Confessions of a Xenophile #1

I often walk around with my earbuds in so I can pretend I'm listening to music, but really, I just don't want to be bothered by strangers that try to stop me in the streets. When I really want to go the extra mile for authenticity, I'll start speaking out loud in Japanese or Spanish to feign a phone conversation in the hopes that people will assume English isn't my first language and be less inclined to reach out to me. It actually works.