Earbuds Syndrome
A state where someone is so lost in their music they might as well be in a different dimension where people don’t talk or breathe.
She passed me in the hallway like I wasn’t even there. I said hi. She didn’t respond. I said hello. She walked away.
My friend’s been in Earbuds Syndrome since Monday. He hasn’t looked up once. Not even when I threw a crumpled paper at his head.
I tried to talk to him. He didn’t hear me. I yelled. He still didn’t hear me. I threw a sandwich. He finally looked up. I said, 'You’re dead to me.'