Use ear buds (listen to music or whatever or pretend to do so)

went to sleep

Said, ”Oh my, look at the time”.

tj

made up an excuse to vamoose. Excuse me, I need to use the can.

Pretended they were talking on their cell

Thinking same as Annie and KW…pretend to be either asleep or on the phone.

Ducked into a different auslein the grocery store.

Pretended to be ill with a sore throat

Pretended to be deaf