Trying Not to Be Socially Awkward — A Mildly Accurate Explanation

Trying not to be socially awkward means checking every sentence before it leaves your mouth, right up until you tell the ticket guy "you too" after he says "enjoy the show." So why does a conversation that's clearly over take three more goodbyes to leave? This video explains the techniques people use to seem normal with mildly unearned authority: the cheapest available repair, the small fixes you start preparing before anything goes wrong, and why the room never tells you which kind of mistake you just made. It also follows one returned package to a neighbor's front door and stays there until somebody finally moves. IN THIS VIDEO A wave with no authorized recipient Looking up when the barista calls "Michael," along with the actual Michael Holding the menu upside down while choosing how you've been Walking into the wrong meeting and being right about the number Two cars politely offering each other a parking space neither one needs CHAPTERS 00:00 "You too" 00:42 Checking every sentence 01:24 Leaving requires witnesses 02:21 Too careful to move 02:38 The door held from a distance 03:07 The wrong wave 03:31 Michael 03:50 The cheapest repair 04:30 Repairs in advance 05:24 The upside-down menu 05:52 The siblings question 06:27 How little damage it does 07:23 The wrong meeting 08:43 Which kind of mistake 09:16 The elevator 10:12 Back at the neighbor's door 11:27 Unfinished business 12:23 Walking the same direction 13:31 The goodbye that becomes a plan 14:31 Missing someone's exit 15:18 Leaving a little space 16:25 Shoes upstairs 16:56 Three goodbyes Subscribe. It's a cleaner exit than a third goodbye. Mildly Accurate: science, relationships, and everyday life. Researched just enough to be dangerous. Explained mildly accurately. This video is comedy and satire. Anything that sounds like a fact is mildly accurate at best. #SocialAwkwardness #Goodbyes #SmallTalk