I was going to a department store the other day and I was in the parking lot when a big semi turned the tight corners near the mall entrance. The truck and I were head-on in the parking lot. I stopped so he could make a wide turn, but he slowly inched forward to where I got worried and quickly grabbed my shifter and put the car into reverse.

When I got it into reverse and looked back up, I saw two trucker faces staring back at me with huge smiles on their face.

I was like, “What the heck?”

Then it hit me. They saw me make a fearful expression and they thought it was funny. I bet they get a lot of people to make that expression (Any truckers out there? You should bring your camera and get some good shots for us)!

When I realized what they were laughing about, I laughed.

Then the one trucker put his palms up in the air, like well? What were we supposed to do?

By this point, they were actually backing up so they knew they weren’t going to be coming towards me when I was putting the car in reverse.

I put my palms up back at them, shrugged my shoulders, grin and nodded my head yes, as I smiled.

Both truckers laughed at me.

I laughed, too.

We had genuine smiles on our face.

It was a heartwarming moment. Three people connected without words.

Then the one trucker grabbed his cell phone, put it to his ear, pointed at me and smiled.

I thought for a minute and realized he was likely asking for my number.

As they backed up enough for me to go by, I waved.

They waved.

When I parked my car, I heard one of them yell come over here.

I pretended not to hear them. I wasn’t being flirtatious, just enjoying the non-verbal communication so I didn’t want to have to turn the guy down, though I was dying to talk to them to see what they were feeling!!!

What was your last non-verbal communication where you didn’t speak words but communicated with someone?