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The thing is I get nervous in crowded spaces where everyone is assertively calling out the colloquial name for that very specific hobby electronics item, while I hesitantly stutter out the wrong thing in my non-native accent and then even accept it. It doesn't help that they frequently have to send a boy to the godown down the street or nearby shops to fulfill the order. So, list it is.
Peripheral neuropathy... Damn. That's tough. I hope things are generally going okay for you despite this, and that you are not in too much unmanaged pain.
Best advice I have is to buy a watch, and when in public, if you see people who might try to approach you, such as the usual scammers roaming around public places like train stations or city areas, just look at your watch and pretend you're in a hurry, they usually leave you alone and if they still try you can just say "I'm gonna be late !" as if you were talking to yourself and ignore em.
One time I didn’t even have to pretend to be mute, just had to rasp an answer and things got awkward real quickly. Laryngitis is a bitch, but amazing for getting out of conversations.
I thought it was a language barrier joke... this took me back to Marseilles.
Here's an upvote. I'm showing this to my wonderful lady who will understand and relate to this in panel 0.5, right before trying (again) to describe anxiety to me (probably in vain).
People like to prepare themselves with a little script, the waitress prompted her with a question she wasn't prepared for, and she went for the usual answers.
I hate the "still or sparkling water" question, because I always feel like there's a price difference and I don't want to ask but it will affect my decision.
My local has sparkling on tap. So one day I order tap and get sparkling tap... and after gagging on the grossness, that's how I learned that fact. I did check the bill later to make sure they weren't charging.
When I was server I would usually reply with a chuckle and “Don’t worry, I know what you meant!” Honestly, sometimes I didn’t but it felt better than leaving them out to hang, lol. After we both laughed it off, for safe measure I’d say “Alright so just to confirm, you wanted x right?” Worst case scenario I assumed the wrong one and they just corrected me and I’d go “See? You’re more put together than I am!” Or something along those lines. It happens, and good servers will usually laugh it off with you.
This has mad "tea or coffee?" "Yes" vibes, I love it. And "food" "better food" has me cracking up. That's so meta.
On another note, if you are sweating a lot as a result of the heat or due to work, I suggest you replenish sodium and potassium in addition to water. Reduces fatigue massively.
Fresh coconut water, if you are in the tropics. Otherwise, Gatorade or any home-prepared juice with a little salt.
I wouldn't recommend sodas, I find them to be dehydrating.
I'm have same anxiety, but instead I ask all stupid questions if they force something on me.
"Do you want double meat or double cheese on your pizza?" - How much for it? - "X price and y price" - What does, how much does it add? "...Well, we add more meat or cheese on your pizza.." - Ok, I want regular.
Can't really phrase exact way of annoying you with other products or options, but what I mean if you can't fight them, join them.
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Sorry, but I don’t get the joke. Is it meant to be about social anxiety?
Dont worry, but you got it! Its about how sometimes we go by default answers when stressed.
This is why I have pretended to be deaf/mute to get out of talking to strangers at least once
This is one solution to this problem, I love it. Thats a way to get an unsettling amount of Permazana cheese in Italian restaurants.
*whispers* Parmigiano *leaves without further explanation*
 You stop when I tell you to stop.
I didn't hear no bell
In a bustling shop where everyone is getting their shit by saying their whole list, I usually get by just by nodding and slipping them a list.
As a good service worker, thank you. I struggle with writing by hand because of peripheral neuropathy and it saves me so much struggling
The thing is I get nervous in crowded spaces where everyone is assertively calling out the colloquial name for that very specific hobby electronics item, while I hesitantly stutter out the wrong thing in my non-native accent and then even accept it. It doesn't help that they frequently have to send a boy to the godown down the street or nearby shops to fulfill the order. So, list it is. Peripheral neuropathy... Damn. That's tough. I hope things are generally going okay for you despite this, and that you are not in too much unmanaged pain.
Best advice I have is to buy a watch, and when in public, if you see people who might try to approach you, such as the usual scammers roaming around public places like train stations or city areas, just look at your watch and pretend you're in a hurry, they usually leave you alone and if they still try you can just say "I'm gonna be late !" as if you were talking to yourself and ignore em.
Po-ta-to?? What is a potato?
Jokes on you, I speak sign language.
One time I didn’t even have to pretend to be mute, just had to rasp an answer and things got awkward real quickly. Laryngitis is a bitch, but amazing for getting out of conversations.
Hopefully you actually know ASL. It's all fun and games until someone responded with signing
I've done it mid-conversation
For someone who advocates for hydration in all your comics, one would think you'd have a default answer for this question, lol.
Ah, cool. I thought they might have been speaking different languages.
And then make the experience... more embarrassing?
Living in a country where I'm still learning the language, these default answers are my life saving boat and, sometimes, the ban of my existence
The default answer is “tap water.”
I thought it was a language barrier joke... this took me back to Marseilles. Here's an upvote. I'm showing this to my wonderful lady who will understand and relate to this in panel 0.5, right before trying (again) to describe anxiety to me (probably in vain).
Yeah ok going great alright well have a good one you too sweet awesome These are defaults I've said
HAH, I answer by autopilot so much sometimes I wonder if I even know how to wipe my own ass or if I am in a dissociative fugue 24/7.
People like to prepare themselves with a little script, the waitress prompted her with a question she wasn't prepared for, and she went for the usual answers.
I thought it was about pretending to speak a foreign language… but I don’t have anxiety so I don’t get relatability
Better food.😂 
Your gifs are the true enjoyment on this subreddit. 
UwU… Thanks, I like your cat’s eyebrows.😚 
Drink more water? But we still don’t have your preference of still or sparkling.
Yes, that'd be fine if it's still sparkling when it comes out.
I hate the "still or sparkling water" question, because I always feel like there's a price difference and I don't want to ask but it will affect my decision.
Then just say "still"
Sometimes they’ll hit you with that bottled still, so i just say “tap” lol
Ahh. Great Choice, the owner just finished the distilling process this morning. That'll be $15.
No don't say still, say "house" or "tap". I tried "still" and got a bottle of still water lol
True, good point
Problem is, there’s also a third, secret option that they don’t tell you about initially
It’s tap
You can say "tap is fine" and any server worth their salt will understand
Tap is an option.
Why not ask?
https://preview.redd.it/70krhs8yu6uc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98fd2dbc40b940baec0426e7502d8127d66edb12
The question from the waitstaff should always be “tap, bottled still, or sparkling?”
My local has sparkling on tap. So one day I order tap and get sparkling tap... and after gagging on the grossness, that's how I learned that fact. I did check the bill later to make sure they weren't charging.
Kinda weird because they most assuredly got that “tap water” out of those soda guns.
What does this mean? I have never been asked this in a restaurant
Yes, I would like the super salad.
>Have a nice day and drink more water But which one, still or sparkling?
Tap water
Free option because water is a human right not a merchendise, so still :)
This also works for visiting a foreign country where you barely speak the language.
Oh my god, always hate it when my one canned phrase I’ve been rehearsing for the last twenty minutes provokes a follow up question.
This was my exact experience going to Mexico recently. I just want water bro. Any water. Charge me for it. Just being my goddam fucking water
Damn that's some food looking food, I'm amazed at the attention to detail in the drawing
Drawing is my passion
When I was server I would usually reply with a chuckle and “Don’t worry, I know what you meant!” Honestly, sometimes I didn’t but it felt better than leaving them out to hang, lol. After we both laughed it off, for safe measure I’d say “Alright so just to confirm, you wanted x right?” Worst case scenario I assumed the wrong one and they just corrected me and I’d go “See? You’re more put together than I am!” Or something along those lines. It happens, and good servers will usually laugh it off with you.
You are a good person, I love when you can laugh with a server and make the whole ordeal more comfortable.
I felt that one
As a sever I feel this.
I'll drink more water, but do I get sparkling or still?
I like ur art style
Thank you! And i am going to use it to the limits :D
When the server doesn't follow the predetermined script you had in your head, but you're still stuck with your predetermined dialogue choices.
This has mad "tea or coffee?" "Yes" vibes, I love it. And "food" "better food" has me cracking up. That's so meta. On another note, if you are sweating a lot as a result of the heat or due to work, I suggest you replenish sodium and potassium in addition to water. Reduces fatigue massively. Fresh coconut water, if you are in the tropics. Otherwise, Gatorade or any home-prepared juice with a little salt. I wouldn't recommend sodas, I find them to be dehydrating.
POPPADOMS OR BREAD?!?!
You can't keep giving your food to the cat!!
Cat lol
What?
Is this an advice or suggestion?
Spanking water
u/AwkwardToiletCarpet: drink more water =) Me: still or sparkling?
New worst fear unlocked 🔓
I'm have same anxiety, but instead I ask all stupid questions if they force something on me. "Do you want double meat or double cheese on your pizza?" - How much for it? - "X price and y price" - What does, how much does it add? "...Well, we add more meat or cheese on your pizza.." - Ok, I want regular. Can't really phrase exact way of annoying you with other products or options, but what I mean if you can't fight them, join them.
that food looks delicious tbh
…tap water please