One time I was telling my friend Jason about how I’d been listening to my Zune on the subway and whatever I was listening to had made me laugh really hard and how I was embarrassed because I was laughing hysterically with my headphones on while riding the subway, and Jason said that as far as he was concerned, I shouldn’t be embarrassed, because whenever he sees someone laughing in public while listening to their headphones he feels like they are winning (this is awhile ago, so we’re talking about actual winning, not Charlie Sheen winning, duh, buh bye) because they’re clearly having a great time, and who doesn’t like having a great time? And so now that is how I think about it whenever I am caught laughing privately to my Zune in public: I win! Look at me! I have fun! We should all be so lucky! And that is how I feel about this lady right here. Look at her go! Do your dance! Use the complimentary bathroom! Whatever! You go girl, as they say. (Thanks for the tip, werttrew.)

Comments (41)
  1. I only watched the first 45 seconds. When does it get to the part where someone’s dancing?

  2. Whenever I see Gabe laughing with headphones on, I assume he’s listening to a recording of a Dane Cook routine. Gabe never wins in my head.

    • I’d have guessed Carlos Mencia, except we all know there’s no such thing as a Carlos Mencia routine.

      • Hmm. I would’ve guessed Jeff Dunham. “You’d think it would lose its effect without the visual aid of the puppets, but he’s just got each character so well developed, I can see it in my mind! That Peanut’s a hoot!” – Gabe

      • “I would have guessed Carlos Mencia, except we all know there’s no such thing as a Carlos Mencia routine.” — Carlos Mencia

  3. It’s hilarious to imagine her dancing to the music that’s playing over the speakers in the store. Because what a weird dance to that song!!!

    But also she’s just having a good time. I love watching people rocking out to music or laughing to themselves. The best is sitting at a stop light and looking over to see a car full of large dudes all dancing and singing along to Mariah Carey or something — hilarious! I’ll marry the whole lot of you!

    • I loudly and unapologetically sing along with my MP3 player in my car, and a large portion of the songs are on there solely for their singability. It’s pretty much a nonstop karaoke party for one up in my Saturn.

      • Hey monsters! Party in Facetaco’s Saturn! Saturday, 10pm! We’ll sit in his driveway and party all night!

      • Car dancing is the best! I totally feel sorry for anyone who does not sing and dance in their car. They’re missing out on at least 20-30 minutes of partying everyday!!! Suckers.

        • Oh, I agree. I looooove singing and dancing in my car. The best is on nice weather road trips, hanging on the interstate behind someone going the speed I want to go, zoning out and grooving.

        • TOTES AGREED! Much like Facetaco I have a party everyday in my grandma Honda. I pass cars and they look so bored and shit, sitting in their car, letting life pass them by. You know those motherfuckers must be listening to something. Let loose and have a good time. IT’S A CAR PARTY!

      • I’m a proud car dancer. I’ve driven by and looked in other people’s cars and they are crying, eating, or crying while eating, and I just sing and dance. It’s makes my Ford Focus just a little less mediocre.

  4. This is basically me at the gym. You do not want to be on the stairmaster next to me cause I’ll be all

  5. Today? I’m always that lady caught dancing in an HMV!

  6. Pop, Pop!?

  7. Showing this clip to my grandparents: What’s a YouTube?
    Showing this clip to my 9-year-old nephew: What’s a record store?

  8. “When I was a kid, we had these things called ‘record stores’ where we’d check out the Ke$ha CDs and snicker at people dancing to their own music. We should all be so lucky as to find something in this world that makes us so happy as to mime a symphony at an HMV.”

  9. What a weird looking iTunes Store.

  10. “Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt,sing like no one is listening,and decorate your house exclusively in Anne Geddes prints.”

  11. I had to look up what HMV was, turns out it’s some kind of lorry thing, not a mix between the DMV and HPV. Whew.

  12. Oh wow, I was literally just skipping and dancing down the street to my new jam (Delicate Steve — Butterfly), getting pumped for work (surfing the Internet). We are truly all this lady.

  13. She’s not dancing; she’s signing “The Safety Dance.”

  14. Quadruple Dream Hands!

  15. YES Hold Steady.

  16. That lady is doing some kind of energy work/chakra activation something something! That ain’t no dance.

  17. Why is she dressed like Brian Johnson?

  18. I worked in record stores for close to a decade and this is a fairly normal occurrence from what I can remember. I’ll have to consult my notes but I do believe the ratio of Customer Dancing at a Listening Post to Mental Health Issues and/or Drug Consumption is basically 1:1.

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