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Making people uncomfortable So I just had a bad stuttering experience, was gross, just had a massive block and couldn't get the words out. So the story is my granddad called me and asked me to go check if his prescription was ready in town (I'd already started walking to town for a haircut), so the whole walk down I was like 'how am I gonna do this, it's gonna go so badly, I can already see it, why did my granddad ask me to do this, I hate people' etc. So yah, the whole walk I was getting pretty anxious, then I reached the pharmacy and was like 'I'm here to ch-ch-ch...' then just stopped and said 'ugh I'm having a bad speech day' and tried again (and failed) and then tried again (and failed woohoo I love myself), so she had to fill in the blanks (which I normally hate people doing and today it was quite irritating), but she got really awkward and kept looking away. So what I'm here to say is one thing I've noticed when stuttering is that it makes people incredibly uncomfortable. Then I realised I take a sick pleasure in making people I speak to feel uncomfortable if I start stuttering. Yeah, I'm horrible. So basically, I needed to vent about this experience (despite it not actually being a big deal) but I also wanna know if anyone else feels like this? Or has anyone else been in a situation where they've stuttered and someone got really uncomfortable? (And no I'm not blaming the cashier, she was just doing her job, I don't think she expected someone to walk in and struggle to speak, it's just funny to me that it makes people feel so awkward)