So, long story short, I’ve been taking 0.5mg Xanax daily because I have agoraphobia and literally can’t leave my house without it. This incident happened after I hadn’t been outside for like 1.5 months.

I decided to venture out to pick up some food from a restaurant. It was super busy, and they told me it’d take 20 minutes for my order. Cool, no problem. But 20 minutes turned into 30 , so I went to ask if I could cancel my order. The staff said they’d already started making it, so I had to wait.

While waiting, I was scrolling Reddit on my phone, not paying much attention to my surroundings. Then, I noticed this guy holding some food, walking toward me. For some reason, my brain short-circuited, and I thought he was a worker bringing me my order. I asked, “It’s done?” but not very clearly, and the guy looked confused and said, “What’s done?”

At this point, I was convinced this dude was carrying my food. I even glanced at the food he was holding, thinking it was mine. Then he said, “What’s done, dick? I’ll beat you.” That’s when I realized he was not a worker and was getting pissed off.

Turns out, he was just another customer grabbing his own food. And there were two of them, while I was alone. Things started heating up, and they looked ready to fight. I quickly tried to de-escalate by saying, “Bro, I thought you were working here.”

Even after that, they were talking trash, but I didn’t really catch all of it. The last thing I heard one of them say was, “Let it go… it’s our shop.” That’s when I realized they probably had low IQs and weren’t worth my time.

Moral of the story: Xanax helps with anxiety but doesn’t fix misunderstandings, and maybe I should double-check who I’m talking to before jumping to conclusions.