Watched my burrito roll away in a parking lot once.

Staring at my phone trying to process the deck paint story. It peeled off in sheets and he still blamed the paint? That's next-level denial right there. I get not knowing prep is important, but ignoring the proof right in front of you is wild. It's like looking at a flat tire and blaming the air for being the wrong shape.

Honestly, I started treating silence like a tool. In work meetings, I'll pause on purpose after asking a question. It forces the other person to actually answer instead of me jumping in to rephrase it for them. Makes them do the heavy lifting.