their families reacted.  As I was walking past, I caught this key bit of conversation:
Miss Robinson: My mom didn’t want me to get a bellybutton piercing.  She said she’d love for me to have one if I had the stomach for it, but I don’t.
Though [...]