Embarassing yourself in public

I think everyone embarrasses themselves regularly, and the worst offenders have no idea they are even doing it.

Just popped in to say that I'm a computer tech support "guru", and I don't consider ANY question silly or stupid. If you need to ask, you need an answer. Of course it would often help if you'd, you know, write down the answer so I don't have to dig you out of a hole the twentieth time, but hell, it's job security if you don't write it down, so win-win.

I was in the supermarket there today, and I messed up at the self service, and then I messed up again, and then again, and there was a super big line and everyone was looking at me and I wanted to melt into the floor.

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Calling your teacher 'Mammy'.

Worst sh*t that could happen to you.

Mmm. 'Specially in 3rd year Comp. Sci. :pac:

One More Toy wrote: »

I find in conversation with people i dont know well i make a tít out of myself somehow.

And my brain tends to randomly remind me of these instances at silly times, like walking to work or falling asleep

I'd put money on the people you talk to not agreeing that you made a tit of yourself. I'll bet they're all standing there worried about how you perceive them as much as you worry about what they think of you.

I get this too, it comes with Anxiety. The second part especially, if my brain starts reminding me how stupid and horrible I am I know I'm in a bad enough way.

Be kind to yourself OP.

My mind goes a hundred miles an hour usually, sometimes you'd walk past someone away in your own world and they'd ask "how are you?" or some other form of small talk. My mouth then engages before my mind slows down and end up just talkingreallyfastatthemaboutimgrandreallybutonthewaytoameetingasoneoftheladsisoutsickandimsteppinginlastminuteandthefckerdroppedmeintitbybyebyebye.

Going to the counter at a coffee shop, order a hot drink.

Barista brews it up, lashes into a takeaway cup and leans forward to hand me the drink.

I reach out to take the cup out of their hand and...just....mash my fingers into the cup, knocking it onto the counter and spilling hot coffee everywhere. Barista is immediately confused and angry because it looked VERY like i intentionally slapped the coffee out of their hands and onto the counter.

Stammer out a "oh god i don't know how I did that i'm so sorry!" and barista says "it's fine, it's fine, i'll make you another no charge".

Mortified but grateful i wait for the new coffee to be done. Eventually barista gives me a smile and a nod and places the cup down on the counter so i can take it myself.

Flustered and nervous at this stage i say "thanks so much", try to maintain eye contact with barista and while reaching for the new coffee manage to mash my stupid fingers into the lid and knock it over. Coffee all over the still damp counter.

Face was very red. Don't even remember what i said at that stage, just had to scurry out of the shop and into a cave to die in shame forever.

I can never go back.

Coffee dock at DART station. Was handed coffee and was paying for it with other hand when out of nowhere I feel a MASSIVE sneeze coming.
Snap decision is I can't sneeze on my coffee and I can't sneeze on the change I'm handing her or the glass display so ast last second I turn my head and sneeze down and to the right. All over the trouser leg of the man wearing a suit queuing behind me. ARGHHHHH. It was green gloop covering most of his leg. I handed him some tissues and mumbled some unintelligible apologies and got out of there. I should have offered him some money towards dry-cleaning his suit but I was too shocked.

Travelling by bus eireann to a part of the country I had never been before so asked the driver to give me a shout when my stop came.
Bus was fairly empty-ish so put up my knees on the back of the seat in front to get more comfy. Must have dosed off because i jump-woke with a snort to find the driver calling my stop and the bus jampacked. The guy who is now sitting beside me gets up to let me out, except somehow the buckle of my left boot has gotten caught up in the elastic netting on the back of the seat.
Ended up basically ripping the netting to get out, but when I thought I was free my foot caught in the strap of my bag sending me sprawling along the aisle. Just as the driver prepared to pull out since he thought nobody was getting off.


I also have the habit of giving people my left hand to shake. Shouldn't be let out in public ;D

Turtyturd wrote: »

Along the same lines.

*Person at till hands you your food.

"Enjoy your meal."

"Yeah, you too."

I have done that when leaving on holidays... "enjoy your break!" "same to yourself!" Its an automatic niceness response!!