Bad conscience
Today I fear I might get some bad karma my way. I was at the mall with a friend and as we was about to enter a bookstore I bumped into an older lady walking arm in arm with her husband (?). I didn’t really notice them coming my way, and because I was walking past a shelf I couldn’t really avoid them if I tried. Being from a small place I’m so used to people giving space to each other, not just that one single person. It just happened so fast I barely had time to wrap my head around it. Anyway, I said I was sorry, maybe a little to low, and kept on walking. I just thought I didn’t bump into her that hard.
Anyway, as I started walking again, I heard someone yelling after me and when I turned around I saw it was the man giving me a really angry look. He then said something like: “look where you’re going!” Now I really felt bad, so I said sorry louder and with the sincerity that I felt. He just looked really angry at me and said something like: “yeah, you should be”. Then he turned around and they walked away. I didn’t really have a chance to say anything more.
I feel really bad, but I just didn’t think that I bumped into her that hard. But still, I said I was sorry, shouldn’t he recognize that it was an accident? It wasn’t like bumped into her on purpose… She didn’t get hurt, she didn’t fall, and I didn’t knock her of balance. I just bumped into her, maybe a little hard, but he didn’t really have to make me feel worse than already felt.

