Awkward situations

MarthaMyDear · 10-09-2012 06:55PM #1

So was in the lift in work yesterday with another co-worker and a customer who had a child in a pram. There was the usual awkward lift silence which my co-worker tried to break by talking to the child. The conversation went like this.

Co-worker: Hi! Are you helping your mammy do some shopping?
Child: Yes

Co-worker: Awww..are you the best boy?
Child: *confused face*
Mother: ........she's a girl
*awkward silence*

This was followed by the longest 5 seconds of my life waiting for the lift to stop. I was trying not to laugh so badly because the tension was really just too much. The customer then stormed off the elevator and my poor co-worker went off in the opposite direction red in the face.

What's the most awkward situation you've been in?

SocSocPol · 10-09-2012 06:59PM

Most recent was on Saturday with my 12 year old daughter.Was browsing through some books at a charity book stall in Tesco, Millfield when she asks me at the top of her voice"Dad, you know that book 50 shades of Grey that everyones going on about, what is about"?.
Large crowd arounfd the stall all stared at me waiting to see how I got out of it. Bleedin mortified:o

Prick! · 10-09-2012 07:01PM

SocSocPol wrote: »

Most recent was on Saturday.Was browsing through some books at a charity book stall in Tesco, Millfield when she asks me at the top of her voice"Dad, you know that book 50 shades of Grey that everyones going on about, what is about"?.
Large crowd arounfd the stall all stared at me waiting to see how I got out of it. Bleedin mortified:o

Did you get out by beating one out?

mikom · 10-09-2012 07:02PM

SocSocPol wrote: »

Most recent was on Saturday.Was browsing through some books at a charity book stall in Tesco, Millfield when she asks me at the top of her voice"Dad, you know that book 50 shades of Grey that everyones going on about, what is about"?.
Large crowd arounfd the stall all stared at me waiting to see how I got out of it. Bleedin mortified:o

Paintin'

MarthaMyDear · 10-09-2012 07:06PM

SocSocPol wrote: »

Most recent was on Saturday.Was browsing through some books at a charity book stall in Tesco, Millfield when she asks me at the top of her voice"Dad, you know that book 50 shades of Grey that everyones going on about, what is about"?.
Large crowd arounfd the stall all stared at me waiting to see how I got out of it. Bleedin mortified:o

My granny asked me could she borrow it. Ermmmmm no.

Doodoo · 10-09-2012 07:07PM

I was in a petrol station and the woman on the till recognized a man she hadnt seen in a while..

Woman on till: Hi xxxx
Man: Not to bad
Woman on till: How is your mother keeping?
Man: She died at xmas
Woman on till(red face):Oh God, how is your dad coping?
Man: He died two months ago.....
Woman on till: I am so, so sorry
Cue awkward silence

I nearly pissed myself trying not to laugh.

Rigol · 10-09-2012 07:32PM

hmmm....i feel op's pain...the lift silence has to be the most awkward moment in life.

I imagine a serial sex offender being sat in a room of victims in silence as part of a court agreement would be roughly the same level of awkwardness.

Fenian Army · 10-09-2012 07:49PM

Met a girl on a night out, went back to hers, anyway the next morning she wakes me up and says her parents will be up soon (!?) and I'm to say I slept on the couch cause I didnt have money for a taxi home and that we know each other from college.
I was tempted to just leave there and then, but she said she'd give me a lift home if I waited.

Ok says I. Anyway it's all going grand, her parents buy it, then suddenly her dad says he is going to go and empty the bins in the house, off he goes. She reminds me that there's "evidence" in the bin from the night before in her room. Sends me off to clean up while she distracts her dad.

Panicking I rush to her room and grab the condoms from the bin, head into the jacks and try to flush them down the toilet. Disaster, the fcuking thing clogs up.

Then her dad knocks on the door and asks if everything is ok. I have to explain to him that the toilet clogged up

"How the fcuk did that happen?" says he

I couldnt think of anything so I tell him I had a dump and this is the result. The look on his face.

We head down stairs and he whispers to to his wife, the look of disgust. I couldnt leave because she had offered me lunch and was in the middle of making it, needless to say the next 40 mins was very awkward.

wellboy76 · 10-09-2012 08:20PM

Fenian Army wrote: »

Met a girl on a night out, went back to hers, anyway the next morning she wakes me up and says her parents will be up soon (!?) and I'm to say I slept on the couch cause I didnt have money for a taxi home and that we know each other from college.
I was tempted to just leave there and then, but she said she'd give me a lift home if I waited.

Ok says I. Anyway it's all going grand, her parents buy it, then suddenly her dad says he is going to go and empty the bins in the house, off he goes. She reminds me that there's "evidence" in the bin from the night before in her room. Sends me off to clean up while she distracts her dad.

Panicking I rush to her room and grab the condoms from the bin, head into the jacks and try to flush them down the toilet. Disaster, the fcuking thing clogs up.

Then her dad knocks on the door and asks if everything is ok. I have to explain to him that the toilet clogged up

"How the fcuk did that happen?" says he

I couldnt think of anything so I tell him I had a dump and this is the result. The look on his face.

We head down stairs and he whispers to to his wife, the look of disgust. I couldnt leave because she had offered me lunch and was in the middle of making it, needless to say the next 40 mins was very awkward.

Go on ya horse

Shryke · 10-09-2012 09:03PM

A guy I know who worked in a nursery store was serving a couple and asked when the baby was due. Ya, she was just fat. Awkward. The husband got a bit flustered apparently. "What do you mean, sure isn't that the baby there?!" :pac:

splendid101 · 10-09-2012 09:22PM

I was out in my friends house and told him I wanted to change the sh'te music he had on.

He said, no, "I'm the one who chooses the music here" etc.

I started slagging him, "don't be such a music Nazi".

I turned around and his German housemate is standing in the room behind me, shaking his head is disapproval.

Maybe not the most awkward situation, pretty bad gaffe all the same.

montyrebel · 10-09-2012 09:35PM

In a pub and bump into someone who i havent seen since I left school, about 10 years or so.
he is year for a guys stag do that i sort of know, I turn around and ask him, sure who would marry him.

My sister was not the answer I was expecting

Mickey H · 10-09-2012 09:36PM

A rather awkward situation is when you do your shirt up in a hurry (!) and one side is lower than the other. You're talking to someone and you realise that they have copped but nothing is said by either party. Truly awkward.

wp_rathead · 10-09-2012 09:38PM

This one time in Thailand....

Fuinseog · 10-09-2012 09:39PM

MarthaMyDear wrote: »

So was in the lift in work yesterday with another co-worker and a customer who had a child in a pram. There was the usual awkward lift silence which my co-worker tried to break by talking to the child. The conversation went like this.

Co-worker: Hi! Are you helping your mammy do some shopping?
Child: Yes
Co-worker: Awww..are you the best boy?
Child: *confused face*
Mother: ........she's a girl
*awkward silence*

This was followed by the longest 5 seconds of my life waiting for the lift to stop. I was trying not to laugh so badly because the tension was really just too much. The customer then stormed off the elevator and my poor co-worker went off in the opposite direction red in the face.

What's the most awkward situation you've been in?

sounds like something Pat kenny would say.

Mickey H · 10-09-2012 09:45PM

wprathead wrote: »

This one time in Thailand....

Hello Gary.

cynder · 10-09-2012 09:48PM

Was in a international phone centre ( in Ireland) making a long distance call, I was the only one in there it was around 8pm, I finished the phone call went to pay and I was wondering why he was handling the change one handed I looked down behind the counter to see a big black dick staring me in the face, with his hand going 2 to the dozen. he says you want to give me a hand, I get my change and run.

wyndham · 10-09-2012 09:51PM

cynder wrote: »

Was in a international phone centre ( in Ireland) making a long distance call, I was the only one in there it was around 8pm, I finished the phone call went to pay and I was wondering why he was handling the change one handed I looked down behind the counter to see a big black dick staring me in the face, with his hand going 2 to the dozen. he says you want to give me a hand, I get my change and run.

That's more sex offender than awkward situation.

spankysue · 10-09-2012 09:55PM

I probably shouldn't be telling everyone or even anyone this but this is the single most awkward situation I've ever been in.

When I was in my early twenties, I had to move back in with the folks for a short period of time. Before this, I'd lived on my own for a couple of years and when I moved back home, I brought a chest of drawers with me. Contained in these drawers, wrapped in a towel, was my Rampant Rabbit.

So, me mam kept getting onto me to sort out these drawers, get me clothes in order and I kept putting it on the back burner. Then I came home one night and she confronted me in the kitchen, told me she'd cleaned out the drawers for me. I'll never forget the conversation that followed, "I found a towel.." My face goes red, "Oh", "With something in it... what is it?"

With that, I bolted up the stairs, half with embarassment, half to contain my laughter..... had to tell her the next morning over breakfast what it was, she looked so innocent when she asked me what the bunny ears were for

say_who_now? · 10-09-2012 09:57PM

Mickey H wrote: »

A rather awkward situation is when you do your shirt up in a hurry (!) and one side is lower than the other. You're talking to someone and you realise that they have copped but nothing is said by either party. Truly awkward.

Worse again is when you're half cut in the club, you go to the toilet and you want to get back out on the dance floor in a hurry, so you have your zip and your belt done back up, back out on the floor...

When a hot girl points out that your front shirt flap is sticking out the zip of your pants! :pac:

Not me, happened to a friend, i swear!

fasttalkerchat · 10-09-2012 09:59PM

Working in a shop I learned not to speak to customers who are buying flowers. They're always for a dead wife. Always!

Mickey H · 10-09-2012 10:04PM

cynder wrote: »

Was in a international phone centre ( in Ireland) making a long distance call, I was the only one in there it was around 8pm, I finished the phone call went to pay and I was wondering why he was handling the change one handed I looked down behind the counter to see a big black dick staring me in the face, with his hand going 2 to the dozen. he says you want to give me a hand, I get my change and run.

I read this and instantly thought this.

fasttalkerchat · 10-09-2012 10:07PM

I'm not a fan of racist jokes anyway but first week of college having a few beers with my new housemates and one had just discovered sickipedia. He read out a few before reading a (quite poor) racist one... forgetting that one of our housemates is black.
Well this is awkward... what made it worse is that he's black and Irish so it wasn't like he could say its fine, we laugh at Paddy Irishman jokes too. He just said its fine lads. And we went to bed shortly after.

Senna · 10-09-2012 10:24PM

I work at weddings in a hotel, a few years ago a couple were getting married and i asked them do they want me to play an entrance song when the couple are announced into the reception, so they tell me they will drop in a CD the night before the wedding. On the day of the wedding i get the CD and stick it on to make sure it works, it was only one track and it was the worst song you have every heard in your life. Really really bad heavy metal with a load of cursing, i just assumed the song was maybe an "in-joke" with their friend. As the guests started to arrive all i seen was little old ladies and hardly any young people. I started getting worried seen i'm the one whos going to introducing them and wondering did the couple give me the right CD.
So when they arrive at the hotel i ask them about the CD and they said yeah thats the song. Seen this had never happened before (its usually the same old songs) i wasn't sure what to say, so i figured i'd just be honest, i dont think the song is suitable and i'm not sure the guests would appreciate it. Turns out the groom is in a band and this is a single he released:o

Mickey H · 10-09-2012 10:39PM

Senna wrote: »

So when they arrive at the hotel i ask them about the CD and they said yeah thats the song. Seen this had never happened before (its usually the same old songs) i wasn't sure what to say, so i figured i'd just be honest, i dont think the song is suitable and i'm not sure the guests would appreciate it. Turns out the groom is in a band and this is a single he released

You could have un-awkwarded the situation by saying: "Hey man, I think this song is absolutely class, but I dunno if it would be their cup of tea. Can I have a copy?"

midlandsmissus · 10-09-2012 10:48PM

Shryke wrote: »

A guy I know who worked in a nursery store was serving a couple and asked when the baby was due. Ya, she was just fat. Awkward. The husband got a bit flustered apparently. "What do you mean, sure isn't that the baby there?!" :pac:

I'm actually really thin, but was on holidays there a few weeks ago,and wearing a halterneck maxi dress along with having had a big lunch was obviously not the best combination.

Went to check in, and the non-english speaking check in girl gestured at me and said 'Pregi?' I was like 'What?' till a few more gestures and 'pregi?' and I realised what she was on about.

I was like 'No' and laughed, I wasn't embarassed because ultimately I know I'm not fat, but it got really awkward because I didn't really know how to recover the situation! She looked mortified, my cheeks went red, and awkwardness abunded.

As she was then hurriedly trying to give us our tickets, she turned to her male colleague and they had a foreign conversation with her giving embarassed smiles.

My friend and me at the time, afterwards said, it was the universal language of some-one having done something really mortifying. We were imagining her telling him 'I asked her was she pregnant and she wasnt',and him going 'ya big ****ing egit!' in their own language.

Anyway I think she was asking me because she was considering me for priority boarding so I should have said yes!

Rayne Wooney · 10-09-2012 10:48PM

Me and a few lads always went to the Aquatic Centre years ago, I must have been 11-12 at the time. There was a gorgeous life guard that worked there and we knew her from around, she was only 5 years older than us so we all thought we had a chance. Anyway we were all trying to impress her as young lads do, we were going on the slide the "green giant" I think it's called, the life guard was at the end of the slide so we could have a chat when we got down, me being the bravest I pushed my friends aside and I jumped on the slide first so I could be first to talk to her. When I got to the bottem I failed to notice my swimming shorts had slid down south... so I was now wearing them around my knees....I stood up confidently and walked over to her, she immediately goes red and starts laughing, I look down, and I'm sure you can picture the rest.

How lucky I was she was the only one around to witness this but how devastating that it had to be her of all people. At that age I admit I hadn't got a "green giant" down there.. it was more like a little dipper. I went straight to the dressing room got my clothes and walked home from Blanchardstown. I have never returned to the Aquatic Centre and haven't seen that girl since.. But I know one day I'll bump into that life guard somewhere, it's inevitable. And that moment will be very, very awkward.

RossyG · 10-09-2012 10:49PM

I was on a work-related training course at a hotel and the cheap bastards didn't even provide food.

There seemed to be another firm there with a room full of food so me and a girl I'd palled up with gatecrashed. We filled our plates and started filling our faces and a man came up to us and asked who we were.

I decided to bluff, gave my name and said, "From Cineworld. We all are, aren't we. This is the Cineworld meeting, isn't it?"

"No," the other feller says, "it's a wake."

Oops!

MarthaMyDear · 12-09-2012 01:00AM

My workplace seems to be great for awkward situations! Was in there today and had told the other girl who works with me who I'm very friendly with that I'd give her a call for a chat on the work phone as soon as the manager had gone home.

The manager rang her about switching hours just before she left and thinking it was me, my friend answered the phone by saying "Oh she's finally gone is she!!"

Mortified. The manager then knew I'd been planning to call her for a chat the minute she'd left...on the phone I'm not meant to use. Very awkward trying to explain that one.

I immediately thought of this thread!!

Wacker The Attacker · 12-09-2012 01:34AM

I shagged my best friends sister a few years ago.

I thought he'd never forgive me after he'd found out what had happened

splendid101 · 12-09-2012 09:20AM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

I shagged my best friends sister a few years ago.

I thought he'd never forgive me after he'd found out what had happened

Any use?

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