John Y’s Musings from the Middle: The Limitation of Body Language

Whenever I am driving our minivan and pass by a motorcycle gang I try to make eye contact as if to say to them, “Hey, I ‘get’ you guys. I was just listening the other day to Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” and I really enjoyed the movie “Easy Rider.”

But the way they look back at me makes me wonder sometimes if they really understand what I am trying to communicate.

Pin ItI guess sometimes that body language alone isn’t enough.

Or maybe they read my additional body language which says to them, “I’d probably join you guys except I am afraid of motorcycles” and then wondering to myself “If you ride a motorcycle for a long time in khakis, would it start to burn the inside of your legs?”