It looks like Rob and Andrew didn't show up at the university today for various reasons. So you and Joe sat in the cafeteria in silence. There was a slight tension between you, because it wasn't every day that Joe sat with someone other than his band. He took a lazy bite of a banana and finally broke the silence.

“Christ, why did Rob and that idiot Andrew decide not to come? If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn't have come either.”

Then he silently placed the banana peel on your notepad and began tapping his fingers on the table, waiting for you to start talking.