An unfortunate case of mistaken identity

kumate_champ07 · 10-04-2013 03:55AM

went to a wine bar on a date, not really the kind of place I frequent. I got up from my seat and walked over to a girl and asked her for the food menu, she was wearing black and I presumed she was a waitress. she wasnt, and I think I offended here

1ZRed · 10-04-2013 04:02AM

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

went to a wine bar on a date, not really the kind of place I frequent. I got up from my seat and walked over to a girl and asked her for the food menu, she was wearing black and I presumed she was a waitress. she wasnt, and I think I offended here

Last Christmas we were getting a tree in a big warehouse sort of place full of them, and a man came up to me and really arrogantly pushed the tree into me and said "I'll take that, get it ready for me". I smiled and said that it'd be no bother, so proceeded to I haul it to the back and fuked into into a huge pile of other trees and went about my business

Eathrin · 10-04-2013 04:17AM

At the start of college I was getting a few people's numbers in my course. When I texted one lad to meet him about something I went to the meetup spot but when said person (we'll call him Brian) greeted me, all I said was something along the lines of "Oh, I'm just waiting for Brian".
This all happened because I didn't know my colleagues very well at the time and I had entered a couple of their names incorrectly

Senecio · 10-04-2013 05:37AM

I used to work for a company with a pretty common uniform (navy pants and a light blue shirt, small unrecognisable logo). I was often mistaken for a shop assistant every time I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home for a few essentials. Eventually I gave up trying to explain to people that I didn't work there and just started giving them random directions.

Customer: Can you tell me where to find the flour and banking powder?
Me: Aisle 7, half way down on the left

Aisle 7 was toilet paper and cleaning agents

Apanachi · 10-04-2013 09:18AM

it wasn't me but my husband's grandfather, he was walking down the street and met an aquaintance he hadn't seen in years, he stops and says "hey, long time no see" (or something to that effect anyway), so the two of them are delighted to have met again, have a great chat for bout 10/15 minutes, until the Hubby's granddad asks yer man how's Mary* keeping, the other guy was baffled (who the feck is Mary?) the granddad said, "your wife, silly", to which the other guy explained that his wife was called Jacinta*, turns out that both of them had thought the other one was someone else, a case of mutual mistaken identity

*I have no idea what the real names used were....

Problem123456 · 10-04-2013 09:20AM

Senecio wrote: »

I used to work for a company with a pretty common uniform (navy pants and a light blue shirt, small unrecognisable logo). I was often mistaken for a shop assistant every time I stopped off at the grocery store on the way home for a few essentials. Eventually I gave up trying to explain to people that I didn't work there and just started giving them random directions.

Customer: Can you tell me where to find the flour and banking powder?
Me: Aisle 7, half way down on the left

Aisle 7 was toilet paper and cleaning agents

Oh you devil

ado100 · 10-04-2013 09:36AM

I was in a supermarket recently and this complete stranger turned around and asked "do we need more toothpaste?"

StewartGriffin · 10-04-2013 09:39AM

.Henry Sellers. wrote: »

I was framed for killing my wife, had to go through a bit of hassle to clear my name. Turned out to be a guy with a mechanical arm, little rascal.

You too eh? Happens to the best.

niallo27 · 10-04-2013 09:51AM

A few of us were in the pool swimming a good few years ago now, one of my mates was up against the wall and he made a dive for what he thought was me to pull down my shorts, it was some randon bloke who was just doing lengths. It must have been some shock for him to have some fella dive at him and pull his shorts down. I nearly drowned laughing i was in the deep end and couldnt move i was laughing so much.

Kev_2012 · 10-04-2013 10:00AM

I was working in Dixons about 10 years ago and we used to have blue jumpers with large red writing saying "DIXONS" as clear as day on the back.

On my lunch one day, I was walking up the stairs in HMV and a woman behind me ask me could I tell her where she'd find U2's greatest hits. If I was a c*nt I could have went to town on her.

BizzyC · 10-04-2013 10:08AM

I set my brother up once when we were kids in a pool.

We were playing marco polo, he was trying to find me when a random French guy entered the pool.
I hid behind him and drew my brother in.

The guy got a shock when this blindfolded 12 year old jumped on him for no reason shouting "MARCO".

I had a highly developed and evil sense of humour for a 10 year old.

Caliden · 10-04-2013 10:22AM

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

I once got on a bus to Galway when I was meant to be going to Cork.

How far did you get before realising the error of your ways?

10-04-2013 10:51AM

Ive got two of these storys,
one time I was meeting the missus at the Luas stop at Stephens green.
I came up to the Luas stop and she was getting tickets/change so I came up behind her and gave her a bear hug.
Needless to say it was some other chick.
Absolute morto.
To add to the embarrassment my missus was looking at me from about 3 meters away laughing.
At least the victim could see she looked like my missus because she sat at the window right beside the ticket machine while we got tickets!

The other one happened to my mates at the National aquatic center a few years back.
A few friends went there for a bit of craic.
One of the lads decided to "drown" one of the girls so he swam underneath her and grabed her by the legs and pulled her under for a bit.
Turns out it was a 10 year old boy and you guessed it he went ballistic.
His ma started freaking out and they left!

would of loved to have seen that

Duckworth_Luas · 10-04-2013 10:57AM

I was once walking down the main street of Cavan. I had never been there before and had just arrived to do a few days work. Next thing a young lady slapped me across the face, called me all manner of obscenities and threatened to have me killed. Apparently I got her sister pregnant! :eek:

Bummer1234 · 10-04-2013 12:55PM

Was in Asda in Enniskillen and heard this fella with sellotape over my head about to stick it to my head...I turn around to him,He then says..

"Ohh sorry...Thought you were my friend"...

He walked away ashamed..It looked like he wanted to jump into a huge hole if it opened up in the ground,...I found the funny side of it and laughed it off

unknowngirl!! · 10-04-2013 01:00PM

I haven't but I think this case is hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfdi_PWV-ZY

S28382 · 10-04-2013 01:05PM

Myself and the girlfriend went into Mcdonalds i went to the counter she went to get a table as i was ordering another couple had come in and the bloke stood behind me with his girlfriend sitting directly across from him.... my GF came up from behind him grabbed him by the ass and kissed him on the cheek and told him she had got a table.....i turned around and she seen me looked at the bloke and went as red as her hair, she ran back to the table with her face glowing from embarrassment. I never laughed so hard in my life and while we were sitting having our food the other guys GF was staring my missus out of it i dont think any of them enjoyed their meal. Ah it was class.

sfwcork · 10-04-2013 01:07PM

S28382 wrote: »

Myself and the girlfriend went into Mcdonalds i went to the counter she went to get a table as i was ordering another couple had come in and the bloke stood behind me with his girlfriend sitting directly across from him.... my GF came up from behind him grabbed him by the ass and kissed him on the cheek and told him she had got a table.....i turned around and she seen me looked at the bloke and went as red as her hair, she ran back to the table with her face glowing from embarrassment. I never laughed so hard in my life and while we were sitting having our food the other guys GF was staring my missus out of it i dont think any of them enjoyed their meal. Ah it was class.

best day Ever

castletownman · 10-04-2013 01:09PM

My uncle often tells me a story of when he was walking out of college one evening and saw what he thought was his then-girlfriend walking ahead. He snuck up behind her, lifted her up so that he was carrying over his shoulder and walked on a bit like that before putting her down again. Her dress was cocked up in the air for all to see underneath. It wasn't her at all.

He went on his merry way pretending it never happened.

rain on · 10-04-2013 01:33PM

I lived in one of those houses that are divided up into flats in Dublin before, was on the payphone in the hall one day when a girl came out of one of the flats and patted me on the arse. I am a girl as well so I don't know who she thought I was.

leahyl · 10-04-2013 02:18PM

This is a case of mistaken identity except in the case of the wrong car - my mum and my next door neighbour go grocery shopping together every Thursday and either my dad or her husband will collect them after.

Anyway, this one Thursday her husband was collecting them and my mum was finished her shopping earlier than the neighbour so she went outside with her trolley and saw the neighbours husband and he gestured to the car somewhere in a certain direction so my mum headed down towards the car and started packing all her stuff in the back seat and then sat in and put on her seat belt...she was looking around the car and thinking - the car looks very different; I don't recognise that umbrella etc. Then she looked out the window and saw my neighbour and her husband looking around with a confused look on their faces and then it hit her.....she was in the wrong car. Cue her scrambling to get out of the back seat of a strangers car with all her messages, my neighbour was nearly crying with laughter

JoeA3 · 10-04-2013 02:29PM

Years ago, I was on a company-paid weekend trip in Scotland and part of the deal was we all got a few hours in a luxury pool / spa - jacuzzis, saunas, the works.

Anyway, one of the lads was getting changed and he sees his "mate" buck naked with his back to him towelling off. So he gets his towel and whips him across the bare arse with it with a big Yeeeeeeee-haww!

You guessed it, it wasn't his mate - instead it was a big Scotsman who eventually saw the funny side, saying "It's a bad day when another bloke recognises you by your bare arse!" or words to that effect!

elaney · 10-04-2013 02:40PM

Years ago, Myself and hubby to be were out with my sisters. One of my sisters got pretty drunk so we decided to stop off at the chippy to sober her up a bit. At the time he was driving a Renault megane van. My sisters used to sit in the back. As I was watching her drunkingly walking down the street I got momentarily distracted, when I looked up a minute or so later I saw her opening up the back of a van exactly the same as ours and get in. By the time I got up to her she was sitting in the back with three fella looking at her I still don't think to this day she had copped on she was in the wrong van.:D

Laika1986 · 10-04-2013 02:51PM

I Used to work in Mcdonalds a few years back. A managers brother started one day and didnt have a word of english(he had just arrived from Poland). So I head out to the freezer to grab something and see who I think is my friend so i proceed to slap him hard in the back of the head. He turns around , doesnt matter what I say he doesn't understand. His sister hated me from then on

JoeA3 · 10-04-2013 02:53PM

I've another one. A friend of mine was due to be collected from his rented accommodation by his father one friday evening, but he himself was delayed getting back to the house, so he just said to the oul fella to let himself in, the door will be open (people coming and going all the time).
Anyway, the oul lad arrives at the house and he's bursting to drop a captain's log so he goes straight upstairs and uses the facilities. He notes how neat and tidy the bathroom is for a house full of lads, fluffy towels, etc. Job done, he saunters downstairs only to be met by a 10 year old kid who's wondering who the hell this old dude is coming down his stairs...

Wrong house!

Korvanica · 10-04-2013 02:56PM

Was in dublin airport with my family to welcome my uncle home when I was about 10. I saw my dad from across the room with his back to me and went over. Gave him the hardest kick up the hole I could manage. He winced and turned around, wasn't dad... I ran like ****.

Ash.J.Williams · 10-04-2013 03:03PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Friend or not, why would you do that? Thats not much of a joke...

a here..lads who know each other generally beat the ****e out of eachother, it's how we express our inner gay whilst remaining tough ..

and yes i've often grabbed "mates" in a headlock at dark gigs only to find it's not them....

Ash.J.Williams · 10-04-2013 03:07PM

elaney wrote: »

Years ago, Myself and hubby to be were out with my sisters. One of my sisters got pretty drunk so we decided to stop off at the chippy to sober her up a bit. At the time he was driving a Renault megane van. My sisters used to sit in the back. As I was watching her drunkingly walking down the street I got momentarily distracted, when I looked up a minute or so later I saw her opening up the back of a van exactly the same as ours and get in. By the time I got up to her she was sitting in the back with three fella looking at her I still don't think to this day she had copped on she was in the wrong van.:D

imagine he was a kidnapper!!! "man this is getting to easy" he'd probably say to himself before driving your sister to Wicklow.

--Kaiser-- · 10-04-2013 03:09PM

I went up to a girl before and said 'Hi, my name is Kaiser.'. The girl rolled her eyes up and replied 'I think you're mistaking me for someone who gives a sh1t'*

*May not have happened

bradyle · 10-04-2013 03:09PM

It was around Christmas and i was in a music shop with my brother and it was packed. I seen him kneeling down looking at some CD so decided to give him a big kick...except obviously it wasnt my brother.

Worst thing was though it wasn't a complete stranger it was a friend of a friend and seeing as we both lived in a very small town I'd see him all the time...I was always referred to as the girl that kicked me

An unfortunate case of mistaken identity

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