As I arrived late for a neurology clinical meeting, I spotted an empty space in the corner of the room between 2 consultants, stumbled past the other consultants and rested in that spot.
One of the consultants on my right shuffled in his seat to make room large enough for a hamster, looked at me and patted that part of the seat, offering me that miniscule amount of space to sit on..
With only a few seconds to respond, a long train of thought rushed through my head " Aww.. thats nice of him..should I sit? but the space is so small.. would it be impolite to refuse? but it would be weird..."
Without finishing my thought process, I thanked him and sat down.. He said to me " just don't get up in a hurry, I might topple over ^_^" teeheehee
Only after I sat down did I realise.... that I am sharing a chair with a consultant -_- back to back... my legs were tired having to support my weight.. the next few minutes I was distracted and couldnt concentrate on the case presentation as I tried to decide if I should continue to uncomfortably share the seat with the consultant or stand back up..
Alas, I turned to him and told him " I'm gonna stand up now"...and gave him back his seat..
It was the smartest thing I did that day, because a few minutes later, he voiced out his opinion about the case and I realised all heads turned to look at him.. imagine what it would be like if I was sharing his seat at that time...
Awkward.
