Huh?

I don't know if it's a Raleigh thing, a homeless thing or something else, but since I've been down here all I hear is 'huh?'

I hear it when people don't listen and they really mean 'What?', or 'I beg your pardon?' or something more polite than 'Huh?' It's annoying to the nth degree, and I hear it all the time.

I hear it in the dorm. I hear it on the bus. I hear it while waiting at Wake County Human Services.

I want to scream, but then they'll think I'm the strange one. And I'm strange enough as it is.