The Daily Sixty: Eavesdropping on awkwardness.

Forgive today's horrendous sound quality. This chunk of audio goodness was too precious to leave unheard. I was sitting in the Atlanta airport, waiting for my connection to Boston. I hear some people a few chairs away strike up a conversation. Unabashedly judging books by their covers, I knew this was gonna be a good one. I covertly got out my field recorder.

After eavesdropping for a few moments, I realized this man REALLY wanted to tell the woman he just met what he did for a living. He tried a couple times, but this woman REALLY wanted to talk about her fiance, his writing and analytical skills, and how physics and music are interrelated. Listen for the most hysterical exchange ten seconds before the piece ends...

Man: "Don't you want to ask me what I do?"
Woman: "What do you do?"
Man: "I'd been waiting, but..."

THE DAILY SIXTY: August 16
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