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    23 Zombie Faces Every Socially Awkward Person Will Recognize

    More like The Awkward Dead.

    1. When you wave at a coworker but they don't see you.

    2. When you see an acquaintance in public and accidentally make eye contact with them.

    3. And then immediately look away and sit in tortured silence for the next two minutes about whether to go say hi or not.

    4. When you realize you just used up all your go-to small talk topics.

    5. When you have no idea what someone just said but you keep nodding and smiling like you did.

    6. When you're at a party and someone makes a joke, and you laugh too loudly.

    7. When you arrive somewhere before your friends and have no idea what to do with your hands.

    8. When you accidentally double tap someone's old Instagram pic.

    9. When you casually walk past someone you know and you say "hey" but it comes out way too loud.

    10. When you're not sure if someone's going in for the handshake or hug, so you get caught between both.

    11. When your crush waves at you and you try to play it cool.

    12. When you're in the elevator with someone and they say "hi" and you say "hi" and NOW WHAT?

    13. When you accidentally ask someone "how are you?" twice in the same conversation.

    14. When you know the waitress is about to ask you for your order and you panic.

    15. When you accidentally brush legs with someone on the train and you don't know whether to acknowledge it or not.

    16. When you realize you're walking in the wrong direction, but you can't change direction or people will know.

    17. When you think a stranger is waving at you, so you wave back and then realize they were waving at someone behind you.

    18. When you bump into an inanimate object and apologize.

    19. When you try to casually maintain eye contact during conversation.

    20. When you think you're tapping your foot against the table but then you realize it's someone's leg.

    21. When someone asks you to socialize after work and you can't think of an excuse fast enough.

    22. When you're telling a joke but you get nervous halfway through and try to oversell the punchline.

    23. When you suddenly start thinking about what you should do with your arms when you walk.