Annoying Moment #3

I once played drums in a band that played sixties-pop type songs. The songwriter saw me play drums in another band and asked me to play in his band, which was flattering. We once toured through the South, including a stop in Panama City, Florida, home of MTV Spring Break. Four hard-up guys, surrounded by drunk, screaming, unfriendly frat-girls. Thousands of rugby shirts. We played a show in one room to ten people while hoards of people watched a Stone Temple Pilots cover band in the other room. That’s actually an annoying moment but not the one I’m writing about. In a crowded elevator going up to our practice space, the songwriter told me, "Usually I can read books very quickly, but reading your novel was like walking through molasses." The other people on the elevator--strangers--looked embarrassed. That was annoying.