Embarrasing Moments In Shops

admiralofthefleet

was in the euro shop with my father in law yesterday getting some chocolate and bits and bobs. prior to going in we were having a chat about hill walking (which the father in law is passionate about) and he mentioned that he needed vaseline for his and his wifes feet to reduce friction

anyway, we proceed to the till where he tells the girl 'i need this for me and the wife to reduce friction', and just stands there without batting an eyelid.
the poor girl went purple and i couldnt stop laughing while at the same time trying to get him out of the shop. i was very embarrased for him.
i should point out that my father in law is very innocent when it comes to innuendo and didnt for a second realise what he said

so, what are your tales of embarrasing moments in shops?

talla10

Isn't this a slightly altered version of a current thread??

Face Licker

I licked some guy in the face.

bleepp

I was in Centra at the weekend buying a big county flag for the final, I was in again the next day and the girl at the till asks did I put the flag out?
I said I did, but had an awful problem getting it up..few in the queue were giggling away..

anyway up Mayo!

Lawrence1895

I slipped on some spilled liquid, caught the fall somehow, but crashed into a shelf

castletownman

I parked my "boy-racer" car outside the local shop once. Went in just to buy something and the daggers I was getting from the shop keeper were unreal. Now what I was wearing what could be deemed as "scumbag" attire (I was just home from work and slipped into a tracksuit for comfort), but I felt offended.

Joke's on him though because as the shopkeeper followed me out the door making sure I wasn't shoplifting his precious store, apparently some old lady in the shop at the same time fleeced his till!

Where To

I was once caught with my trousers round my ankles at the self-service checkout.

I'd never seen one before, how was I to know?:o

_Whimsical_

A few years ago I was in Spar getting Sunday morning papers when the old lady in front of me drops her purse and change scatters everywhere.I tell her I'll collect the change and bring it out to her in the car. All fine until I realise the extent of the scatter and have to get down on my hands and knees to get the last few euro ( wouldn't have done it if it was my own but when it was someone else's I didn't want to leave it.) Suddenly an ex teacher in the queue recognises me and starts a big loud oration to the guy behind the counter about what a "great girl" I was in school. So if everyone wasn't already looking at me crawling around they certainly were now.I was completely embarrassed to the point of hardly being able to respond as she's reeming out my leaving cert results to the shop. Then she asks me "you went to college didn't you? And what are you doing now?" to which I responded " picking up change".

Only afterwards when she'd left I realised she and everyone else watching had meant me to respond with my career or something. Total humiliation.Like things were bad but they weren't THAT bad.:(

Shane St.

OP if that is true that is brilliant LOL

Shryke

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

A few years ago I was in Spar getting Sunday morning papers when the old lady in front of me drops her purse and change scatters everywhere.I tell her I'll collect the change and bring it out to her in the car. All fine until I realise the extent of the scatter and have to get down on my hands and knees to get the last few euro ( wouldn't have done it if it was my own but when it was someone else's I didn't want to leave it.) Suddenly an ex teacher in the queue recognises me and starts a big loud oration to the guy behind the counter about what a "great girl" I was in school. So if everyone wasn't already looking at me crawling around they certainly were now.I was completely embarrassed to the point of hardly being able to respond as she's reeming out my leaving cert results to the shop. Then she asks me "you went to college didn't you? And what are you doing now?" to which I responded " picking up change".

Only afterwards when she'd left I realised she and everyone else watching had meant me to respond with my career or something. Total humiliation.Like things were bad but they weren't THAT bad.:(

Hey, you gave her the right answer.

Fromthetrees

About 10 years ago I went to the counter of a shop to buy a tin of pop (can of coke) and reached into my pocket, took out a chunk of shrapnel (change) and plopped it on the counter, among the coins was a big olde nodge (cannabis lump) and the lady behind the counter just opened her eyes really wide staring at it, I just said sorry and sheepishly scurried out of the shop with my red face and drink.
Took me about 2 years to gather up the courage to ever go back into the shop.

admiralofthefleet

Shane St. wrote: »

OP if that is true that is brilliant LOL

on my sons life

Gotya

Was in a shop. I often go into for small things. As the fella working there was handing me my change,
he said "now, there you go and don't forget your cigarettes "
I meant to say "lovely yea"

but i said "love ya"

Talk about awkward. I said goodluck and ran outta the place, the poor fcukin fella working didn't know what to think or say.

seven_eleven

castletownman wrote: »

I parked my "boy-racer" car outside the local shop once. Went in just to buy something and the daggers I was getting from the shop keeper were unreal. Now what I was wearing what could be deemed as "scumbag" attire (I was just home from work and slipped into a tracksuit for comfort), but I felt offended.

Joke's on him though because as the shopkeeper followed me out the door making sure I wasn't shoplifting his precious store, apparently some old lady in the shop at the same time fleeced his till!

I remember that advert :pac:

rebel89

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

A few years ago I was in Spar getting Sunday morning papers when the old lady in front of me drops her purse and change scatters everywhere.I tell her I'll collect the change and bring it out to her in the car. All fine until I realise the extent of the scatter and have to get down on my hands and knees to get the last few euro ( wouldn't have done it if it was my own but when it was someone else's I didn't want to leave it.) Suddenly an ex teacher in the queue recognises me and starts a big loud oration to the guy behind the counter about what a "great girl" I was in school. So if everyone wasn't already looking at me crawling around they certainly were now.I was completely embarrassed to the point of hardly being able to respond as she's reeming out my leaving cert results to the shop. Then she asks me "you went to college didn't you? And what are you doing now?" to which I responded " picking up change".

Only afterwards when she'd left I realised she and everyone else watching had meant me to respond with my career or something. Total humiliation.Like things were bad but they weren't THAT bad.:(

This is brilliant! Dying laughing here!

Rigol

He didn't see the innuendo in that !!?

Ive never come across such a man.

Micky Dolenz

I went down the deli in my local shop recently and saw two men sitting down at a table near by. Turned out it was Bono and a mate. I rushed over and asked Bono's mate to take a pic of me and Bono, to which he duly obliged, to be fair. I thought he looked a bit odd as he wore a funny hat.

It was only when leaving the shop, was it pointed out to me that Bono's mate was in fact the Pope, I was morto.

midlandsmissus

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I went down the deli in my local shop recently and saw two men sitting down at a table near by. Turned out it was Bono and a mate. I rushed over and asked Bono's mate to take a pic of me and Bono, to which he duly obliged, to be fair. I thought he looked a bit odd as he wore a funny hat.

It was only when leaving the shop, was it pointed out to me that Bono's mate was in fact the Pope, I was morto.

Micky you're fair witty these days!:D

say_who_now?

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Micky you're fair witty these days!:D

I thought Mickey was playing some Mod mischief and had merged the threads!

Feck sake! :pac:


EDIT: Suppose I'd better make an actual contribution now-


Some time last year I was inside in a GAME shop and I spotted a pair of "Turtle Beach" headphones for my XBOX (think really, really high spec headphones!), and the price written in marker on them was €14.99. My eyes nearly popped at the knock-down price!

Straight away I grabbed up the box and made a bee line for the counter. Got to the counter, where I could barely contain my excitement at the bargain I'd just picked up! The guy behind the counter scanned it anyway and to my absolute horror, €114.99 flashed up on the till!

I just stood there slack jawed for a minute before I slipped my card back into my wallet, muttered "emm, no, I won't be taking them thanks...", the walk of shame as I returned the headphones to the shelf that just HAD to be off down what now felt like the furthest, darkest corner of the shop, and then having to walk ALL the way back up through the shop again to get out the door...

Skinfull

I was in Tesco in Jervis one sunday morning, hardly anyone there. I only went in for a few things, didn't bother getting a basket, and after about 10 mins I had my arms full, of stuff I didn't even come in to buy. On the top of the pile there was a yoghurt balancing, and of course it fell, I envisioned it falling to the floor, opening and creating a huge mess, so I thought I'd "break the fall" with my foot...

My leg had other ideas. What was supposed to be a gentle "foot catch" was instead a mighty kick, yoghurt went flying and hit the corner of the bread stand and exploded. Yoghurt... everywhere.

Morto.

*Edit: oh just to explain, I was just after finishing a 15K cycle... my legs were a little jittery!

M cebee

i had to take a bar out of my pocket at the checkout today and pay for it

son: are you buying the bar?

me: what bar?

son: that bar (points at my pocket)

me: did you put it there?

son- no , you did!

- embarrassing-i could hear someone laughing behind me

dunno how the fu#k it got there
-didn't give out to him after anyhow
these things happen

le la rat

Rigol wrote: »

Ive never come across such a man.

You shouldn't be comming across any man you will make god angry

monkeysnapper

Skinfull wrote: »

I was in Tesco in Jervis one sunday morning, hardly anyone there. I only went in for a few things, didn't bother getting a basket, and after about 10 mins I had my arms full, of stuff I didn't even come in to buy. On the top of the pile there was a yoghurt balancing, and of course it fell, I envisioned it falling to the floor, opening and creating a huge mess, so I thought I'd "break the fall" with my foot...

My leg had other ideas. What was supposed to be a gentle "foot catch" was instead a mighty kick, yoghurt went flying and hit the corner of the bread stand and exploded. Yoghurt... everywhere.

Morto.

*Edit: oh just to explain, I was just after finishing a 15K cycle... my legs were a little jittery!

That was so funny ,

miss_shadow

This wasn't embarrassing for me As I was an onlooker but...

Was in Dunne's one day, making my way down the main isle past all the clothes to do a bit of food shopping.

As I got a bit closer I could see the manager, superviser and a few assistants looking rather disgusted and puzzled. The manager was making slow movements, his head darting all around.

Then an assistant came along with a bucket, and as she set up her cleaning gear I took a look down to see a big sh!t in the middle of the isle and smear marks taking off from it all the way out of the entrance.

It was by far the amusing thing I've seen in a shop. What's even stranger is that none of the customers gave a cr@p (bar one) , didn't even bat an eyelid! Just carried on about their business like it happens all the time.

Still puzzles me to this day as to who did it and why!

mauzo

miss_shadow wrote: »

smear marks taking off from it all the way out of the entrance.

Ironically I almost shat myself laughing at that!!!!

admiralofthefleet

who the fuck would do a pony right in the middle of a supermarket?

Mr Keek

Walking around Abercrombie & Fitch years ago when I was in NYC on a family holiday....with my Dad. He tends to shout really loudly when loud music is playing. He was roaring his head off telling me about the "young wans saying 'What's Up' every 2 mins" Moaning about the dim lights, and typical Dad fashion, giving off about the price of everything.....really loudly.

On the same holiday, we were in a small Bose store, my Dad can't not touch anything, he set off about 6 Bose Docks at full volume, and he couldn't turn them off again, the whole shop was looking, staff getting rightly pissed off. He then put on a pair of a pair of the Noise Cancelling headphone and roared at the top of his voice, "How much are these yokes, they're really comfy" I just ripped the headphone off him marched him out, I felt like the Dad.

say_who_now?

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

who the f[SIZE="2"]u[/SIZE]ck would do a pony right in the middle of a supermarket?

I would've said "somebody who didn't give a shìt!" but clearly- they did! :pac:

Fúck it I'll read that post again when my ribs stop hurting from laughing so much! :pac:

girlonfire

This thread is hilarious!

I sometimes think mannequins are real people and get a fright. That's about the height of the embarrassment

brummytom

More embarrassing for my dad than me.


We were in ASDA one day, I would've been about 8, my brothers 5 and 2. Somehow, we get separated from Dad after running around the aisles.

My brothers are freaking out, and I lead them over to the customer service counter and tell the assistant we've lost Dad. A minute later she puts out an announcement, 'Could Mr Brummysdad please come to customer services, where your children are waiting for you'. Cue my dad running over, bright as a tomato with embarrassment.

Thatsfootball

In a book shop a few years ago (as a child, with my sister and decided I'd release gas of epic proportions. Little did I know the gas was as strong as it turned out to be.
So there I was lookin at calculators when this fierce noise is ballooned through the small shop. Then a girl I know looked around the other side and just laughed at me. In desparation I blamed my sister and ran away :cool:
Good times!

wonderfullife

I THOUGHT my local Spar had one of those coin machines. Behind the counter. Where you can bring in 10 euro of coppers, they fire it into the machine and hand ya a tenner. Seemed simple. Emptied the piggy bank, counted out a tenner in crap, put it into a nice little bank pouch, marked €10 on the front, got to the counter and said "can i change that please?" and proceded to ask for 20 cigarettes. At which point a queue already forming behind me. Girl behind the counter says "you're going to have to empty that and seperate it as it's done by weight and there's 5 cents and 2 cents mixed together there".

Ended up having to go over to a ledge beside the counter and seperate a tenners worth of 1 cent, 2 cents and 5 cents with everybody looking at me with that look of "maybe i should give him change he might be homeless"! In future the change is staying where it belongs, all over the floor and in jeans pockets! MORTO

The Royal Scam

I posted this before in the "whats the most retarded thing..." thread before

was aged about 10 and in nutgrove sc and checking a new fancy cycling cap (like the ones sean kelly used to wear ) they had, it was real slick and low profile.
I struggled to put that b@stard on for 10 mins until the shop owner came over and told me it was a saddle cover

say_who_now?

The Royal Scam wrote: »

I posted this before in the "whats the most retarded thing..." thread before

was aged about 10 and in nutgrove sc and checking a new fancy cycling cap (like the ones sean kelly used to wear ) they had, it was real slick and low profile.
I struggled to put that b@stard on for 10 mins until the shop owner came over and told me it was a saddle cover

OHHH FÚCK, I have to stop reading this thread before I cough up a lung! :pac:

mauzo

The Royal Scam wrote: »

I posted this before in the "whats the most retarded thing..." thread before

was aged about 10 and in nutgrove sc and checking a new fancy cycling cap (like the ones sean kelly used to wear ) they had, it was real slick and low profile.
I struggled to put that b@stard on for 10 mins until the shop owner came over and told me it was a saddle cover

The 1st time I read that I peed a little!

Still has the same effect the 2nd time

gavmcg92

My mate was in HMV in Dundrum looking at CDs. There was a postcard/book stand behind him. He backed up into what he thought was the stand, quickly swung his hand behind him to try and catch it and stop it from falling... long story short, he grabbed a middle aged woman's private parts who was leaning over him to try and get at a CD above him.

Ehrmantraut

I have a knack for getting flustered and mixing up my phrases when greeting shopkeeps. Instead of "how's it going?" or "how ya doing?" I'll ask "how's it doing?"

mauzo

Ehrmantraut wrote: »

I have a knack for getting flustered and mixing up my phrases when greeting shopkeeps. Instead of "how's it going?" or "how ya doing?" I'll ask "how's it doing?"

Im a bit like that. Ill walk up to the counter and they'll say 'hi there' and ill go 'yeah grand thanks you?'

Was sitting in a takeaway waiting for someone in the queue a few years back. Middle aged man comes to the door with his son who I guessed was about maybe six years of age. The father stops at the door and gives some money to the child, sending him up to order the food (dunno, teaching him to interact with the rest of the world I suppose).

Anyway, the boy gets to the counter and reels off what the dad's just told him to repeat. This place sells almost entirely chicken, except they seem to be out of what he's been told to ask for. The girl at the counter is leaning over explaining this, but the kid's only five or six and hasn't a notion of what she's on about. He's looking back at the father with a confused expression, so the girl serving, who's completely flat chested, roars across the shop to the dad "I don't have any breasts!"

Needless to say the words had barely left her mouth before she realised what she just said. The dad nearly wet himself, the rest of the shop nearly choked, and the poor young one looked like she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.

the groutch

castletownman wrote: »

I parked my "boy-racer" car outside the local shop once. Went in just to buy something and the daggers I was getting from the shop keeper were unreal. Now what I was wearing what could be deemed as "scumbag" attire (I was just home from work and slipped into a tracksuit for comfort), but I felt offended.

Joke's on him though because as the shopkeeper followed me out the door making sure I wasn't shoplifting his precious store, apparently some old lady in the shop at the same time fleeced his till!

what was that ad for?

Popsy

My first embarassing story happened a few summers ago in Dunnes grocery in Blanchardstown. I was wearing a strapless maxi dress and while pushing the trolley I felt something tugging on my dress. My dress was wrapping around the wheel of the trolley but I managed to stop it before I had 'an incident'. Off I went laughing to myself and being very careful with my trolley when I felt another tug. Someone had walked close by me with their trolley and caught my dress, by the time I realised what was going on the dress was down under my boobs exposing my lovely strapless bra while I'm running after the lady asking her to stop pushing her trolley. I still cringe thinking about that one.

Second one, would be my Dad bringing me into a shoe shop for a pair of runners when I was about twelve. Dad asked the guy how much the runners were and I think he said 30 pound. My Dad then decided to haggle with the man offering him a tenner for the runners, he even involved me, telling the man I'd be bullied if I didnt get them and to look at my sad face. He got the runners for 20 pound in the end.

Thatsfootball

the groutch wrote: »

what was that ad for?

FBD I think!

Martyn1989

Myself, my gf and a few friends where at a 24 hour garage hatch after a few cans when we where teenagers, after being served I turned and walked up to the person a few paces behind me as I absentmindedly struggled to stuff my belongings into my pocket. Thinking this was my gf I stood right infront of 'her' and looked up to kiss her, turned out to be some taxi driver with one of those big red knobbly noses. I got the fright of my life.

thror

Not me but,

Two female friends of mine were out clothes shopping when we were in college and had been getting a bit giddy throughout the day after having a couple of pints with their lunch.

Girl A, let's call her Mary goes in to try something on in the changing rooms, Girl B, let's call her Dolly follows her in a few minutes later to see how she's getting on.

Dolly opens up the cubicle door which Mary left ajar and sees her bent over in her knickers picking something up off the floor. Given the giddy mood they are both in, Dolly decides it would be fun to shout "HOWYA NOW?!?!" at the top of her voice and gives Mary an almighty stingy slap on the arse. Mary spins around...

and it's not Mary at all, it's some random middle aged woman standing there in her bra and knickers having just been screamed at and slapped on the arse by a complete stranger.

Dolly and Mary (as soon as she hears what had happened) skedaddle.

girlonfire

thror wrote: »

Not me but,

Two female friends of mine were out clothes shopping when we were in college and had been getting a bit giddy throughout the day after having a couple of pints with their lunch.

Girl A, let's call her Mary goes in to try something on in the changing rooms, Girl B, let's call her Dolly follows her in a few minutes later to see how she's getting on.

Dolly opens up the cubicle door which Mary left ajar and sees her bent over in her knickers picking something up off the floor. Given the giddy mood they are both in, Dolly decides it would be fun to shout "HOWYA NOW?!?!" at the top of her voice and gives Mary an almighty stingy slap on the arse. Mary spins around...

and it's not Mary at all, it's some random middle aged woman standing there in her bra and knickers having just been screamed at and slapped on the arse by a complete stranger.

Dolly and Mary (as soon as she hears what had happened) skedaddle.

Absolutely hilarious:D

bbam

Years ago I brought my daughter then three into the library to choose a book or two, small town place so not big at all.
We were both going about our business checking out the books. She was about two isles away when I heard her break wind, followed at the top of her voice by "it's ok daddy, just windies but no poos".

There were about six people in the place including two librarians and we all fell about laughing. I was scarlet though.

Plazaman

Went into a chemist to buy haemaroid cream. So I thought OK, not a big challenge, and shouldn't be a particularly embarrasing thing to ask for, it's a common ailment for a lot of people. Unfortunatley my brain thought other wise and I got a dose of the dyslexic stutters..

"Can I get a tube of Perper...Pepperslation H.....Perspiration...."

All of a sudden I see the shelf where the Preparation H is and beside it is Anusol, same stuff and will be easier to say.....

"Actually I take a..an.. arseandall... arseuhaul...assanol."

It was probably only a couple of seconds of spluttering but seemed like a week and my head was about to explode with how red it was getting. Thankfully through my spit fit, the girl knows what I want comes back with the box in a bag and the rest of transaction was done in silence.

As I was going out the door she says "Mind yourself crossing the street love" in that sweet voice you use for kids which had since led me to believe she probably assumed I was "special".

ShadowHearth

So me and misses were walking pass maplins and I sow a battery charger in there. So we walked in and I was having a look at that thing. A very helpful member of staff came over and said: how are you!! I looked at him and said: good, you? So would this fully charge battery or what's the story? Fella looked at me confused and then started answering my questions as any salesman. I thanked him and we walked away. I picked up some other item and then we went to the till.
While we waiting misses said:
-what's wrong with you?
-nothing, why?
-do you feel okay?
-yeah, why?
- well that was James we were just talking to...
-who? James? ...... Oh****!!!!!!

That was a buddy I haven't seen few years!!!! I felt so crapy and embarrassed !!!! I just did not remembered him at all! I dropped everything and went back to apologise!!! Had a good laugh, and spend talking good half an hour with him after. Got his number and all.

Dub Ste

Not embarrassing,but I loved it.
I was making a curry one weekend and had to go into town to get all the bits and bobs I needed.
Got into the Asian supermarket and was getting the stuff I needed,when the moment I was waiting for arrived.

I know this is childish,purile,and totally junevile,but I'd been waiting for it since I'd gotten out of bed that morning.

Stood in the aisle in the shop looking helpless,the assistant came over and asked if she could help,and I said...........

I can't find your ghee anywhere,can you show me where you keep your ghee.

It was my moment of glory,shame it was only me there ....:D

cgc5483

As a young fella I was sent to the supermarket to pick up a cut of meat for the dinner. Having done this several times before it should have been a pretty easy job except of course the shop was after been done up so nothing was where it was supposed to be. After 5 mins of searching I decided to ask one of the assistants where was "the pig in the bag" assumming that was what everyone called it and not just my family. After he stopped laughing the assistant brought me over to his friend and made me repeat to him what i wanted. Cue another minute of giggles ......

Genghiz Cohen

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Got his number and all.

:eek::P:D:pac: