As she walked out of the store, Emily's humiliation was palpable. Her ex-boyfriend, Alex, had just very publicly dumped her via text message, displayed on the giant screen above the checkout counter. The whole store fell silent, and her friends, who had been shopping with her, looked on in shock. Emily felt her face burn with embarrassment as strangers began to stare and snicker. She could feel their eyes on her, judging her, and it was like nothing she'd ever experienced before. Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes as she quickened her pace, desperate to escape the vigilance of the entire store. She could hear the whispers, the pointing, and the snickers echoing behind her, reminding her of her own publicly televised heartbreak. Emily longed to fade away, to disappear from the scene of her own embarrassment, but it seemed like the whole world was watching her, and she felt utterly, shamefully exposed.