Cringe worthy moments.

languagenerd

When you go for a handshake and they go for a hug... And you both instantly swap, so it immediately happens again

danniemcq

can i post other peoples cringes?

meh

at work coming up to halloween so there is a fancy dress thingy. An email explaining this is sent out to everyone in the office (500 or so people in the same building).

Someone replied all instead of just reply to sender and had wrote a lovely email critising a certain family who worked in here and was along the lines of

"sure they don't need to dress up with the way they look already"

desbrook

Saw a video of a priest singing "Hallaliejia" as a couple walked up the aisle. Cringe. Some of you may have seen it .....

FouxDaFaFa

desbrook wrote: »

Saw a video of a priest singing "Hallaliejia" as a couple walked up the aisle. Cringe. Some of you may have seen it .....

Oh God, yes. Everyone seems to love it and think it's nice but I couldn't sit through the whole thing it was so cringey.

(He has a great voice, though).

vitani

desbrook wrote: »

Saw a video of a priest singing "Hallaliejia" as a couple walked up the aisle. Cringe. Some of you may have seen it .....

I liked it. Changing the words was a bit cringey but his voice was great.

Toto Wolfcastle

I thought it was lovely. I presume the priest knew the couple and wanted to do something different for them. It was a nice surprise for them and everyone there seemed to enjoy it. He has an amazing voice.

Ash.J.Williams

desbrook wrote: »

Saw a video of a priest singing "Hallaliejia" as a couple walked up the aisle. Cringe. Some of you may have seen it .....

brace yourself....you haven't seen half of this yet

crazyderk

It was my 21st and I was getting the 21 kisses as you do. My sister in laws mother was there and joined the queue.

So she eventually reaches the top of the line, I'm sitting in a chair and for some reason I go to stand up to greet her but she decides to make a joke and tries to sit in my lap. So I'm half way off the chair on the way up to greet her and she sits on my knees. I have zero balance because of this so we fall forward, she lands on her back I land on top of her missionary style in front of all of my friends and family!

bear1

^^ yeah yeah "by accident" is she hot?

crazyderk

bear1 wrote: »

^^ yeah yeah "by accident" is she hot?

not really no

bear1

Drunk do-able?

cletus van damme

bear1 wrote: »

Drunk do-able?

you're too into this

bear1

cletus van damme wrote: »

you're too into this

Nothing to do at work

snaphook

Other people's cringe?

At work someone sent an email (to the whole company) asking who updated the Company's youtube videos.

One guy, obviously friendly with the sender, replied (to the whole company);

"Why? Do you need help uploading videos of you and Andy bumming? lol"
Minutes later an recall email was sent.

The following day, the responder sent a mail, the jist of which was.

I'm sorry I was caught, I'll make sure to check the cc list in future.

No, it'll never happen again.
No, I'm sorry if anyone was offended.
Just, I'm basically saying sorry because I fcuked up.

Going Strong

Someone I worked with did something similar. It was back in the late '90's when email/internet policy wasn't as strict as it is now with no real guidelines. There was a habit on a Friday afternoon to ease off on the work and mess about. So, your inbox would be full of dodgy images and .WAV files and the like. One Friday, things got a bit more rowdy than usual and the images got more and more porny. Eventually, a mail came back "Do you think this is an appropriate mail to send?" The original sender, still in "messing about" mode, made a very rude email, full of swears and emailed his mates complaining about this so-and-so and.... CC-ed said so-and-so as well by accident. He got back another reply saying do you know who you're talking to? "No, and I don't effing well care either!" came the reply Only to be told, "I'm <Name>, Managing Director of <Other Division> and you won't be working here by Monday." He wasn't either.

Gannicus

Whenever I have the house to myself and I know categorically that nobody will be back for a couple hours I like to parade around in my favourite suit (birthday suit).

Anyway a couple weeks back I woke up to a note from the ma saying she was gone to Ballyjamesduff with my sisters and my da had gone away that weekend fishing so I knew nobody would be there for the day (an almost unheard of occurrence in my gaf). Needless to say Big Steve decided to capitalize on this and have naked day. Got up showered had breakky (made sure I didn't have to cook) and strutted around all day. During the early afternoon I got up to get a drink and was walking out to the kitchen and didn't realize there was no blinds on the front door and a 2 big panes of glass.

Missus "blah blah" from across the street (who is in her 90's and horrible to look at btw) had walked over and was about to knock on the door she saw me exit the living room starkers and I saw her standing there so I jumped back into the living room till she left.

Shane-KornSpace

I was having a friendly chat with a customer one day and the topic of spouses came about. I cracked a joke :
Me: Why do women live longer than men? Because they have no wives.
Him: haha wish I could tell my wife that, but my wife is dead.
*awkward silence*

Roselm

When I was 15 I had spent the day with my friend at her granny's with her cousins, aunts etc. Her granny was lovely and made me feel very welcome. It WAS the first time I had met her though. As we were leaving we said goodbye to everyone and last was granny who gave me a hug but instead of a 2 second jobbie I stayed there like a tool, cuddling her, with my head on her shoulder and my eyes closed for like 2 whole minutes. After a while I realised someone had usually pulled away before now, disentangled myself and awkwardly said a mumbled "bye". My friend looked at me a little strangely.

Deise67

out in a&e. x ray dept a few years ago fella I vaguely knew was sitting beside me , usual ****e small talk , he had a pronounced limp as long as I cud remember, I asked him you out for xray on here leg ? no he says my stomach ! f*ck me I couldn't get called fast enough ! turns his leg like that since birth ! oops

Jeefff

I've cried laughing tonight reading this thread, thanks..

This is true
I was on a crowded bus a few years back, just staring about, not making eye contact..
I notice this old woman next to me starts blessing herself while looking out the window, so I looked out to see a flatbed pickup truck full of vegetables.. I didn't cop anything holy, so looked away..
Couple of seconds pass by and the woman is bent over shaking, making funny noises..
I was just going to ask her if she was alright, but she looked to me sideways and says laughing, ''I thought that was a feckin funerdal goin past, I was trying to read who it was but it was only lettis an cabitches''
I didn't laugh straight away because I had thought she was crying before, but like a bolt of lightening I remembered the joke about the grocer, so I said
''You know it was actually the local greengrocer's funeral that passed by, I hear there's going to be a huge turnip at the church''
She didn't get it, I didn't explain the joke because the moment had passed.. I just kind of went back to staring at the floor..

Lon.C

Ok. It was a freezing cold winters morning. As usual I was running late to catch my train. Add to this I'm suffering with a cold.
I'm walking briskly down the quays to Tara street station, when I see the train coming over the bridge.i launch into a full sprint down the quays, up the escalator, on to the platform and just make it before the doors close.
I grab an outside seat in a booth of 4 ( 2 facing 2). Facing me is a girl I've seen most mornings but haven't spoken to yet, more of a polite smile.
Anyway I've come from a cold environment into a warmer one and I have a cold and I've just done a 500m sprint in record time.
Cue my nose wanting to run like a tap. I'm trying to catch my breath while sniffing like a bloodhound to keep it in check ( I'd no tissues). I lost and my nose ran as I was looking straight at the girl facing me. The first look was shock which soon turn to horror as I tried to catch the ooze with my hands. Then in my panicked state I went back to basics and used my sleeve. I'm not sure, but I think she uttered Oh Jesus. I was numb with embarrassment at this stage. I bolted from my seat to get off the train at Pearse street( I was going to dun laoghaire). It took forever for those doors to open. From that day on I got the earlier train just to avoid ever running into that girl again.

DEFTLEFTHAND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxsJvO-l5O4

Bush the political animal he is wiped the floor with her, she was destroyed. Still makes me cringe to watch.

demakinz

About 10 years ago I used to walk to work every morning. the odd morning someone from the job would stop and give me a lift. One foggy morning i was walking along and a car pulled in front of me so i hopped in and while putting on the seatbelt i said Good morning how are you without looking who was driving. turned out to be some random guy who pulled in to answer the phone. I'l never forget his face as he talked on the phone and tried to figure out who the hell i was. I didn't know what to do. I ended up saying i thought he was a work colleague and he dropped me down the road to my work. I'd say he thought i was some lunatic.

Renegade Mechanic

Managed to start a car without an oil filter today. 6bar of oil pressure out an open hole makes some mess:mad:

Un Croissant

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Managed to start a car without an oil filter today. 6bar of oil pressure out an open hole makes some mess:mad:

Oh criiiiiinge.

Chattastrophe!

This was so cringey.

I was about 14 years old, in a Science class, we were doing the whole "reproduction" chapter.

So we were halfway through the class and another teacher knocks in to have a good oul gossip with our Science teacher. Class starts chatting as teacher heads out, I was sitting closest to the door so she ducks back in a minute later and points out a paragraph about the actual conception bit and tells me to read it out to the class. No one noticed.

She goes out again. I'm too embarrassed for a couple of minutes, but then I got too afraid of getting in trouble with the teacher for not doing what she said. So I started reading it.

Me there, reading this paragraph of sex out loud, seemingly out of nowhere, to a class of sniggering teenagers.

Renegade Mechanic

Un Croissant wrote: »

Oh criiiiiinge.

Ah....

kylith

Was walking to the bus one day when I look back and see the bus coming. I started to run to the stop and in my 'must run' state of mind I wound up running straight past it. I realised about 20 metres past the stop and had to turn around and sprint back and join the queue with them all laughing at me.

dee_mc

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

This was so cringey.

I was about 14 years old, in a Science class, we were doing the whole "reproduction" chapter.

So we were halfway through the class and another teacher knocks in to have a good oul gossip with our Science teacher. Class starts chatting as teacher heads out, I was sitting closest to the door so she ducks back in a minute later and points out a paragraph about the actual conception bit and tells me to read it out to the class. No one noticed.

She goes out again. I'm too embarrassed for a couple of minutes, but then I got too afraid of getting in trouble with the teacher for not doing what she said. So I started reading it.

Me there, reading this paragraph of sex out loud, seemingly out of nowhere, to a class of sniggering teenagers.

I covered for a science teacher for a few weeks when i was doing teaching practice many moons ago, as a green 19 year old; of course she included the reproduction chapter in the work i was to cover with the 5th year class, and in my innocence i asked one of the kids (probably only 1-2 years younger than me) to read a few paragraphs aloud to the class :eek: The lad proceeded to read the explanation in his best 'let's get in on, sexxxxxy' voice!! 'Cringe' doesn't cover it!

Lingua Franca

kylith wrote: »

Was walking to the bus one day when I look back and see the bus coming. I started to run to the stop and in my 'must run' state of mind I wound up running straight past it. I realised about 20 metres past the stop and had to turn around and sprint back and join the queue with them all laughing at me.

I once forgot my passport for a flight. It was around half an hour before check in closed I went to the desk and explained and the lady said that she would hold my boarding pass until the very moment check in closed inc ase I could get it dropped off in time, so I got my sis to nip to my house in a taxi and pick it up for me. I paced outside the airport until her cab pulled up, snatched my passport out of her hand and threw some money and thanks at her and ran inside. I ran past all the queues, ran to the desk brandishing my passport and got my boarding pass with a minute to spare. Then I ran all the way to security stripping off as I went, raced through security as fast as possible, ran, sweaty and panting, all the way to my gate... and that's when I realised I'd actually had 50 minutes to spare after check in closed. I could have sauntered the whole way and still had time for a beer.