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the reality of having the listener in practice.

i always get stopped on the street or in the shop or wherever really, to get told something by someone.

my energy is low those days so i’m very mindful of my priorities. the other day after my nap I had to go grocery shopping. on the way i went to the cafe to sit down for a coffee and some planning time. when I went to pay, mind all set on getting the task of groceries done (which is already quite a demanding task for this consecutive struggler with each and every shopping/food hunt) i was stopped by someone who said hi, you’re Danish right? Can I ask you something? And I was like yeah sure, and sat down in front of him to save my tiny energy that would be needed for the walk to the shop. I am gonna open a bakery here and I have a question for you. I’m wondering if I should use butter or margarine for the pastries? What do you think about that? Now, I wondered about many things. But just as I was on my way and wanted to keep it short i said honestly I wouldn't know. I moved away from Denmark eighteen years ago and don't know anything about pastries.

oh! he said, but bla bla bla, and he kept going talking about all the bakeries he have had before and this and that and I was - as usual - trapped in a situation I have been in so many times before hearing stuff I couldn’t care less about. If anyone know how to get out of these situations in an easy way I would be very happy to hear. perhaps you know a polite escape trick? please do tell me!

the listener is my design sun, and as much I get to hear all sort of strange things (that i perfectly could live without) all the time, I see it more as people clearly stopping me for being witnessed in that very moment.