The Creepy Morning Killer

By no stretch of the imagination are my social interactions ever smooth.

I am an awkward nerd whose long periods of social clumsiness are occasionally broken up by shorter periods of sheer public embarrassment.

But THIS instance really took the cake...
One fine morning, I was walking to the bus stop when a small cat ran across the road and looked up at me, all scared. As I got closer to it, the cat cowered against the wall and looked really afraid so I gently said to it "relax, I'm not going to hurt you kitten." I then rounded the corner where I saw a woman getting ready to leave for work. She obviously thought I had been talking to her because she then proceeded to give me a terrified look before getting into her car and driving away as fast as fucking possible.

I'm sure that woman will soon start putting fliers up around her neighbourhood, alerting everyone of the crimes and motives of the creepy morning killer who will affectionately call you "kitten" before attempting to murder you.

But that's not what I was trying to do.

I was simply trying to be nice to the feline. :(