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We all have our moments when our brain shuts down, and we do stupid things. We’re talking about those most embarrassing moments that stay with you forever. The ones you play out in your mind over and over again when you’re lying awake in bed at 2 a.m., fighting the thought that the person who witnessed your silly actions might still remember them.
Well, we have good news for you. Even if they do, they’re probably too busy stressing over their own embarrassing moments in public to think about yours. And there’s even a thread on X (formerly Twitter) that perfectly illustrates this point.
In the post, a woman confessed to the internet about the time she accidentally attempted to steal a man’s food. While he was holding it!
The worst thing just happened. I won’t recover. I just reached into a box of free samples outside a chicken restaurant. Only it wasn’t free samples. It was a man. Holding a box of chicken. His chicken. I tried to steal this man’s chicken.
— Sophie Petzal (@Sonic_Screwup) March 23, 2022
As the thread went viral, people began relating to it and sharing similar embarrassing stories. We compiled the most embarrassing moments people admitted to, hoping they will help you to accept your own shortcomings and move on. Nobody's perfect!
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PaxScientia 3 years ago
This week on "Things that only happened in my head!"
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Susan 3 years ago
SURE! Just didn't see the boob, the kid facing the boob with their mouth latched on? Ain't buying it my friend
Hulkfreeze 3 years ago
Funny comment from the Twitter thread: I bet you wished you had left tit alone 🤣🤣🤣
Id row 3 years ago
From what I understand, you're not supposed to kiss babies. Maybe don't do that.
Vicky Zar 3 years ago
Not if they are not your own, no. At least ask first.
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Id row 3 years ago
Why didn't he say, "Hey! You've got my cart" or something instead of chase/stalking?
Bear Hall 3 years ago
"You can even keep the trolley; I just need the milk and the kid from the basket."
PaxScientia 3 years ago
This reminded me for some reason of when my cat got a plastic bag stuck around her neck and ran all over the house trying to escape it.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
I watched the stoned guy in front of me walk away from the grill with my plate instead of his. It was a Mongolian bbq , so you make your own. I couldn't get his attention because he was so high lmfao
Miguel justino C 3 years ago
I had this happen once and my wife’s purse was in the cart. Whoops wrong one. I apologized profusely
Steve Fischer 3 years ago
Happened to me once. Didn't realize until I saw the Pampers in my cart and I didn't have a kid
A Study on Awkward Situations and How to Deal With Them
According to Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., ABPP, a Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, whether you’re a repeat offender or only occasionally find yourself in awkward situations, it’s helpful to know how to navigate and recover from embarrassment.
Fortunately, there’s a study by John Jay College professor Joshua Clegg that provides some guidance on how to battle these unforgettable embarrassing moments.
“Defining socially awkward situations as ‘problematic instances of social affiliation,’ Clegg bases his work on the theory that most people have a need to belong,” Whitbourne explained. “This desire for affiliation leads us to engage in self-regulation, in which we are constantly on the lookout to see what other people think about us. When we think that people are evaluating us negatively, our sense of self takes a huge hit.”
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Thomas Jones 3 years ago
Advantage of not buying nondescript cars: mine's a metallic violet convertible and wife's is a chili-red Mini countryman. No one's accidentally getting into the wrong car.
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Zach Thomson 3 years ago
That's okay I had something similar to the story happened once when my dad parked his car with me and my brother and sister all in it and went into the store a few minutes later girl came out got in a car when to try to start it and when it wouldn't start I spoke up and said oh yeah I don't think you're in the right car scared her and she jumps all three of us went no no I'm not they got out and got into her car that was right next to us
Annie Bieber 3 years ago (edited)
There are 8 Blue CRV's of same year in our town of 1k...came out of the store & couldn't figure out why my door wouldn't unlock so I stuck the key in. Hearing laughter behind me I see our local Deputy losing it as his wife is 50 Shade of Terrified 😳 in the passenger seat of THEIR car...
ramada rose 3 years ago
That happened to my Dad when I was a teenager and we were living in Austin. He pulled up to the front of H.E.B. at Hancock Center and ran in for something while Mom and I waited in the car. Dad was an Episcopal seminarian and was wearing his black suit and white collar. He came out and got into a similar-looking car parked in front of us, and we watched as a teenager boy shot out of the back seat and ran off with my Dad calling out he was sorry! I laughed my head off!!!
Chris Harr 3 years ago
I did the exact same thing one time with two black jeep wranglers. The lady and her kids were rather shocked and my boyfriend thought it was absolutely hilarious.
Id row 3 years ago
I did this when I was 16. My dad was picking me up from the mall and had a quite a distinctive model of car I never saw anyone else have so I didn't think twice when I saw it pull up to the curb as I was waiting outside. I got in, started chatting away while I was looking in my purse. Then noticed we weren't moving so I went to ask my dad why - and it wasn't my dad. I apologized and got out very quickly!
Higgleton 3 years ago
I did that once. Was hitch hiking and guy pulled up in the lay-by. He was on the phone when I got in the back seat so I waited quietly for him to finish. We meet eyes in the rear view mirror and he jumps out his skin! turns out he'd only pulled over to take a call. In the end, he said he'd be happy to give me a lift since I hadn't killed him. Was pretty funny.
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GlipGlop 3 years ago (edited)
The terror that must have been on his face, seeing a small child grabbing his buttocks and the father bearing down on him at a full sprint.... Edit: missed an article
Grace Noyes 3 years ago
One time, my best friend and I went our separate ways for a bit in a large department store. Later I spied her in the shoe department, so I ambled over. I was standing behind her when I saw that she was reaching her hand out to a woman similarly dressed to me. I watched in horror as my friend goosed the woman, thinking she was pranking me. She was mortified when the woman turned around and my friend realized it wasn't me. Strangest part was the woman didn't act startled at all. Sort of leisurely turned around to check who was feeling her up.
Philenzortia 3 years ago (edited)
I went to the mall with my dad, I was about 7 or 8 years old, when I stayed behind looking at a store when I realized my dad kept walking I run towards him and grabbed his hand. The man looked at me scared as hell. Of course it wasn't my dad... lol
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
Lol, reminds me of a time a bald friend was telling me about his girlfriend grabbing another bald guy's ass at a bar: "Whoops, wrong bald guy." Bald white guys kinda all blend together sometimes.
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Flash Henry 3 years ago
One time I was out with a friend and a few of her friends I had never met before. It just so happened that I was about the same height as one of the other women and we were wearing similar outfits and had very similar hair. At one one point, her husband comes up behind us and fully grabs my bum. He thought it was his wife's bum.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
I'm African. In supermarket with my 2 kids, a European 3 years old came and old my hand. She looked at me but she didn't said nothing, she didn't looked confused either. I asked : where is your mama? and I started to look around. After some minutes came a lady and explained me that she teaches her daughter to hold a mama"s hand. I teach the same to my kids since that day.
Sawyer Kidder 3 years ago
I did something like this! I was at a place called Mr Joy in Ecuador and I saw my aunt walking in the place. I ran after her and hugged her and some freaked out lady turned around and stared at me
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Meeple13 3 years ago
Poor guy would probably get the same response at other bars too, awareness needs to be raised.
Bethany Heller 3 years ago
That's fair. I do think the bartender here responded appropriately for the info he had, though.
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April Stephens 3 years ago
If the bartender was condescending or rude about being unable to serve him, this is embarrassing. If he was polite about it, no harm done.
Jill Bussey 3 years ago
No, not embarrassing. You made the right decision and so did he. No problem.
Jody Whitmarsh 3 years ago
Awe.. that's sad and sweet but really, how could you know? Also bravo for doing your job, even if it gets a little awkward
ramada rose 3 years ago
I've been a cashier at a grocery store for 18 years, and every 2 years I have to take the TABC alcohol-sellers class. First 2 or 3 times, medical issues were mentioned but not specifically. So, as a diabetic, I began piping up and mentioning that people with diabetes might act strangely when BGs were low, and that they themselves might not realize it.
Regina Regenbogen 3 years ago
I knew that some conditions can cause symptoms like that, but esp. with the being diabetic, I never really thought about how it could affect situations in everyday life. Thanks for pointing it out! :)
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Allen Lavine 3 years ago
Good on the bartender and the man this is how you handle situations like this
Aroha 3 years ago (edited)
Many years ago I worked in a Casino with an age limit of 18 to enter. One day I saw a tiny person (maybe 120cm) with a cap and a colourful school backbag playing one of the slot machines, so I had to go there and ask how old she was. She was 26 and so offended. But how could I have known that :(.
Rahul Pawa 3 years ago
A 26 year old is too young to be offended about getting carded at a casino, no matter their height.
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He'd get the same response at a grocery store. You gotta carer for a reason. Whyd hed not come with you to begin with?
Study Approach: Deciphering Embarrassing Stories
To gain insight into the experience of feeling socially awkward, Clegg undertook what scientists call a narrative study, in which he and his research team asked participants to report in-depth about a particular instance.
They used a semi-structured interview that allowed participants the freedom to describe their embarrassing stories and experiences but also provided some guidance so that the responses would be easily interpretable.
Clegg and his team discussed each of the responses, searching for common themes. The participants included undergraduates as well as people of different ages and walks of life, including a man in his 90s.
The goal was to go in-depth into the respondents’ narratives rather than to count proportions, as is done in other similar surveys. This made the findings particularly helpful in gaining an inside look into the experience of embarrassing things in social environments.
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Melina Pothier 3 years ago
Right? How would he not have realized that the man wasn’t responding verbally.
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Francine Govan 3 years ago
When I was around six, sitting in a department store across from a wall of mirrors, my mom walked towards the mirrors, thinking she was walking toward me until ... BONK! Straight into the mirror. The best part? She said "excuse me miss" to her reflection!! XD
Kesam 3 years ago
I find this one really hard to believe. Even if you have blurry vision, you will notice that you're talking to your reflection. I'm happy to believe that it took a couple of seconds for him to realise his mistake but not anything near 5 minutes.
Erin Mitchell 3 years ago
I once walked up to a mirror in a dark room and tried talking to my twin sister before realizing it was my reflection.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I did almost the exact same thing once. Coming out of a restaurant bathroom, somewhat intoxicated, and almost walked into a woman going the other way. I said "oh, sorry!", and then realised I was talking to my reflection. Not that I don't owe myself an apology.
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
He was probably just relieved to have a regular lunch with a regular person who didn't fawn all over him!
Jarrod Nichols 3 years ago (edited)
Drinking at a bar one night, and had a nice chat with a guy sitting next to me. We had a lot of drinks, and when he said he had to go, I protested that he couldn't drive in his condition. He informed me that he wasn't leaving, but it was time for him to go sing. He was the lead singer of the band playing at the bar.
Qibli of the SandWings 3 years ago
And when you’re done, what do you do? Twiddle your thumbs? Generally bands get prepared quite a bit of time before the show.
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Louise B 3 years ago (edited)
Could go either way ☺ I've been single for so long, I crave human contact! I'd love to feel someone's arms wrapped around me 😍 Umm, I should probably be saying this to a therapist...😐
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Louise Martin 3 years ago
LOL I have a story like that from my grandma, only the opposite, she spent several minutes speaking to a lovely woman in the department store who was wearing a dress she admired and it turns out that woman was a mannequin. Didn't realize till she touched her arm and felt the cold hard plastic. 😂🤣😂
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
Lol. Too funny. I once apologized to a lady I had run into. It was me in a mirror.
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Jef Bateman 3 years ago
My cat does something similar to this all the time, and she is NEVER embarrassed.
Xerastraza Lecrutia 3 years ago
What amazes me is how the girl had no reaction the entire time. I'd have started flailing and slapping if someone was rubbing their face on me unexpectedly.
Diane Knight 3 years ago
I knew someone who admired a great looking tie on a 'man'nequin propped up against a pillar in the store, as she was telling her friend the greatness of the tie she lifted off the shirt, noticed it happened to be warm, could not make eye contact with the guy to apologize, just replaced it back on his chest and left the area quietly.
ramada rose 3 years ago
I once asked a mannequin for the time, and then stared at her waiting for an answer. Took a few seconds before I realized what I was talking to! Also when I was about 6yo, I curiously peered into a pair of men's undies hanging on a lower-half mannequin. My sister (8 years older) came over and said, "You won't find anything in there!"
Jody Penner 3 years ago
Well once I was talking to a mannequin for several seconds before realizing it wasn't a human.
What Are the Examples of Embarrassing Situations?
“Tense or uncertain social situations were the first type of awkwardness that Clegg and his team identified,” Whitbourne said.
“These could be sudden (as when you drop or spill something) but often are ones that you expect ahead of time to be awkward. For example, Clegg described the experience of meeting the parents of one’s significant other. In general, the less you know what to expect about a situation, the more you anticipate it to be awkward. If you’re lucky, though, the situation doesn’t turn out as badly as you expected, so the awkwardness is never realized.”
Awkwardness might take the form of a perceived transgression. For instance, imagine you say or do something that goes over the boundaries of taste or propriety. (You could make a joke about someone you don't know very well but only realize after you’ve blurted out the comment that it went too far.)
It’s awkward not only to commit a social transgression like this but to also be part of a group in which these embarrassing things are done by someone else.
#9
BC_Animus 3 years ago
How did she even get into the stolen car? And how were her and the cops trying to start the car? Did her key fit into the ignition?
Robert T 3 years ago
Work colleague locked her keys in her car. We procure a coat hanger and have a go at breaking in... fail miserably. Guy with the same make and model of car happens to pull into the car park... try his keys... car opens, keys retrieved. This was about 30 years ago, and thankfully car locks have moved on a bit since then!
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Troy Humphries 3 years ago
Why are the cops trying to help a drunk person start their car? Are they that behind on DUI convictions?
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Muntean Stefan 3 years ago
I don't understand, some of this storys could have been fixed beforehand with a simple conversation, why this guy gave them a lift with out a word?? Why?
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Cute young girls, nice guy in no hurry. People have done more for less.
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
Happened the same to me. I was waiting for a Uber, a car come over, I get him and said thanks for coming so fast, please don't get a speed ticket but drive as fast as you can to the train station. Middle of the way I receive a call from my Uber. Guy said, it was okay since I was in such a rush and was anyway almost his way to work. Didn't accepted my money.
#11
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
When my twins were babies, my brain was so fried that I usually called them "this one" and "that one," depending in who was closer to me.
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Michele Walker 3 years ago
I have 5 daughters ranging in ages from 28 to 17. Not ONCE have I EVER forgotten how many children I took with me. Their names? Often. Then???? NEVER! AND this was when I had to be at work at 3:30 am for 14 hours.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
After a certain number it's easy to forget how many of the little buggers you actually have.
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Kitty Kat 3 years ago
Toddlers are younger than preschoolers, so I would assume the youngest was forgotten.
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buttonpusher 3 years ago
Recently forgot my youngest when I got on an escalator. Usually I use the stairs because he gets nervous which makes me nervous. Talking to my oldest and I forgot. Turn around and he's looking all "WTF?!" and starts crying. I'm slowly drifting upwards, trying to tell him I'm sorry, don't move, I'll go back down the other one. It was the slowest ride of my life. Apparently it looked hilarious because all you could hear was "S**T! S**T!" as I'm slowly drifting upwards.
What Happens When You Get into an Embarrassing Situation?
“During an awkward moment, you’re likely to feel intense focusing of social attention. Time may seem too slow or stop, as in your mind (and possibly in reality), you’ve become the target of everyone’s gaze,” Whitbourne said.
"You feel anxious and embarrassed and perhaps even experience sweaty palms and heart palpitations. Although some individuals enjoy being the center of attention, particularly those high in narcissism, after committing a social transgression, the feeling that others are staring is typically uncomfortable during or following an awkward moment.”
Once you start to feel awkward, chances are that you’ll behave in ways that become even more awkward, creating even more embarrassing situations.
#12
Omi bub 3 years ago
So, this is actually sexual assault & would have been terrifying for the stranger. It's never funny to dry hump someone - even if they are your friend.
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Jules. 3 years ago
Me Irish reading this. Scratching my head thinking must be a tiny island off Scotland.
Stephan Henkel 3 years ago
Was trying to talk to a Scottish gal at a whiskey tasking... Didn't understand a word. An hour and half a dozend whiskeys later I had no issues understanding her dialect. Learned that day there are three states of whiskey-drunk 1. You don't understand Scottish 2. You speak Scottish like a your first language 3. Everybody is Scottish
Baleygr 3 years ago
Have been to Scotland. Can confirm. Am Bavarian. Works too. :P
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Lisa Banks 3 years ago
Phone customer service worker in a former life...had a woman call in for insurance info. I asked what state she was calling from and she replied "Merlin.". After having her repeat herself multiple times we both got irritated and I terminated the call only to figure out it was MARYLAND and her thick Potomac accent was getting in the way 😂😂😂🤦
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
Hahahaha! That's the worst — when you desperately want to correct a mistake but it's impossible to find the person!
Cyndi Wright 3 years ago
We were in a Pub in England and the owner stopped by our table to greet the Americans. He said his name was Dive. I said that was unusual. He repeated, no, Dive. I said, Dive is not a common name in the US. He then replied, DaAave, in a very unflattering American accent. I just about spit my drink in his face from laughter. Haha!!
Baleygr 3 years ago
I've been in America. On a party in a friend's garden, we drank our own beer (landed shortly before and had some still). It was austrian beer (I'm bavarian, but we're near the border). Now, a woman comes over, looks normal, starts to chat (something that's pretty alien for an european, I know not uncommon in the US). She asks what flag is on the bottle. We say it's austrian. She said "no, that can't be, she knows that flag and that's not it". Already annoyed a bit by the chatting I just showed her the back of the bottle, pointing to where it was made. She first saw "Österreich" (Austria in German) and said "no, that's not written that way", and why there's an umlaut. I pointed at the "Austria " directly beneath it. "That's not written correctly either!" I then asked her, if the thinks I'm trying to say "Australia" and bingo. Well, could have been an easy fix, but she refused to believe that there's a country called Austria. Before I could force her to eat an atlas I decided go.
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Tiny Dynamine 3 years ago
The first time I met a south African, I couldn't really understand her. When asking where she was from, I hadn't heard of the city. I said I know of Cape Town, which is what she'd been saying all along.
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WolfyDragon_82 3 years ago
I had a bit of dust on my screen and was curious to why this comment got -67 votes,tried to upvote it but it ended up becoming -68 votes,just realized that it was just a speck of dust...
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! ? 3 years ago
In a urinal?? Im a girl but I don't think this poop in urinals
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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
This reminds me of a joke that was popular when Bill Clinton was President. The ambassador for a small developing country came back to his embassy one-over-eight, and his wife chided him for getting sloshed. He told her, "These Americans are so rich! The ballroom at the White House has gold curtains, gold carpeting, and even gold urinals in theme's room!" The wife was skeptical, but the next day she decided to call and get the truth. When she got through and explained who she was, the man who answered told her that the ballroom had gold-colored curtains and carpeting. When she mentioned the golden urinal, he said, "Hang on a moment." Then he turned to a security guard and said, "I believe we have a lead on whoever took a whiz in the President's saxophone."
Mr Zipperface 3 years ago
Reminds me of the clip from Dutch TV, a reporter at a festival is filming at the urinals for some reason when a drunk guy starts washing his hands in them https://youtu.be/0-OYM7AhW7Q
“Your anxiety may lead you to laugh anxiously, speak in a wavering tone of voice, look uncomfortable, and blush or stammer. At the same time, other people in the room may themselves feel an empathic kind of awkwardness. They think about what it might be like if the awkward thing happened to them but also might feel that your behavior makes them look bad. What if you bring a friend to a party, and the friend spills soda all over herself? You might be glad that at least none of it got on you, but you might also feel that everyone else will judge you as clumsy, too, because it was your friend,” the professor continued.
Clegg and his team noted that the respondents were anxious to make all of these awkward situations go away as fast as possible. As one participant stated, “I felt like the longer I let it sit, the more it would fester and just be uncomfortable and leave a bad taste in everybody’s mouth.”
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Id row 3 years ago
Right? Now that she put her meaty paws all over it I'm sure he didn't want to eat it. I wouldn't.
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Tonya Wallace 3 years ago (edited)
Our grocery store will put clearance items in a shopping cart for customers to dig through to find bargains. We find my mom (after getting separated from her) at the back of the store completely bent over a cart digging through the items. Dad rushes over,"What are you doing?! Will you get out of this man's cart?!" She was digging through another shoppers groceries. The dear man was just standing there, letting her dig through his selections. 😂😂😂😂 Mom was so embarrassed. She thought it was a clearance cart. Of course, we haven't let her forget it and it's been at least 20 years. 😂😂😂
Baleygr 3 years ago
😂 I once slapped my husband's butt a bit, when we were in the supermarket. No one around and it was just playful. Buuuut it wasn't my husband, it was a random dude that happened to wear something similar and had a similar ponytail. My husband was in another aisle and after apologizing I called him over, so i could show the victim of my unexpected attack WHAT hat happened. Both had quite a good laugh (an I have too now).
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HantiChrist 3 years ago
Well in post covid days Noone should be reaching into anything for free food samples. Also..... never are food samples given in a bucket.
Robert T 3 years ago
That's nothing. Myself and a colleague of mine were sat outside at a cafe in Valetta, having lunch, when a woman comes up and ask my colleague if she can have a chip (french fry), and he begrudgingly let her take one. She came back later looking for more, so he ate the rest very quickly! LOL
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I first read this over an hour ago & I'm STILL laughing every time I think about it! 😂😂😂
Gil Heuvelmans 3 years ago
If you had an ice cream and a burrito, did you use your third hand for the chicken?
advice5cents 3 years ago
"I'd had" is a contraction for "I had had." Past tense. She was owning up to having a full belly, not full hands.
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Angela Darling 1 year ago
as least it WAS chicken and not HIS chicken neck!! that's old but relevant !
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Willem Groenewald 3 years ago
My wife and I were walking down a busy street while on holiday. I offered her some of my water, just to get a friendly decline from a stranger. Somewhere I started casually walking next to that lady with a very similar outfit and haircut to my wife. Not sure how long I believed this stranger to be my wife.
SoozeeQ 3 years ago
It would be so funny, if her husband made the same mistake and was walking with his wife!!!
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"In a supermkt i put a pack of biscuits in trolley near me &start pushng. Soon I feel the contents are different & a lady walkng with me. I was pushng her trolley &she was walking with me mistakng me 4 her husband.Both realised 2 our utter horror. My wife was in another aisle!"
François Carré 3 years ago
"And while we were at pushing a trolley together, we went home and lived happily ever after. Rumor has it that her husband found my wife in the other aisle and stayed with her".
vivioh 3 years ago
Tap the “jillsdaniel” under the post and u can see the original on Reddit.
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River wolf 2 years ago
Translation: In a supermarket I put a packet of cookies in the cart near me and I start to push. Soon I feel that the content is different and a lady walks with me. I was pushing her cart and she was walking with me, confusing me with her husband. We both looked at each other with our most utter horror. My wife was in another hallway.
Christy Hobbs 3 years ago (edited)
At a supermarket I put a packet of cookies in the cart near me and start pushing. Soon I feel that the content is different and a lady walks with me. I was pushing her cart and she was walking with me, confusing me with her husband. We both looked at each other in our utter horror. My wife was in another aisle. (Loosely translated)
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Evelyn Haskins 3 years ago
NEVER try that sort of wine tasting. There is more to taste than what is in the mouth immediately
Mud spider 3 years ago
This reminds me of something that happened. Me: *hugs bf from behind* him: *spits out drink* me: I’m sorrrrrry I didn’t notice you were drinking something! Him: I just saw my whole life flash before my eyes…
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Noir 3 years ago
Omg. I would not be able to hold it together. Full puke mode. Full projectile vomiting. That's just rancid.
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
Ikr! I can't deal with swapping spit with just any rando. When my kids and grandbabies were young and would drink out of my drink, I'd have to just give it to them because I couldn't shake the thought of backwash in my drink, and had to make a new one. Even knowing there's nothing wrong with my babies.
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not your average weirdo 3 years ago (edited)
At first I read it as “dipped my nuts into a bowl at my table and popped a few in my mouth. They were the hardest nuts ever.”
Moxxie️️️ The Queer 3 years ago
i might sound like a COMPLETE idiot for asking this but what is an olive stone and why is everyone in the comments getting grossed out over it. like i'm genuinely asking
Anita Pickle 3 years ago
It is so sad that first thing I think is I hope they are up to date on their hepatitis vaccines.
Ellie Ripps 2 years ago
To anyone who doesn't know what olive stones are, they are the seeds of olives that the person spits out🤢🤮
How to Deal With an Embarrassing Situation?
"When you’ve committed an awkward act, there are two broad alternatives: pretend it didn’t happen (avoidance) or confront it directly,” Whitbourne highlighted.
"Comedian Chevy Chase, in his early days, was the master of launching a grand pratfall from which he jumped up and moved on as if nothing had occurred. It may be funny for a comedian to commit such a faux pas, but when it happens to you, there’s nothing humorous about it.”
In an avoidant response, you try to distance yourself from the situation by averting your gaze, or you might just simply get up and leave when the first opportunity presents itself.
Unfortunately, however, pretending something bad didn’t happen doesn't make it go away.
“You might decide that since there’s nothing you can do, it is best to forget it and move on, but at least in some people’s minds, it’s not been resolved,” Whitbourne said.
One example Clegg provides is of a young woman in a pool whose swimsuit had come off. It was one of those embarrassing moments in public, but rather than owning up to her feelings, she just swam away as quickly as possible, hoping that no one noticed (though, of course, they probably did).
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ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago
Living in the Caribbean I was at the beach all the time. Went to take off my shorts. Dropped them and pulled them up real quick. Forgot to put on my swimsuit
Judes 3 years ago
My aunt was breastfeeding her son in the car. When he finished, she joined the rest of the family in a restaurant. She noticed a lot of people smiling at her, and thought it was because of her lovely baby, but really it was because she had forgotten to button up her shirt.
advice5cents 3 years ago
This is a fear of mine. But it shouldn't have to be that big a deal. Society is silly!
Vision Jinx 3 years ago (edited)
It's like that moment in middle school where you take your hoodie off and accidently pull off your shirt too and flash your bra.
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago (edited)
This happened at my first full-time job. One of the women in our department usually wore a sleeveless top, a button-down sweater and a straight skirt. She came in one day and I heard my co worker say....."uh.....Jean, I think you forgot something". When she took off her coat, she had on the top, the sweater and a half slip but no skirt. She looked down and said "OK, I guess I have to go back home. I'll be a little late". I loved that woman!
Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
I knew a lady who went to her job at the bank and took off her coat only to realize she had forgotten her blouse.
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advice5cents 3 years ago
In fairness, I usually am a little more possessive of my underwear. It's rarely just on the bench all lonesome like. :)
Load More Replies... Lovin' Life 3 years ago
At least you gave them back and she doesn't or probably doesn't think you're some kind of weirdo stealing other women underwear
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Lovin' Life 3 years ago
Very innocent mistake. Me being the fixer I am would have probably done the same of at least asked if she needed help.
zoponex 3 years ago
I don't understand how someone would do something like this without first asking if the other person needs help. I absolutely loathe having my bubble invaded and assume the same for others.
Dizz2K7 Gaming 3 years ago
They could have just asked. From the way it sounds, the lady was so shaken by the incident, she didn't even dare turn the damn thing back on.
advice5cents 3 years ago (edited)
I actually thought that was the kind of funny part. I don't think it was rude that he didn't ask, bc for me, assistance AND a convo is TWO violations of my bubble and I can't always figure out my seat belt, so I'm not too good for help. But, yeah, for me the punchline was, "an hour or two in."
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Scarlett Handley-Craig 3 years ago
Basically it makes it so you can see the screen, but someone sitting next to you can't see what's on the screen
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Iva Kazalova 3 years ago
Maybe that’s what she wanted if she didn’t say anything for hours after 😂
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BC_Animus 3 years ago
This guy was very generous I must say - a strange woman is eating his muffin in front of him and he didn't say a word, he just sat there and shared his food.
Jacob Chastain 3 years ago
I'm looking for another post on here about a guy who bought a muffin, but some stranger kept eating off it. When he went back to buy a second muffin, she stole it!
PenguinQueen 2 years ago
Yeah then plot twist... He also goes home and finds his real muffin in his bag! And some other person is wondering why people keep giving money for muffins they aren't even selling, just because they happen to be standing next to the samples area of the mall - meanwhile... A school child crys wondering why their mam didn't bring in the muffins for the bake sale... And a parent remembers they left them on a bench in the mall....
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There is a short animation like this. Old lady gets a packet of cookies at the vending machine then sits on a bench by a young man - sees the young man open the cookies and take one - all upset she snatches them back and takes one - back and forth until they both have their hands on the last one - until he breaks it in half and hands her one. Then she huffs, gets on her train, and then notices her packet of cookies in her purse.
Sofia Salgado 3 years ago
Yes! I remember watching this. Very wholesome (:
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Winter 3 years ago
Yes, this sounds suspiciously like the scene Arthur Dent recounts with the crisps.
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Silver the Sloth (they/them)️️️️️️ 3 years ago
Same plot as this short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38y_1EWIE9I
Charlie Pond 3 years ago
I heard this story years ago, only it was a chocolate bar, not a muffin.
Abdul Rahman Falih 3 years ago
btw im having a sus on this, i have seen a short animated film just like this story so either short animated film was based on this or the writer saw the film and wrote something like it
Handling an Embarrassing Situation Using Humor
“A much better strategy for resolving awkwardness is confronting it directly,” Whitbourne said. In most cases that Clegg investigated, even the most embarrassing situations were resolved best through humor.
“This has to apply to you when you’re the one who’s committed the awkward act. You won't gain friends if you use humor to make fun of their awkwardness. However, your friends will feel a lot better about the situation and probably admire you for your courage when you own up to a social transgression. You don't have to be a professional comedian to know how to use humor in an awkward situation. Even saying ‘awkward!’ can do the trick.”
But since everyone has had embarrassing things happen to them, there’s no point in imagining that you can be immune from them and scrutinize yourself when you create one too.
Instead, by showing that you’re able to acknowledge even the most embarrassing situation and handle it, you will minimize its effects on the way others view you—and how you view yourself.
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Cold Contagious 3 years ago
Wonder if Michelle Pfeiffer was there, or a look a like?
Load More Replies... Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
They went all out getting identical twins wearing identical clothes while playing identical songs on identical pianos!
HantiChrist 3 years ago
We have dueling piano bars here so that wouldn't have been weird at all
She-Ra 3 years ago
I went to New Orleans years ago with friends, went to a club called the dungeon, proceeded to get very drunk. I'm on the dance floor and this girl is copying every dance move I do, said it to my friend only for her to point out that it was in fact a floor to ceiling mirror 🤦🏼♀️. I also kept bumping into and apologising profusely to two dudes who were in fact suits of armor. Cool place.
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Mahogany Eclipse 3 years ago
I'm sorry for their loss, this also gave me a serious case of the giggles 😂😂😂😂
Jaaawn 3 years ago (edited)
When she mentioned monarch I thought her dad was comforting a butterfly 😂
CATMONSTER2018 3 years ago
er.. Does old people hair fall out easier than younger people's hair? Cuz I think you would have to pull pretty hair to yank a hair out.
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
Oh. Just last week I stroked my chin (female) and realised I had 1 very long hair growing on my chin. Cut it off and measured it. 14cm long. I have absolutely no idea how long it had been there but never noticed it. I stopped shaving my head 18 months ago and my hair on my head is only 10cm long.. Totally crazy
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I'm sorry but I find this just a little hard to believe. As someone who has had to pluck stray hairs he would have had to have had a death grip on that sucker
PenguinQueen 2 years ago
Why is this guy invading her space so much?! Even when trying to console someone (especially professionally), I would go for maybe a - tissue, small gesture of touch - Not WELL HELLO THERE PLUCKY PLUCK PLUCK!! Let's remove this hideous lint whilst we're at it too
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Dirk Daring 3 years ago
Scribbling quick notes: "Never jacket off in public"
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Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
As a Canadian I can relate to this having said sorry to people who bumped into me or rammed their shopping cart into my heels. It just pops out before you think.
Mud spider 3 years ago
I once tried to take off a jacket and accidentally smacked a random dudes ass. He was real nice about it tho, I apologized like three times and he was like “it’s ok I get it, I’m just pretty thick” and we both laughed and went our separate ways
Fred Burrows 3 years ago
His ring clung fiercely to her braces is how I pictured it being 'trapped' .
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Ben Steinberg 3 years ago (edited)
The trick here is to continue sniffing while NOT breaking eye contact. He'll get the message loud and clear that you're the dominant one... /s
advice5cents 3 years ago (edited)
I'm imagining red and black plaid flannel shirt/boxers. But not necessarily.
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Aroha 3 years ago
Many people who cannot afford a house/flat on their own.
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rumade 3 years ago
My guess is that it was a cafe below a flat? And they wandered upstairs by accident
Vision Jinx 3 years ago
I was thinking that too. Like a Bob's Burgers situation.
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Shay 3 years ago
Did you consume ALL the fun brownies before leaving your home? Moderation is key.
Debra Robinson 3 years ago
Well, I hope it wasn't of some funky-crappy strain/origin.
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Why did this story not start off with "so i was day drinkin while walkin around town one day & suddenly hadda pee..."
Annie Bieber 3 years ago
What Universe are some of these people coming from....👽....eating other folks food etc...🤯
Fred Burrows 3 years ago
It became awkward when she had to holler if someone could 'spare a square' .
PenguinQueen 2 years ago
My dad did something similar on a holiday once, went for an evening dog walk, hadn't yet got his bearings - walked a while, then found a lovely little community garden, went through the gate, sat down on the bench, continued drinking the beer he had brought with him and wondered why there was so many gnomes dotted amongst the flowers... Then a security light turned on and two people in their dressing gowns began yelling at him to get the duck out of their garden hahaha!!
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Time2Roll86🇺🇦 3 years ago
When I was younger my dad and I were going on a camping trip. We were waiting for the ferry with all our stuff (backpacks and junk like that) and we had gotten up early so we didn’t look that sharp either and some guy came up to my dad and said “I can get you guys a bagel if you want” lol
River wolf 2 years ago
One time, my brother was holding a rock and a walkie talkie while standing on a dock at a lake. Never saw the walkie talkie again.
Rick Greene 3 years ago
I saw a guy going through the bin just outside a McDonald's and offered him money for food. Same as above, he was looking for a lost wallet.
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MTEfres 3 years ago
Was leaving the mall and got in my Jeep, would not start. Same make model color and my keys unlocked the door, was sitting in car parked right next to mine.
Enothor 3 years ago
How clean do you people keep your vehicles? I would notice instantly that my trash was missing hahaha
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adiiantryx 3 years ago
i've come to understand the urgent need to memorize license plates, reading this stuff
Anita Pickle 3 years ago
I came out from shopping, found an elderly man nearly breaking his key off in the trunk keyhole of my car. I asked what he was doing and he said the damn trunk won't open, slammed his fist on my car. To which I said, that is because it is my car. He looked so confused.. I helped him find his car. It was not the same at all... Poor guy probably should not be driving.
Becky Eickhoff 3 years ago (edited)
One woman at work started her car from inside the office. Went outside and hopped in and drove home. We called her (security) after ANOTHER woman came into the office claiming some lady jumped in her car and took off! Both were driving same make, model and color. The woman who drove off actually had borrowed the car from her daughter that morning explaining why she didn’t notice the inside was slightly different. They both learned never unlock the cars before getting to it. Caught it all on camera. The woman with the “stolen” car refused to believe it was an accident and demanded to know how it was possible the FOBs could work in other vehicles. These were both Ford vehicles. This all occurred in the employee lot of a Chrysler manufacturing plant in Detroit. My boss deadpanned: “I don’t why ma’am, we don’t make those here.”
Anonymous Female 3 years ago
This is why I have bumper stickers. Sure, they may not look great, but at least I will always know which car is mine!
Toni Thompson 3 years ago
My grandpa would leave his keys in the ignition. He leaves the parts store looks in his mirror has 3 guys chasing him.. turns out they had the same habit as my grandpa and being color blind he didn't know he got into a black truck not his blue truck
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Kate Johnson 3 years ago
I'm missing something here: why would the umbrella disappear up a man's trousers?
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
I don’t know but I cannot stop laughing so hard at the mental image of him scrambling to pick it up and fumbling so bad that he’s just shoving it up this guy’s trousers 😂😂😂 edit: I don’t know what my problem is I’m actually crying 😂😂😂
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Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 3 years ago
I'm not being funny but are you sure that was your umbrella that was retreating up a mans trouser leg?! Doesn't really sound like something an umbrella would do, let alone something the dude would be ok with, especially if it was cold and wet?! Also in my experience of being British, if that was really the case, the man would also be trying to help whilst you both repeatedly say sorry at each other whilst everyone around you pretends not to notice.
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BigOrangeTractor 3 years ago
When I was a kid, one of my neighbours was once halfway to work when a small face appeared in his rear-view mirror... In this case, though, it was our family cat.
Fred Burrows 3 years ago
I was in a dealership and looked out to see folks with their noses pressed to the windows of my truck, slamming my gas cap door and tailgate. I hit the alarm on my fob.
I Am, In Fact, That Weirdo 2 years ago
After she brilliantly hid, she realized that she’d picked the convenient hiding spot of in the trunk! Trying not to alert the owners of the car, she stayed silent. Everything seemed normal (well, as normal as it could get hiding in the trunk of someone else’s car) until they got to the third stoplight of their journey. A semi truck barreled through the red light and hit the car Emilie had been hiding in!!! Months later, the owners of the truck AND Emilie were diagnosed with long-term amnesia. The owners didn’t recognize anyone but each other (💕) and immediately assumed Emilie was their child. Also having amnesia, Emilie assumed this was correct and long story short, Emilie considers these people her parents to this day, 30 years later. Is that a good storyline orrrr…..
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Philenzortia 3 years ago
Ohhhhhhhhhh that's what "Chiro" means! I read that in spanish so it sounded very weird and didn't understand what was that lol!
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Tamsin Far 3 years ago
Honestly.. how expensive is underwear in your country that you can't afford enough of them? I have certainly worn embarrasing old ones when running out of clean laundry - but wearing none at all?
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
My poor best friend went commando to work and did a whole shift not realizing his d*ck was out!
PenguinQueen 2 years ago
Why didn't the Chiropractor politely mention it to preserve some of her dignity?!
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Dynein 3 years ago
Especially if it's part of asking a random stranger of the opposite sex to go to your place...
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Izzy's Maid 3 years ago
Wait a minute, he "excited" the elevator a floor early sounds like a euphemism, too.
Leslie Crittenden 3 years ago
*exited*. You exited the elevator. They are not well known for getting excited 😂
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Lawrence Thatcher 3 years ago
"Honey... how come we have an extra kid?" "It's all good, we'll just Craigslist the one we don't need"
Load More Replies... Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
Knowing 6yo's, that kid would've gotten in the car, rode all the way to your house & gone inside with you w/o ever saying a word!
Muntean Stefan 3 years ago
At least this one is the silent type, might be a keeper (just joking)
Load More Replies... Becky Eickhoff 3 years ago
Was at a school function and was in a crowd with my younger child (4) by my side. She grabbed my hand and we stood around for a little bit when I spotted my daughter standing with her father a few feet away, with another mom watching me laughing. I look down and see I’m holding the hand of the other moms son…he looks up at me and it’s clear neither of us realized wtf we were doing here. Had have been at least 5 minutes of me and this random 4 year old standing around blissfully unaware.
Vicky De Raedemaeker 3 years ago
A little girl took my hand looks terrified because i was not her mommy, her mom was behind her
Miss Cris 3 years ago
It happened to me very often when I was a little girl.
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Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
If I lived somewhere that used to be a public place, I'd be a lot more careful about keeping my doors locked.
Michele Walker 3 years ago
That requires respect of the establishment; clearly something the OP didn't have!
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Debbie Dixon 3 years ago
This reminds me of my best friend and her Mum who stopped off at a relatives house for which they had a key. Let themselves in, relative appeared to be not at home, used the bathroom and went into the kitchen to make a drink. It was only then that certain bells started ringing, as they admired the new kitchen and decorating in the hallway. They left and locked up after themselves. A week later the relative got in touch to tell them she had moved three weeks before and could they return any keys they may have so the new owners could have them. OOPS. They never did confess.
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Annie Bieber 3 years ago
My son was 2...we lived on a USMC Air Station...pulling up to the base MacDonalds I see a van load of FA-18 Pilots in their flight 🛩 suits..."Nice buns" I remarked. We get in line behind them & my son yells "NICE BUNS" at top of his toddler lungs... they laughed...I died a slow painful death...⚰.
Summer Mason 3 years ago (edited)
I was born on W.P.A.F.B my dad said prick alot while driving with me in the truck. So we got to my grandmas and the dog tripped me and I screamed at the top of my 4 year old lungs "you prick". Poor father almost died.
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Fred Burrows 3 years ago
I was finishing a call to my friend who is married, I said, " Later Dude" and he says "Love ya ."
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アニカ ゲルストナー 3 years ago
I am from Germany and those are not tip jars but usually donation jars for various organizations like helping poor children
Dynein 3 years ago
Yeah. There's no tipping at stores, but small boxes for donations are really common which are basically the old-time version of "rounding up" when paying by card.
Load More Replies... Seanette Blaylock 3 years ago
In some stores, at least on the US west coast (I've never lived anywhere else), there's some sort of container (cup, dish, jar, etc.) where people can drop coins. Then, if another customer happens to not have quite enough cash, they can take some from that container to make up the difference.
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Baleygr 3 years ago
Likely taking change from the then common charity jars, where people would donate their change for children in need. xD
Load More Replies... Candia Lee 3 years ago
On a school trip, using a nice rest stop facility, I saw some change in the ashtray, asked if it belonged to anyone, no response so like a kid at a fountain I fished it out. It was my parents who later explained those were tips for the restroom attendant.
Baleygr 3 years ago
No one. It's a jar to donate your change to children in need.
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ToGo 3 years ago
She could have got your attention another way. No right to grab you, least of all violently!
Baleygr 3 years ago
Lol, we Europeans aren't as fragile. If you can't keep your hands by yourself it's your fault. And cashiers, waitresses, etc are NOT expected to take every bs from a costumer. They also couldn't know what the op tried to do. And, those jars here are for donating your change to children in need.
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Tuna Fish 3 years ago
OMG. When I was about 13 (before cell phones or caller ID, yeah I'm old) We had gotten a few crank callers that morning and I was waiting on an important call so when I picked up and said hello no one spoke. I was pissed off and said " you stupid m*****r f*****r quit calling here, I'm waiting on an important call you a** h**e" and hung up. One minute later and the phone rings again. I answer and hear my family's pastor say " It's Reverend Smith I was calling but my phone was on mute and I didn't realize it. I'm sorry if I bothered you" Yes I'm going to hell now.
Michele Walker 3 years ago
In all fairness to the clerk, maybe Rob 2 should have had someone capable of speaking call for him.
Dizz2K7 Gaming 3 years ago
So.... Why'd he say he was Rob? You'd already said he wasn't there.
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
That's fantastic! They probably spent that entire hour thinking of ways to politely approach you w/o making the whole situation even more awkward!
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Annie Bieber 3 years ago
Oh I did one of those...was 20...had done modeling, thought I was all that in my Valentino dress. We to use the 🚻...came out & sashayed across the ballroom with people looking at me cuz I AM all that...went sit down & discovered the only "ALL THAT" was my 3/4 length dress shoved down in the back of my drawers. A Humbling beech slap from The Universe I've never forgotten or repeated...🤦♀️
Dizz2K7 Gaming 3 years ago
1. a Jersey dress at a wedding??? 2. Do you not have feeling in your ass?? How so you not realize something like that has happened? Also, wtf is up with the beginning of that tweet??
Michele Walker 3 years ago
I hear of people doing this and just want to scream b******t. How do you not notice that suddenly you're struggling to pull your drawers up over that much fabric????? And who DOESN'T fluff out their skirt after having it hiked up to go to the bathroom?!?!
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
You were probably so mortified by the first incident that you couldn't even think straight!
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Rick Greene 3 years ago (edited)
I was in the Plaza de Espana on the eve of Three Kings Day watching the central fountain change colors when I felt a child's hand thrust into mine and heard a little girls voice say (in Spanish) " Daddy, hold my hand". I looked down as she looked up and her shocked expression was priceless. Instead of running away, she firmly grasped my hand with both of hers, gave me an exaggerated handshake and said " Feliz Festivas Senor" then skipped away to her Mum.
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Sara HUGHES 3 years ago (edited)
I brought my daughter to a friend's bday party. Only the GPS brought us to the wrong house. They too were having a party for a little boy. Took us 20 minutes before my daughter said she didn't recognize any of the kids and they were all a few years younger. What a nice family to invite us in. A little awkward taking the present back to go a few doors down.
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I went to the wrong funeral once. A longtime (white) co-worker's MIL died & it seemed off once I noticed that literally everyone there was black, but the service had already started so it would've been rude to leave!
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Concept-Peter Roosdorp 3 years ago
f*****g hot. as the other tap was clearly marked cold.
Load More Replies... PotatoGirl31 3 years ago
Those dang English! Half of them can't even speak French!!
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Bobby 3 years ago
I thought it was standard to have the hot tap on the right. Is that not the case everywhere?
Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
No, it is not. In my home hot is always on the left.
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I swear I've done this like 5x and only noticed when I saw other people's stuff surrounding me!
Ellen Light 3 years ago
I came out of a convenience store and opened the side door on my green minivan to put my purchases in. I looked around the inside of the van and saw a bunch of stuff inside that wasn't mine and thought, whaaat??? Then I looked up and realized that my van was parked next to this one. I shut the door, hurried to my van and never looked back.
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
There's no reason for shouting even if it were a student. Teachers like that one give all the rest of them a bad name!
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Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
I'd be more worried about where my actual kids are, since I apparently wasn't watching them in a situation where they might drown.
L.N.a mm 3 years ago
In 6th grade I was walking down the sidewalk past a classmate's house. Her dad in the front yard sees me and starts yelling angrily at me, "Stephanie! Get in the house right now!" He continues to yell at me as I keep walking, nervously glancing back at him until I'm just about to disappear up the block and Stephanie comes out of the house to see what he's yelling about. Oops!
Lonely Tentacle 3 years ago
How does one get embarrassed for a person who just wanted to save their kid? I hate that last part. If it were my spouse I'd be proud they'd go after the kid and it would make me feel safer, and the fact that it wasn't their own kid was an honest mistake. I hate the wife's comment in the end.
Michele Walker 3 years ago
Because they were too stupid to even recognize their own child??????? Which really causes you to question how involved dad actually is!
Load More Replies... Kanuli 3 years ago
Just a true story from a camping place with a lake: Parents were “watching their kids” from afar, thinking they could reach their kid in time if anything happened. Kid got into a deep spot of the lake, and got sucked down. It wasnt a natural lake, but it had some in and outflow, so sometimes there was movements similar to currents, and he apparently got sucked away enough for the parents to not reach him on time. So while he drowned they tried to find him, and could do so on time. Just saying…
Kate Johnson 3 years ago
His *wife* was watching them. Maybe neither of you read that part? How his wife was looking out for them? You know, the *other* parent to their kids? The ones who *weren't* in any danger? The amount of people who feel it necessary to jump on other people's s**t online without even reading the whole thing is terrifying. Maybe try looking around before getting on that tall-ass horse of yours.
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Dizz2K7 Gaming 3 years ago
Lifting it up to the counter vs how low to the ground it was to justify saying it was a man's head.
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
At least you didn't tell them how grotty it was to their faces! Bet you scared them pretty good, though!
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
Must've been the olden days b/c prices today demand that we be more discerning in who we share with!
Brightheart 3 years ago
she was focused on talking to that person she thought she was offering cigarettes but it was tampons.
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Shelby P 3 years ago (edited)
The first time I went to NY, I walked into a museum cause it looked interesting. It was very modern but kinda cool. As I walked around to check out the exhibits. I saw clothes on hangers. I went over to look and noticed price tags. A very small tank top was priced at like $350 and said Prada on it.... Felt soooooo stupid. My friend that was with me didn't laugh at me too much.
Sarah Schumm 3 years ago (edited)
I used to work at a movie theater with glass doors flanked by windows like that. Because they got finger prints on them constantly, we cleaned them during every show so they were always spotless. Someone would slam into them like that at a minimum once a week.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
Same at my workplace, but the last guy who walked into the window left the most hilarious face print 😂 you could see a clear outline of his poor alarmed smushed face, like an absolute caricature. and I absolutely could not stop laughing while I tried to ask if he was okay, I had to go back to my office because tears were streaming down my face
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Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago
Probably thought the kid was less likely to steal the camera
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I was socially awkward as a kid (and still somewhat now) & this reminds me exactly of the type of stuff I'd do all the time. Sooo very embarrassing! 😂😂😂
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Sunny Day 3 years ago
Friend had been visiting her daughter "Ann", and then left. About 20 minutes later, Ann looked out to see mom's car still parked in front of her house. Figures mom's on her phone, and decides to prank her. Ann snuck around the back of the car, yanked open the drivers door, and yelled "BOO" -- and scared the s**t out of a complete stranger who had a car like her mom's.
Lukas-not-Luca (he/him) 3 years ago
Why was the stranger parked in front of her house???
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
At least the coat-owner could consider it a compliment that out of every coat there, your wife chose hers!
Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
This happened to me too. I mean, with my coat. The lady was hilarious, she offered to buy it:).
Sarah Schumm 3 years ago
Every Zara I’ve ever been in is a pigsty. I’m not surprised almost all these stories are from Zara.
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Saint Thomas 3 years ago
Yes, because there's such a thing as "instinctively" placing your finger in a hot coffee to stir it...
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Ellen Light 3 years ago
I stopped at Walmart one morning on my way to work to get a new battery put into my watch. The woman at the jewelry counter was taking forever to come and assist me - she was putting away merchandise. Eventually she came over and then proceeded to tell me that she could not do it. I was so frustrated I had waited so long just for her to tell me no. I was then running late for work and decided that I would run through the store to make up some time. I lost my balance as I neared the cash register area. I pitched forward and landed, splat! on my front - my chin a hairs-breadth from smacking into the floor. I got up - embarrassed and limped out of the store. But, you know...out of the several people witnessed my fall, not one asked if I was alright or offered to help me.
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Caitlin Duncan 3 years ago
Wow - sounds like an unstable lad. I'd be so mad if someone yelled at my kid like that. Scary.
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
Exactly! Who yells at a random 5yo?! Especially over a misunderstanding (& a hug, at that)! I wouldn't be surprised if OP has trouble connecting w/people and/or physical touch — that can really traumatize a kid!
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Ralph Ferguson 3 years ago
You were 5. The other guy should be the one embarrassed for being such an a$$
Raptor 3 years ago
We'd all be uncomfortable, obviously. But yelling swears at a young child is wrong!
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Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
I'm guessing the other guy was also a parent so he understood & just went with it for the kid's comfort.
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Allison Staley 3 years ago
So, big question is, why did she tell you she was already there waiting in line when clearly she wasn't. It's almost as if you were set up!
Baleygr 3 years ago (edited)
Or made it up. (Not saying it is! Just another possibility.)
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Stephanie IV 3 years ago
Whichever it is: same story told twice or twice forgetting the toddler - they are very forgetful.
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DocD 3 years ago
Was shopping with my wife and kids once and we got separated - kids with the wife. A bit later a small hand grabs mine and without looking I continue shopping. At some point I look down and realize it isn't my kid. I'm a tall black guy and this is about a 5 year old white child, so I'm starting to freak a bit. I look around frantically for the parent and see this white woman smiling at me. Turns out she was the mother, saw the whole thing and thought it was so cute - her husband was dressed similarly to me it turned out.
glowworm2 3 years ago
Oh, thank goodness the mother found this to be adorable and wasn't shrieking at you for "stealing" her child. (Sadly there are far too many stories like that these days.) To be honest. Yes, this is indeed adorable.
Load More Replies... Sunny Day 3 years ago
Visited a touristy jewelry store in Hawaii. While waiting for the bus back to the hotel, I saw the man waiting with us had purchased something at the store. I started to ask him "what shiny thing did you buy" but at the last second changed it to "what pretty thing did you buy". This late change evidently confused my mouth, which said "what shitty thing did you buy?"
James Russell 3 years ago
When I was 3 I got on the escalator at the mall with my dad. I started stroking the panty hose of the lady in front of me. The woman turned and saw my dad. Horror crossed her face. Fear crossed his and he pointed down at me after I had already stopped. Not sure she believed him.
glowworm2 3 years ago
That's hilarious to picture. It feels like it would be perfect for a sitcom, complete with the laughter right when the woman turns and freaks out at your dad and then him pointing to you.
Load More Replies... K Witmer 3 years ago
I put my head between a man's arm and his body. He had his hand on his hip. My head fit right through. Thought it was my dad. It was not my dad. He had a good laugh when I almost died of embarrassment lol
K Witmer 3 years ago
I was 30 at the time to give you an even more embarrassing picture.
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Adam Leviness 3 years ago
I was hanging our at a friend's house one time and he had to leave, said it might be a while before he came back. So, eventually I get sick of waiting at his house and I statt walking down the hill he lives on to go home. As I'm walking my buddy pulls up right next to me in his car I open the door and get in the passenger seat. Only to look over and see a horrified middle age woman. Her: Do I know you!(slightly terrified) Me: No, no you do not. omg, I'm so sorry. A buddy of mine was supposed to pick me up and he has the exact same car. I'll leave now. As I get out, I see the real reason the woman had stopped there. Her daughter was walking out of her house with her newborn in a car seat. I look at her and just say; "hey! I just met your mom." The daughter gave me the nastiest look ever and I continue to walk down the hill. That's when I remembered my friend had told me before he left the apartment that he had to go to work and wouldn't be back home for at least 9 hours.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago (edited)
I'm African. In supermarket with my 2 kids, a European 3 years old came and old my hand. She looked at me but she didn't said nothing, she didn't looked confused either. I asked : where is your mama? and I started to look around. After some minutes came a lady and explained me that she teaches her daughter to hold any mama's hand if she get lost. I teach the same to my kids since that day.
Mindghost 3 years ago (edited)
My girlfriend and i visited a christmas market. I wanted to read the menu in one of the food boths. I couldn't read all of it, because the roof in front of the booth was low, so i slowly lowered my head to read the text higher up on the menu. Suddenly it felt cosy on my cheek. I was lowering my head onto the shoulder of another woman (i guess we even touch cheek-to-cheek) i did not see in front of me, while holding hands with my gf. I said sorry, my gf and the woman were like "wtf?" And her friend was laughing too hard because she saw it coming ^^
Supernatural 3 years ago
Walking along a beach holding a hotdog in one hand can of drink in the other...wasp wouldn't leave me alone so I held drink in hotdog hand and took a huge backhanded swipe at wasp,missed,hit an old lady square on the nose...knocked her on her a**e ... everyone looked at me like a child murderer
Phyzzi 3 years ago
I've definitely done some stupid stuff in my life, but probably the most strictly embarrassing thing was when I was visiting a friend at his collage, and we went to see the concrete canoe races. We were wandering around and looking at the canoes up on a rather fact stand. "Wow", I said, admiring the stand, "nice rack". Of course I then realize I am standing next to a rather attractive young woman, and in my infinite (lack of cool) proceed to stammer out something about how I was talking about the canoe rack and didn't mean her. If I had just left it, it would have been embarrassing but I had to dig down to mortifying. Of course, being a true friend, the person I was visiting reminds me of it every few years.
Phyzzi 3 years ago (edited)
Also, I just wanted to shout out this list as a great bit of Bored Panda. It's nice to see something that is funny and cathartic, and not really at anyone's expense.
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
I'm so glad that I gave up on feeling embarrassed a long time ago. I am awkward AF. Most of the dumb stuff takes too much back story so but I'll share two silly ones that happen often 1) the number of times I have answered the phone with "(name of previous employer) This is Aisling. How may I help you?" happens at least once or twice a month. I have not worked there in over 15 years. 2) the number of times I end conversations with random people by saying "I love you" is even higher as it happens in face to face interactions as well.
Brightheart 3 years ago (edited)
u put this twice EDIT: sorry i did not think saying you put this twice was rude...
Load More Replies... DocD 3 years ago
Was shopping with my wife and kids once and we got separated - kids with the wife. A bit later a small hand grabs mine and without looking I continue shopping. At some point I look down and realize it isn't my kid. I'm a tall black guy and this is about a 5 year old white child, so I'm starting to freak a bit. I look around frantically for the parent and see this white woman smiling at me. Turns out she was the mother, saw the whole thing and thought it was so cute - her husband was dressed similarly to me it turned out.
glowworm2 3 years ago
Oh, thank goodness the mother found this to be adorable and wasn't shrieking at you for "stealing" her child. (Sadly there are far too many stories like that these days.) To be honest. Yes, this is indeed adorable.
Load More Replies... Sunny Day 3 years ago
Visited a touristy jewelry store in Hawaii. While waiting for the bus back to the hotel, I saw the man waiting with us had purchased something at the store. I started to ask him "what shiny thing did you buy" but at the last second changed it to "what pretty thing did you buy". This late change evidently confused my mouth, which said "what shitty thing did you buy?"
James Russell 3 years ago
When I was 3 I got on the escalator at the mall with my dad. I started stroking the panty hose of the lady in front of me. The woman turned and saw my dad. Horror crossed her face. Fear crossed his and he pointed down at me after I had already stopped. Not sure she believed him.
glowworm2 3 years ago
That's hilarious to picture. It feels like it would be perfect for a sitcom, complete with the laughter right when the woman turns and freaks out at your dad and then him pointing to you.
Load More Replies... K Witmer 3 years ago
I put my head between a man's arm and his body. He had his hand on his hip. My head fit right through. Thought it was my dad. It was not my dad. He had a good laugh when I almost died of embarrassment lol
K Witmer 3 years ago
I was 30 at the time to give you an even more embarrassing picture.
Load More Replies... Adam Leviness 3 years ago
I was hanging our at a friend's house one time and he had to leave, said it might be a while before he came back. So, eventually I get sick of waiting at his house and I statt walking down the hill he lives on to go home. As I'm walking my buddy pulls up right next to me in his car I open the door and get in the passenger seat. Only to look over and see a horrified middle age woman. Her: Do I know you!(slightly terrified) Me: No, no you do not. omg, I'm so sorry. A buddy of mine was supposed to pick me up and he has the exact same car. I'll leave now. As I get out, I see the real reason the woman had stopped there. Her daughter was walking out of her house with her newborn in a car seat. I look at her and just say; "hey! I just met your mom." The daughter gave me the nastiest look ever and I continue to walk down the hill. That's when I remembered my friend had told me before he left the apartment that he had to go to work and wouldn't be back home for at least 9 hours.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago (edited)
I'm African. In supermarket with my 2 kids, a European 3 years old came and old my hand. She looked at me but she didn't said nothing, she didn't looked confused either. I asked : where is your mama? and I started to look around. After some minutes came a lady and explained me that she teaches her daughter to hold any mama's hand if she get lost. I teach the same to my kids since that day.
Mindghost 3 years ago (edited)
My girlfriend and i visited a christmas market. I wanted to read the menu in one of the food boths. I couldn't read all of it, because the roof in front of the booth was low, so i slowly lowered my head to read the text higher up on the menu. Suddenly it felt cosy on my cheek. I was lowering my head onto the shoulder of another woman (i guess we even touch cheek-to-cheek) i did not see in front of me, while holding hands with my gf. I said sorry, my gf and the woman were like "wtf?" And her friend was laughing too hard because she saw it coming ^^
Supernatural 3 years ago
Walking along a beach holding a hotdog in one hand can of drink in the other...wasp wouldn't leave me alone so I held drink in hotdog hand and took a huge backhanded swipe at wasp,missed,hit an old lady square on the nose...knocked her on her a**e ... everyone looked at me like a child murderer
Phyzzi 3 years ago
I've definitely done some stupid stuff in my life, but probably the most strictly embarrassing thing was when I was visiting a friend at his collage, and we went to see the concrete canoe races. We were wandering around and looking at the canoes up on a rather fact stand. "Wow", I said, admiring the stand, "nice rack". Of course I then realize I am standing next to a rather attractive young woman, and in my infinite (lack of cool) proceed to stammer out something about how I was talking about the canoe rack and didn't mean her. If I had just left it, it would have been embarrassing but I had to dig down to mortifying. Of course, being a true friend, the person I was visiting reminds me of it every few years.
Phyzzi 3 years ago (edited)
Also, I just wanted to shout out this list as a great bit of Bored Panda. It's nice to see something that is funny and cathartic, and not really at anyone's expense.
Load More Replies... Aisling Raye 3 years ago
I'm so glad that I gave up on feeling embarrassed a long time ago. I am awkward AF. Most of the dumb stuff takes too much back story so but I'll share two silly ones that happen often 1) the number of times I have answered the phone with "(name of previous employer) This is Aisling. How may I help you?" happens at least once or twice a month. I have not worked there in over 15 years. 2) the number of times I end conversations with random people by saying "I love you" is even higher as it happens in face to face interactions as well.
Brightheart 3 years ago (edited)
u put this twice EDIT: sorry i did not think saying you put this twice was rude...
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