Dorkus Extraordinaire

Awkward situations come along and sometimes you just can't do anything about them.

I said "Hi" to my neighbor just now. She was walking to her car and was about 15 feet away from me. But my "hi" didn't come out very loud at all. It was the meekest "hi" ever.

Then she said "Hello!"

My brain rapid-fires: "Crap. Did she actually hear me say hi? Or does she think she's saying hi first?"

So I say "Hello!"

I guess it's better that she thinks I'm a friendly doofus (Hi, Hello!) than a snob who doesn't respond at all.