All the voices

Growing up I had a theory about sounds. Before science taught me about waves I figured if you could hear someone then they could hear you. This was revolutionary for my tiny mind. When someone talked to me, I could talk back and they would hear. If someone was talking in another room, and I could hear them then if I talked they could hear me. It all made sense. But soon my theory started being tested. In the car my mom would turn on the radio and know matter how loud I talked the singers never responded. But sometimes the radio advertisements would talk directly to me. The same thing happened with television. It was all very stressful. But the worse test of my theory happened in a restaurant on time. I went to the restroom with my mom and there was a radio playing. Mom couldn't understand why I all of a sudden could not pee. No matter how extravagant my hand motions (because I didn't want the radio to hear I was in the bathroom) my mom refused to except my plea to go to another restroom. Soon she started yelling at me! Right there where the radio people could hear. I couldn't believe it. Once we left the restroom I was able to explain the problem to my mom. She did not think my theory was sound...  HA