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Everyone has spilled a drink at least once in their life. Maybe you knocked your milk off the table when you were 5 years old, or maybe someone bumped into you at the bar last night and you sadly lost all the contents of your $8 drink. However, the worst kind of spilling is when you spill on someone else. It is so awkward, especially if you do not know the person you spilled on. Do you help them? Do you pat them down with a napkin? Are they going to scream at you? Laugh it off? Look at you like you’re insane and angrily walk away? You never know and it is different with every person so you cannot even learn from experience. It is one of those situations where the only thing you can think of to say is “Sorry!” and “Um…” and more “Sorry!!!”
I recently spilled a drink in Leo’s on a man who was definitely not a student. I do not know why he was in Leo’s, but as I turned from the water machine, I bumped into him and spilled the entire glass of water on his shirt. The man threw his hands up and I said, “Oh my gosh I am so sorry!” He, then, proceed to ask me why I would ever dump water on someone! He thought I did it on purpose!! I was shocked and I proceeded to try and convince him that he.. um… COMPLETELY RAN INTO ME. I quickly decided that this man was crazy and that it was not good to fight with crazy people. I left him and walked away and cringed about how incredibly awkward that situation was.
So don’t feel bad if you spill on someone, because everyone has done it! Chances are that the person you spilled your drink on has done the exact same thing to someone else. No matter what their reaction is, don’t beat yourself up too much! We have all been in that awkward, awkward situation!
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