There is too much to consider when you want to say “Hi” or “Call me so and so.”
Taking that next extra step in breaking a barrier is such a delicate thing. Wait; a delicate barrier? Are you kidding me? If a barrier is delicate than just push it over and say “Hi, call me so and so.”
But what about their barrier? Do they have one? Most likely. This what I ask myself every time I go to the old man behind the counter. He’s cute and old and I want to be his friend, for some reason. I have friends but not him, as a friend. I want him.
“Hi,” I tell him after he gives me back my debit card. “Call me so and so.”
But he says nothing back, just grunts and gives me back my card. I don’t know what to call him.
Or to make of myself.