# The Waiting Room Olympics: The Art of Awkwardness

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Podcast: [Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/say-it-anyway-with-corey-proffitt-boyd-7848368)
Published: 2026-05-29T01:59:45+00:00
Episode link: https://www.sayitanyway.me/e/waiting-room-olympics-the-art-of-awkward-chairs-and-accidental-conversations/
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Duration seconds: 512

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Corey Proffitt-Boyd humorously explores the everyday awkwardness of waiting rooms—seat selection, accidental eye contact, stale magazines, chatty neighbors, restless kids, and the panic of low battery. Under the jokes he finds a deeper point: waiting rooms are one of the few places where strangers briefly share the weight of uncertainty, reminding us of our common humanity.

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