I have to get a piece of gum that isn’t pink.  My first thoughts were this is going to be easy because not many people eat bubble gum anymore they have mint gum.  Then I thought this is going to be very awkward to walk up to someone, and what student is going to have gum on them right now.  So I headed to Lewis Hall and went to student services. I approached Stacie Hayes.  Stacie is the career counselor for Morningside so she immediately asked what she could help me with.  Little did she know all I needed was a simple piece of gum.

This may have been the simplest question she has been asked from a student.  I didn’t know how to come out and say I needed gum. She may have thought, “Does she have bad breath,” or “Do I have bad breath.” Then I decided that the best way to get it over with was to ask the question directly and then go back and explain myself.  After I asked her for the gum she said, “It’s your lucky day because I usually don’t have any gum.” I did consider myself lucky because it wasn’t awkward at all for her, so this put me at ease and I could tell her about my class and assignment. Stacie is used to people needing things from her, but I am not used to asking strangers for things.  Therefore the conversation between us may have been more awkward for me than for Stacie.