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30 Times Intelligent Adults With Numerous Degrees Acted So Stupidly, It Resulted In Lots Of Embarrassment
Having a PhD or being a well-known expert in your field doesn’t make you immune to embarrassment. Even the best of us get into awkward situations that make us blush, no matter if we’re rocket scientists by day or brain surgeons by night—we’re all human, after all.
That’s what Twitter user Herne_TheHunter, aka Dean, wanted to show the world by sharing their facepalm-worthy story. Their embarrassing situation inspired other intelligent people to share their own awkward and cringy situations that you’re bound to relate to just like us, dear Pandas. Scroll down, upvote your fave tweets, and share your most embarrassing experiences in the comments.
Bored Panda spoke to Dean about their embarrassing sock incident and went into detail about how best to react to awkward situations. "Did I mention it was a Boba Fett sock? It was a Boba Fett sock…” Read on for the full interview!
Image credits: Herne_TheHunter
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Vanta Black 5 years ago
"Unusually breezy this morning. Actually feels kinda good on my... dammit!"
Enea 5 years ago
Similar experience: Was really stressed at work because I wanted to meet my husband for my birthday dinner. I had chosen a tight and extravagant dress for the occasion. Went to the restroom before I rushed out. In the underground, I wondered why I felt a constant draft on my bottom under my coat. But it wasn't until I took my coat off in this very elegant restaurant that I realised I had forgotten to put my dress down after using the restroom at work! 😳😳😳
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
this needs to be upvoted, solely for the multiple layers of "duh". (I love this so much)
crazy_cat_notAlady 5 years ago
oh my. i have a reminder system - my mother. typical Indian mothers go, "have you eaten? take care of yourself. be safe on the roads...". my mother goes, "child, HAVE YOU PUT ON PANTS?"
Vic 5 years ago
And the best, even if you are as round as a circle "Why don't you eat, look how skinny you are.."
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Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
This would never happen to me! But then, I'm a male wearing two different socks as we speak.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
With trousers covered in toothpaste, probably.
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Petra Schaap 5 years ago
i am not a doctor and dont have degrees but I've done this too. Luckly it was on a festival and my shirt was a bit on the longer side
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Dippin Dot 5 years ago
I'm sure if you were arguing who stole Eeyore's tail you were a shoe in to win!
Kay Nuehark 5 years ago
o m g were you made aware of it at some point in the courtroom? Did people chuckle?
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Vanta Black 5 years ago
At least the keys were still in there with you. Locking yourself in from outside would have been really stupid. Impressive, but stupid.
semelina pitrone 5 years ago
when i was little i woke up in a different house. As i laid still, terrified that i had been stolen somehow (never in my life have i sleepwalked), i realized that i was upside down, so i rolled over and sat up. how was i so stupid? it was 9:00 a.m, dark and rainy outside, and the top half of my body was hanging off the side of the bed. i was looking at the my new dresser that my mom helped move into my room, on my back.
Dean is a 39-year-old doctor with two degrees, is a member of a Royal College, and had a sock up their shirt sleeve all morning. This is so relatable that the thread went viral on Twitter, getting over 113k likes and 7.3k retweets and comments.
“I certainly didn’t expect such a big reaction. Most of my tweets get a handful of likes and I’m frankly grateful for that much of a response. I’m not really sure why this one seemed to resonate with people. I’d guess it was because it gave everyone an opportunity to share their own silly oversights/mistakes,” Dean told us.
“Social media can often involve trying to look cool, or woke, or knowledgeable so maybe it was refreshing to be able to present the other side of things for a change?” they wondered about why the thread became so popular.
#4
Stille20 5 years ago
...how long was the comb there? Like random pain, quick call the specialist before actually looking at your foot?
Anxious Pansexual Nightmare 5 years ago
"I realized there was a comb in my shoe." Excuse me, What?
ZombieGirl 5 years ago
He's able to go to the doctor the second he feels pain? Man...I wonder what that's like!
deanna woods 5 years ago
At least you found out why your foot was hurting. Did you find out whose comb it was?
Trying so hard thinking 5 years ago
"Hello ! Is that comb that you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes!"
#5
Loraine D.G. MacGinness 5 years ago
Well, when I was 70yrs, on a cruise I managed to fracture my ankle involving 3 bones, tibia, fibula and a tarsal, long story but, after I came home in plaster, in between appointments I phoned my local hospital one morning noticing 'blood' on the plaster at the #'s site ! Advised to go straight in, plaster removed, thankfully no leakage ! What was it ? It did take a wee while to work out - to get upstairs, I sat down and dragged the leg up, it was easier, the red was from the stair carpet !! I am a qualified, RGN SCM. IT happens...
#6
lenka 5 years ago
My Aunt thought she had her car stolen from a shopping centre park. Reported to police, made an insurance claim, got a new car. Three months later she woke up in the middle of the night realising that she had parked on the other side of the centre from where she usually does. Next day heads to centre and sure enough her car is still sitting there.
Joey Marlin 5 years ago (edited)
Oops! What did she do? Did she 'fess up?
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Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
Took my car to the store, came out and couldn't find my truck. Just about to call the cops when I noticed the slight difference in key fobs.
Spikey Bunny 5 years ago
Had a similar problem with my last vehicle, not such a unique color as I thought... Small town, not small enough, and some guy couldn't figure out how to open the lift gate of my car... He had parked right next to me but didn't notice. At least we had a good laugh together.
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Raine Soo 5 years ago (edited)
Years ago, I went to a party with a few friends. The driver parked her car in the multi-level garage complex. When the evening was over, and it was time for us to pile back in the car and go home, we couldn't find it. We combed the whole level, and came up with nothing. By now, the driver was in full panic mode, and called security. The guard asked us a few questions, and then suggested that she parked on another level. Sure enough, we found the car on a lower level. I'll assume that the guard sees this quite often.
Carole Hamilton 5 years ago
when I was a baby my mum walked with me in the pram down to town, she parked the pram outside the bakers while she shopped, after getting the bus home and my gran asked where I was, she had to rush backto fetch me, people had been feeding me bakery goods when they couldn't find mum (1955)
BusLady 5 years ago
Haha I went to a nightclub and the parking lot was full. I finally found a parking spot. When I went to leave, I couldn't find my car. I seriously thought it had been stolen. I finally located it in the parking lot of the apartments next door. I'm lucky it wasn't towed, as the lot was posted.
“I’m mainly working from home at the moment as most of my job is as a psychotherapist and we’ve been able to switch to remote working during the COVID-19 situation. As such, it was a little unusual for me to have to actually put full work clothes on and pop into the hospital for a bit,” Dean said.
“Clearly, I was out of practice at getting dressed as when I reached for my coffee later on that morning, I felt a strange, furry sensation around my elbow. I had to undo a couple of shirt buttons to retrieve what turned out to be a stray sock (having double-checked all Teams calls had ended). I didn’t actually mention it to anybody at work directly: we’re socially distanced at the moment so I would have had to actively seek them out, which might have felt a bit weird."
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chi-wei shen 5 years ago
On the other hand, she might be the most entertaining person at the dinner table.
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Laura Mortensen 5 years ago
I want to know why they were close enough to penguins to get bitten.
crazy_cat_notAlady 5 years ago
the question here is - how did u get close enough to penguins, degu AND a mini donkey to be bitten? also, I'm saving this post because my friends think I am a danger to myself and I get bitten too much by dogs, cats, pecked by birds! thank you. u made my day.
doggo-is-fren 5 years ago
degu = (rare) pet...donkey = not too common pet ... penguins = some zoos do a meet and greet with penguins
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Steve Cruz 5 years ago
The only one that seems stupid is cutting a bread roll in one's hand. I subconsciously only buy the largest tube of toothpaste, so it's unmistakable with other tubes. I received dessert in an expensive restaurant and the fork was frozen -- it stuck to my lip. You're a parent: children are for animals to bite.
Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago
If anyone gives you a sold chocolate champagne bottle, make sure it's on a cutting board when you go to hack into it.
Paizleypie 5 years ago
I can't help myself around animals. I have no sense when it comes to them either.
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Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
I have lost my phone while it has been in my hand. Looked all over for it. Realized I was holding it
Suzieq 5 years ago
Same, but did you try to call to hear it ring and then....
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Jeannie Carle 5 years ago
I have done that!~ LOL Also searched for my phone while talking on it.
AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
When I was a teen my grandfather who was normally a VERY even tempered man got super frustrated at why he couldn't figure out some math on his calculator after I had asked him how much a contestant would have to pay in taxes on something (we were watching a game show). He started getting super upset and even yelling, I then burst out laughing so hard I couldn't speak which stopped him and I had to be the one to tell him it was the television remote. And no .... he did not have dementia or anything he had all his faculties. Hence the laughing.
Spikey Bunny 5 years ago
Sometimes we just get frazzled. I almost answered a hot iron once... luckily I stopped just before it hit my face.
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Cecilia Cheung 5 years ago
My mom (a legal secretary) has done that more than once, and vice versa 🙄
Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
I've done things like that. Yes, remote control apps do exist, but I don't have any installed. I've also done things like try to use my car remote to unlock my front door or my mailbox.
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Aimee P. 5 years ago
Welcome to my new profession as a comedic performer, folks. I’m here all night. 🤦🏻♀️
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Kate Marešová 5 years ago
the thing I find sad is that nobody told you or helped you out... I saw a girl exiting a toilet like this and I immediately went to cover her and tell her.
Suzieq 5 years ago
Don't be to quick to be sad, she said it was during the speeches. It might have worse if it was pointed out during a pause...
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Almost everyone who wore pantyhose has z version of that story. Best ones are from those who actually wore the hose as panties.
GirlFriday 5 years ago
I once gave an entire business presentation with my skirt tucked in my pantyhose.
Dean and everyone else’s stories illustrate that even the mightiest and most accomplished adults who have 200+ IQ and play 5D chess can make blunders. Making mistakes is a part of life, however, it’s also important to know how to react to embarrassing situations.
According to Dean, embarrassment can be tricky to handle. “I immediately thought of a couple of situations that still make me squirm from my past. If it’s something inconsequential, like a sock up your sleeve, then it might be a useful opportunity to remember you’re human and to puncture any pomposity that might have snuck up on you. For more serious or significant situations, I think the best advice I can give would be to talk about it when you feel safe and ready to do so.”
Dean added that he wants to use the opportunity while he has the internet’s attention to do some good in the world and point people towards his friend’s social enterprise that employs survivors of domestic abuse to make flowers out of recycled paper.
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Jace 5 years ago
Yeah, toxic work/life ratio in many western cultures, combined with the hate of sleep (this is how people, employers, and the media treat the need for sleep) is an invisible pandemic.
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Danger Noodle 5 years ago
Don't worry I tired to pour milk on my pizza base instead of tomato puree
Raine Soo 5 years ago
Whilst unpacking groceries last year, I accidentally put the bananas in the freezer. I spent all night looking for them, and thought that I had left them behind in the supermarket. I found them before bedtime, and let's just say that they did not survive their sojourn in the icebox.
Redmeg 5 years ago
THIS!!!This is so totally something I would do! Made me laugh! you're not alone!
Cat Nip Gal 5 years ago
Eh, it's ok, my mom makes a cup of tea but always forgets it is in the microwave...
Doggo Georgia 5 years ago
Yeah. A while ago, my mom had my dad and me make her famous "(chocolate chip usually) pan pancakes". We followed the recipe exactly, every single thing, but when they came out of the oven, they tasted a bit different. It was only several days later that my dad opened the microwave to heat up a veggie burger, that we realized that we HAD microwaved/melted the butter, just we had never taken it out.
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Laura Gastelum 5 years ago
I put sliced ham with the cleaning supplies. We didn't find it until about 4 months later
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
I was making coffee in the morning once. My routine is to put the milk in my coffee first and then brew coffee over it. This way it's ready to go once it's done brewing. I put my mug back in the fridge with the milk one morning and proceeded to start my routine all over again not realizing what I had just done. I have an MBA in finance and work as a state auditor.
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
I’ve done similar things, I could not find my credit card once and I found it under a pack of ham slices in the fridge (eventually)
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Anxious Pansexual Nightmare 5 years ago
People who show up like this are just more relatable to me.
#12
Ristina Nielsen 5 years ago
Hey, that's "Captain's sandals". Red for portside, green (ok: blue) for starboard ;)
#13
Mainecoonsandhuskies 5 years ago
I think this is what Clint and Natasha were talking about Budapest
Aragorn II Elessar 5 years ago
“Just like Budapest.” “You and I remember Budapest very differently.”
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Petra Schaap 5 years ago (edited)
i had a friend staying over, went to college the next day early and when I came home around 4 o clock I found my friend still inside because I locked the door and she couldnt get out. This was before cellphones. I lived on the 2nd floor :-/ (3rd for Americans)
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
I bought a gigantic rolling suitcase for a two-month vacation, packed it, locked it, got to my destination and realized the key was on the bed at home. I had to saw through the hard side of the luggage because there were no locksmiths within 60 miles.
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Mark Johanen 5 years ago
It could have been worse. You could have pulled some other woman's underwear out of your pants leg while at home with your wife.
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
I once put on pants that had been in the not clean enough for the drawer, but not dirty enough to wash pile on the floor, felt something tickle my leg and I kicked to shake it out. A cockroach the size of my thumb flew across the room. After some screaming and my cat chasing it, my next phone call was to the building super.
Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago
Ooh, yeah. If you have any kind of critter roaming your household, that dark, musty pile untouched on your floor will become their tent city. Iffy clothes are what the backs of chairs are for.
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Hanni 5 years ago (edited)
Underwear got stuck in my pants leg..and fell out as I was walking to band practice on the football field. I left it and pretended it's not mine.
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
"Honey, your g-string was in my pant leg" hubby playfully drapes it over his face. "Those aren't mine, they are your daughters!"
Suzy McKee Charnas 5 years ago
Sounds like a great magic trick -- better than a rabbit from a hat!
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mph seti 5 years ago
It's wise to invest in a daylight balanced LED lightbulb for your bedroom/closet (wherever you keep your clothes and get dressed). Then, you'll be unlikely to mix up dark blues and blacks.
Anxious Pansexual Nightmare 5 years ago
Almost all my bottoms are black and all my tops are bright colors, so I could literally just spin around, pick out random clothes and walk out the door. Mix 'n Match rules
Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago
I actually marker my clothes tags B for Black and N for Blue (Navy). I hate black clothing tags. Need to get silver marker.
El Dee 5 years ago
She is not alone. I have now seen TWO cars this week which have not removed the protective film you get on the wheel arches when it's delivered new from the garage. It'd be one thing if they were nearly new but one of them was 8yrs old!!
M O'Connell 5 years ago
They also apply that film sometimes when a car is detailed, ditto the skinny plastic bag over the rear window wiper.
Load More Replies... AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
As far as the goggles that's brilliant, now you have many more years of use! Kuddos
Spikey Bunny 5 years ago
I have a habit of keeping those protective stickers on a lot of things... (example: still on my 20 year old washing machine), I think I would have noticed the goggles though, maybe not?
Jace 5 years ago
The only dark blue clothing I’ve owned in the last two decades just got thrown away from being too worn out. Won’t get another. That solves the problem of mismatching with my black jeans.
Catlady6000 5 years ago
I just realized who your icon is. Does that put me on the list?
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Molly Block 5 years ago
But chickpeas don't look anything like popcorn kernels................?...
Bunzilla 5 years ago
I was making popcorn with the type of machine that has two openings, and to make the popcorn you have to close the top one. Well I didn't and popcorn went everywhere.
Anita Chapman 5 years ago
Done this. Howled with laughter while popcorn flew around the kitchen.
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Tina-Marie Tarrant 5 years ago
My husband spent hours perfecting his Pea & Ham Soup recipe. One year he made a particularly large batch to be sold at a charity event. Of course, we had to try it first. Looking forward to giving him the praise he so richly deserved, we just couldn't break his heart. We waited for him to realise what had gone so, so wrong. He had used popcorn, instead of split peas. Popcorn doesn't break down, no matter how long you soak it or cook it, and it doesn't pop in soup.
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Missy Barton 5 years ago
This sounds like something I have done. Thankfully my car guy is also my father in law.
Vanta Black 5 years ago
"How often does this happen?" "It's not every time, but it's been happening today. Listen." *shifts gear* "Yeah... it's the buttons on your sleeve..." "...Well that's embarrassing..."
Jennifer Cassada 5 years ago
My boyfriend works at a service department at a car dealership and was working on a car that had a "clanky" noise. He drove it around to see where the noise was coming from. It was coming from the back seat. It was a tin of cookies.
Doris Bennett 5 years ago
For weeks after we came home from a road trip, we heard this strange humming sound in the car...the faster we went the louder it got. So we avoided the freeway. Our mechanic could not find the source of the noise. Later, we returned the old wooden luggage rack on the cars roof... to the friend who loaned it to us and... on the way home we noticed the noise was gone. For weeks we had been hearing those loose, wooden slats vibrating in the wind like a harmonica. We took the freeway home.
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Pamda Panda 5 years ago
I was getting ready to go snowboarding one time and couldn't get my right boot on. I thought the insole had gotten shoved down to the bottom and all smooshed up. Gave it to my boyfriend to check and he pulled out one of our cat's toy mice. So slightly less disgusting, and probably way more comical.
Amanda Sherland 5 years ago
Haha! I could swear my dad's shoe was squeaking every time he took a step. He said he couldn't hear anything but he took his shoe off and found the cat's squeaky mouse in the toe. He walked around all day like that! :)
Ian Milne 5 years ago
That reminds me of a story a friend told me. She was renting a pretty questionable flat. She woke up one morning and had a strange sensation in her back. She touched her back and discovered that there was a dead, squashed mouse stuck there. She must have rolled over in her sleep and squashed the poor critter.
Paige 5 years ago (edited)
If this happened to me I would literally start screaming and then wash my back for an hour or two!!
Load More Replies... Maria Ines Molina 5 years ago
Something similar happened to me, but there was no cat involved. It was practically summer and school was ending. I had this uniform shoes of a brand called Kickers, very famous here in Argentina at that time. I remember I was so uncomfortable all day at school. When I got home in the afternoon I took out the shoe and there was a very small flattened toad. I had it with me all day and toads really gross me out, but I was also so sad that I had killed it...
Maggie Fariss 5 years ago
I put on my steel toe shoes in the morning at work, wore them all day. At the end of the day took them off saw red on the toe of one, pulled it off looking for an injury. Finally found a dead baby mouse in the toe of the shoe. It's been a big joke at work for years that I am a baby killer.
Irene Gubelius 5 years ago
Drove up to my house to park and wondered how a pine cone got on my welcome mat. When I got to the door I realized it was the head of a squirrel one of the stray cats had left for me.
Carole Hamilton 5 years ago
my dog was making a fuss trying to get to the left hand side of my armchair, I got up and checked for stray crumbs and found that he had rought me a dead mouse and I had been sitting on it instead of acknowledging his generosity.
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Steve Cruz 5 years ago
This is like the guy who locked his keys in the car and it took an hour to get his family out.
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El Dee 5 years ago
I have done something similar. I was having a breast lump removed as an outpatient and I arrived in plenty of time, got to the right department and 'checked in' at reception. The receptionist said they had no record of an appointment for me. I knew I was there on the right date/time etc and luckily had the original letter with me to prove it. I showed her the letter, she read it and pointed out I was at the WRONG HOSPITAL. They were very good though, they phoned through and asked them to give me a later appointment so I could travel the 20 miles and be seen that day. What an idiot I am lol!
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
At least some of that is on the airport staff for not checking her ticket well enough
Gin 5 years ago
Me and my whole class went to the WRONG SCHOOL to take our end of high-school math exam (our teacher's fault, she was super sorry). So we're 12+ people rushing across the city to another school, even passing a red light once, calling that other school to let them know we were ALL late (as they don't normally let ppl in if they're more than 15 mins late). Packed in 2 cars (as some of us went to exam on foot or bikes), one car was low on gas so had to stop at the gas station... And there we were in all our glory running into a big silent hall with 100 kids looking at us, super stressed, out of breath and ready for one of the most important exams in our lives. We made it though, almost in time! My grades we not amazing though...
Petra Schaap 5 years ago
At home alone one night, I heard someone on my bathroom. I went to investigate and knocked and asked what are you doing. A cheerfull girl comes off and said hi. I said hi, who are you. She said Im a friend of X (the neighbour) Ok I said cool but why are you on my toilet? Turns out she thought my appartement was part of my neighbours... (she must have been really really drunk)
Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago (edited)
A drunk person mistakenly going into a neighbour's also happened a few years ago in my country-- which, based on the lack of lethal response to both stories, we know didn't happen in the U.S. (or I guess, Switzerland).
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Julieta Perez 5 years ago
My mom took us to summer camp every year. Once we ran through the terminal like crazy people and my mom yelling "Stop the plane!!!" all the while, so they rush us through ( this is 40 years ago) we get on the plane which was half empty, sit down and my mom turns to me and says, " I hope Texas has better weather this year". Elderly gentleman across the aisle says" You're not going to find out on this plane, we are going to Paris" . Everyone glared at us as we disembarked, obviously did not make the other plane.
Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
In the Navy and took a puddle jumper to Norfolk. Got off at the wrong airport. Seriously considered hitchhiking to Norfolk but reboarded . Avoided eye contact the rest of the trip.
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
I arrived at a restaurant for a birthday dinner. There were no plans, so I checked the eVite and 22 guests had RSVPd. A large table was set up, I sat alone for almost 45 minutes, checked eVite again and realized I was a day early. I left a $50 tip and begged off the next day lying that I felt ill. My friend called the next day and said the manager told him I was really embarrassed, really generous, and she was surprised not to see me.
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Meghann Davies 5 years ago
I had an inside zipped pocket in my school blazer where I kept my keys, money and an emergency tampon. I had forgotten to take out the tampon before putting the blazer in the wash and the next time I wore it I took out my keys to show a group of friends a new keyring and the tampon had unwrapped and expanded in the wash and just hung there on my keys as I held them up. So basically it looked like I had a used tampon attached to my keys. Or an away in shame before I could explain which didn't help.
Blackheart 5 years ago
Our coach uses tampons cut in half to plug bloody noses. I asked if he cut of the string. He said no.
Caroline Overill 5 years ago
At which point you turn around to your class with a face like thunder and say "OK which one of you did this?"
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Ian Milne 5 years ago
Finally, a country that still spells “yoghurt” correctly. I’ve no idea why England has dropped the h. It bothers me every time I buy a yoghurt.
Emily Barnes 5 years ago
I'm from the USA and we don't spell it with an h in it either
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MysticalMan 5 years ago (edited)
It helps to be of a certain age to see how this could happen.
Lisa 5 years ago
Actually I find opening these like this way more practical, using it the "right" way it feels like I can get only half the yoghurt out
Rissie 5 years ago
Well, they seal these up a little better than when they were meant to be opened this way. Also. Getting it empty works the exact same way. I'm pretty good at getting everything out :) I like my yoggggghurt with an h and a some fruit.
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Caroline Overill 5 years ago
Sadly it took me a minute to realise what was wrong! Still, it's nice to know there are people as daft as me (sigh).
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Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago
I've heard of cabbage leaves as a folk remedy for breast pain...maybe it thought it was cabbage?
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Kate Yeti 5 years ago
I only have one degree and had to put the second on hold due to the pandemic. But I am also a parent. I have, over 10 years raising twins, pulled out coins, leaves, beads, even Legos from my bra at the end of the day. Good times.
Salla Ruotsalo 5 years ago
It's old folks' way of relieving breast inflammation, I've heard.
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Laura Mortensen 5 years ago
That's what you get when you keep your bra in the fridge to stay cool. :P
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Karen Lyon 5 years ago
I worked with a woman who got dressed in the dark because she didn't want to wake up her hubby, who wasn't feeling well that week. Had on one blue shoe and one black shoe.
Nan Cresdee 5 years ago
My husband did that yesterday......again. And his shoes are totally different! Wouldn't you think he could at least feel the difference in the textures? He does this at least once a month. I'm starting to think its his favorite pair.
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El Dee 5 years ago
Both as stupid as each other, why wouldn't you notice a complete stranger coming in and working for you??
María Hermida 5 years ago
And what about the people from the other company? Didn't they ring to see what had happened when he didn't turn up for two days?
Load More Replies... Jace 5 years ago
Engineers, like other tech people, aren’t generally known for their usage of “common” sense and social skills...
Joshua Milks 5 years ago
Social skills - definitely not. Although, I would consider us pros at common sense. That's what most of our jobs are... common sense, rationality, and problem solving.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 5 years ago
They should have paid him. If they had a feeling that he wasn't supposed to be there they should have said something.
Monday 5 years ago
He isn't their employee so they have no obligation to pay him. If some random stranger decides to wash my car/mow my lawn/paint my house without me having hired him I'm sure as hell not gonna pay him.
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Izuna Kazuki 5 years ago
"When you join the wrong party but manage to finish half of the game match.."
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Thenatural 5 years ago
I'm not having this for a minute....don't care how dark it was,you can't mistake men's underwear for women's
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago (edited)
My husband has to leave for work at 0:00 dark thirty, his uniforms hang in the closet in his office, but he puts his underwear, socks and meds on the counter in the OTHER bathroom in order to avoid waking me up. Yes, I do realize how lucky I am!
Donald Holder 5 years ago
I find these stories hard to believe. I don't care what kind of underwear you wife wears, NONE of them feel like brief or boxers made for a man.
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Kate Yeti 5 years ago
Coworker of mine once did that with every changing room mirror in our store. 409 instead of Windex. It was a nightmare.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
Idiot!😂 omg how did they not notice 20 mirrors back!?😂 my son is a wonderful, brilliant 21 year old. Had a job at mc d's. He was making the egg for breakfast sandwiches. The manager told him..if you get a shell in the egg, put the Whole she'll on that egg so you know to toss it later. My son somehow interpreted this into...put a shell in every egg. All dozen! Needless to say he was fired midway through his first shift. When I asked him why he didn't question this cooking method as he perceived it, he says...well..I thought it was weird but it was my first day and I didn't want to look stupid!😂 iq 149. Zero common sense!😳
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Robertson Shinnick 4 years ago
I once very nearly sprayed ant and roach killer spray under my armpits instead of deodorant...
Tugg Ster 5 years ago
In a hurry to freshen up my house for surprise house guests, I “Febreezed” The entire walk in-closet of my guest room with a product containing bleach. Needless to say... I completely changed the look of about 50 items of clothing, but only on one side. And the beige carpet had tiny little orange-ish spots all over it 🙇🏼♀️
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Kitty Fenerty 5 years ago
It’s feels completely different walking, standing or driving in heels compared to walking on wedges. How could anyone not realise?
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pusheen buttercup 5 years ago
I don't blame you, weddings are chaotic and mentally draining. :)
Steve Cruz 5 years ago
Meanwhile... "I can't believe someone stole one of the bows off the chair."
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GirlFriday 5 years ago
How do you spend 90 minutes on make up? I am a fully formed adult female and when not in quarantine I wear make up daily. I don't know how to make a make-up routine last 90 minutes. Even if I move at a sloth's pace, it would still only 15 minutes.
Craig Lee 5 years ago
My ex girlfriend took about 2-3 hours to get ready for going out anywhere. Imagine my surprise when we're hanging out watching a movie at her house one night. About midnight we decide to run to the grocery store to get popcorn. So she has to put on the perfect sun dress, high heels, makeup and hair products. Took about 2 hours and I was not in the mood for popcorn by the time she was ready. She did this for everything because she was so insecure to go out not looking amazing. The crazy thing is, she's one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen, she's just super insecure and won't leave her house unless she's dressed up perfectly.
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yslasoli 5 years ago
We get it, ladies, you're so naturally beautiful and efficient that your beauty routine is next to nothing. This is for a wedding and all ladies in the bridal party would probably want to look their best, have excellent looking skin and accentuated features along with the happy memories commemorated in photos. If a person doesn't do makeup often and you commit to doing it for the occasion, you would naturally allot yourself a lot of time because you're basically becoming an artist and many re-dos will be made. So many ways to blend, highlight, draw on eyeliner and they're not necessarily mistakes but can be frustrating if tou didn't get the desired result with eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, fake eyelashes possibly, etc etc etc
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Actually, I'm not that beautiful, thankfully. My self confidence has nothing to do with the way I look, as is likely true of most of us not understanding time taken. However, you are absolutely correct when it comes to a professional photographer, my wedding makeup to for freaking ever, just so I wouldn't look like a zombie in professional lighting
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I have noticed, it's usually the ones who,are naturally beautiful who seem most insecure, as if they've been trained that their entire worth is in how they look. Makes me glad to "just" reasonably attractive.
Donald Holder 5 years ago
90 minutes for make-up? It didn't take that long for my wife to get totally ready for our wedding. Make-up, hair, dress and she was the bride.
Leslea Freeman 5 years ago
You should have waited for it to dry proper. then dusted it off with a round blush brush and cool hair dryer!
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Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
My dad used to lose his glasses on the top of his head and would tear the house apart looking for them while we giggled. The time we found them in the refrigerator though . . . we asked WTF and Dad claimed he wanted "cool shades". I miss him
Nicola Roberts 5 years ago
I've been feeling poorly with a head cold, and last night I'm getting ready for bed and couldn't work out if I had my contacts in or not. Went to the bathroom mirror to look, and saw I was wearing my glasses... [shakes head in disbelief]
chi-wei shen 5 years ago
These could have been glasses for different purposes like one specialized for reading. This way glasses would be ready at any time.
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Thinairgal 5 years ago
Too true, those knee braces pick up anything/everything! I once did an entire grocery trip with catnip mouse dangling from my knee. Regretted not choosing one with a bell attached...
BusLady 5 years ago
I would like to have seen that. Did a bunch of kitties follow you into the store?
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Vanta Black 5 years ago
It would have been even funnier if you didn't see each other again until the wedding, and the teller added the story to her maid of honour speech.
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Pretty Pangolin 5 years ago
Don't feel bad, I lost my glasses (or maybe it was my keys - it's been a while) in the dumpster. In the dark. In the winter. I found them after considerable fishing around.
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Cori 5 years ago
I've left my cellphone on the roof of my car on at least 2 separate occasions. The first time it flew off at 60 mph less than a mile from my house. I spent 2 hours walking along the side of the road to find it. Finally did. And it was, miraculously, in perfect condition. Every other time it has, somehow, stayed on the roof. I have a bad habit of setting it up there while I put my youngest in his carseat.
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BorPand8 5 years ago
Seems like their clothes would have been in the laundry together. Static cling would do the rest.
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Russell Rieckenberg 5 years ago
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
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Izuna Kazuki 5 years ago
Im an introvert and when its come to interview time i can't say any single word, thats why i still unemployed
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Practice interviews with family or friends. Make some silly so you can relax.
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Francis 5 years ago
sometimes it is more comfortable to wear diffrent shoes to get somewhere (i can drive my stickshift car better with sneakers than with highheels on). so i guess she wore her flipflops to get to the builing and wanted to change them there discretly
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Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
I parked my car a supermarket car park and Could not find it I thought it had been stolen but a kind employee for some reason had seen me park it and showed me where it was.
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ElusiveIntrovert 5 years ago
After reading this, your clients must be worried sick as to where all have you mailed their confidential documents
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Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Nah. I never have. I don't just chuck my clothes on the floor when I undress though.
Amanda Sherland 5 years ago
C'mon, you've never had even a sock or a dryer sheet?
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Katie Allen 5 years ago
You're a professional writer and you can't tell the difference between plural and possessive?
Vanta Black 5 years ago
Nah, it was just a cheeky story at the bottom of the back page.
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Luna Rose 5 years ago
And you didn't need to make a comment. But here we are.......
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Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
I feel like you could pass this off as some kind of high fashion choice
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David Martin 5 years ago
Pair of socks, referring back to the initial post about a sock that sparked this list
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Tardis42 5 years ago
Yes, I have a hard time believing someone who'd worn contact lenses for years wouldn't think something other than their eyesight was wrong if they put their lenses in and things were markedly different than they'd been the day before.
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Vanta Black 5 years ago
"Wow, this meeting is going great!" "Bra! That's a bra! That means boobs! Boobs everyone! Man, aren't boobs the best?" "Actually I prefer a nice pair of legs." "Shut up, Steve! There are boobs present!"
Zophra 5 years ago
I was interviewing for a teaching position and had to teach a lesson to their staff for assessment. Halfway through I realized I had popped a button on my blouse (bra showing) and got so flustered trying to button it back up, facing away from my "audience" that I snapped the button off. Tried to continue, but but was a lost cause. Didn't get the job.
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Thinairgal 5 years ago
Not sure how to respond with this one. Only funny if your son was hospitalized with something incredibly minor. Maybe "my son was hospitalized" isn't a great lead-in, humor-wise.
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
How did you survive the cold did you keep buggy Teddy to keep warm I would have.
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mph seti 5 years ago
Being smart or accomplished doesn't make you immune to stupid mistakes. In fact, people with a lot going on often space out the simple s**t.
Swathi Hunter 5 years ago
Why do people keep mentioning their educational qualification and age I don't see how it's relevant to what happened
bryguy 5 years ago
I've gone on around 8 "all-inclusive" vacations and they always have started on a Saturday, the flights were always sometime on Saturday. So when we got to the airport a few hours before our flight time they told us we were very very late, and I was confused, I said noo... we are still early. She said your flight was yesterday. I've never felt so stupid. Why not look at the date on the ticket? Or the itinerary or something. Why just assume it was Saturday... The lady I dealt with was actually retiring and that was her last few hours of her last shift, she ended up getting us a few connecting flights at no charge that took 2 days, so in all we lost 3 days of our 7 day vacation. Not as bad as I initially thought, that we lost the whole thing, but still. Very dumb move, will never happen again! Also kudos to that lady who saved the trip.
Mark Johanen 5 years ago
Once I was taking a shower and discovered my shampoo bottle was empty. So I figured I'd use my daughter's shampoo. Squirted some out onto my hand and was just about to put it on my head when I glanced at the bottle and realized that it was not shampoo ... it was the hair removal cream she uses on her legs. As I am almost bald, I really do not need hair removal cream! I told my daughter about this the next day and she said, "So how long have you been using this, dad?"
Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
I have a Master’s degree, and I’ve done variations of a lot of these in the past, generally because I left too much to be done in the morning before work. That’s why, a few years ago, I started laying out my work clothes, shoes, and even underwear, the night before when I have the time to check them over and make sure they match. Plus I make my lunch, pack my briefcase, and put it, my keys, and my purse together next to the door, so I don’t have to scramble to find them on my way out. I have so many things to do when I get up that prepping as much as possible the night before just cuts down how much I have to remember to do before I’m fully awake. Same goes for traveling, and making sure I don’t forget anything. I usually also make a list of what I’ll need so I don’t end up having to buy replacements, and figure out which bag it can all go in, so TSA doesn’t confiscate anything.
DramaDoc 5 years ago
I'm 43 with 3 MAs and a PhD. 2 weeks ago I spent 10 minutes ranting to my parents over the phone about a missing coffee scoop while tearing apart my kitchen looking for it. It was in my other hand behind my phone.
CelSlade 5 years ago
45, no degrees, but a bunch of qualifications, a member of Mensa and working at the courts preparing hearings; two weeks ago I took a serious problem to my boss - trials booked into the wrong court. Only realized I'd oopsed when she started laughing. I'd printed out the wrong court list. Thank god she has a sense of humour!
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Looked all over the house for a pair of reading glasses. Passed the mirror. A pair on my head, a pair in my shirt pocket, another pair pair hanging from the button placket, and, the best, the pair on my nose that I had been looking through and over the whole 20 minutes
Matthew Smith 5 years ago
A female TV presenter made the odd shoes Gaff last week!! odd-5f161a...ab7944.jpg 
mph seti 5 years ago
Being smart or accomplished doesn't make you immune to stupid mistakes. In fact, people with a lot going on often space out the simple s**t.
Swathi Hunter 5 years ago
Why do people keep mentioning their educational qualification and age I don't see how it's relevant to what happened
bryguy 5 years ago
I've gone on around 8 "all-inclusive" vacations and they always have started on a Saturday, the flights were always sometime on Saturday. So when we got to the airport a few hours before our flight time they told us we were very very late, and I was confused, I said noo... we are still early. She said your flight was yesterday. I've never felt so stupid. Why not look at the date on the ticket? Or the itinerary or something. Why just assume it was Saturday... The lady I dealt with was actually retiring and that was her last few hours of her last shift, she ended up getting us a few connecting flights at no charge that took 2 days, so in all we lost 3 days of our 7 day vacation. Not as bad as I initially thought, that we lost the whole thing, but still. Very dumb move, will never happen again! Also kudos to that lady who saved the trip.
Mark Johanen 5 years ago
Once I was taking a shower and discovered my shampoo bottle was empty. So I figured I'd use my daughter's shampoo. Squirted some out onto my hand and was just about to put it on my head when I glanced at the bottle and realized that it was not shampoo ... it was the hair removal cream she uses on her legs. As I am almost bald, I really do not need hair removal cream! I told my daughter about this the next day and she said, "So how long have you been using this, dad?"
Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
I have a Master’s degree, and I’ve done variations of a lot of these in the past, generally because I left too much to be done in the morning before work. That’s why, a few years ago, I started laying out my work clothes, shoes, and even underwear, the night before when I have the time to check them over and make sure they match. Plus I make my lunch, pack my briefcase, and put it, my keys, and my purse together next to the door, so I don’t have to scramble to find them on my way out. I have so many things to do when I get up that prepping as much as possible the night before just cuts down how much I have to remember to do before I’m fully awake. Same goes for traveling, and making sure I don’t forget anything. I usually also make a list of what I’ll need so I don’t end up having to buy replacements, and figure out which bag it can all go in, so TSA doesn’t confiscate anything.
DramaDoc 5 years ago
I'm 43 with 3 MAs and a PhD. 2 weeks ago I spent 10 minutes ranting to my parents over the phone about a missing coffee scoop while tearing apart my kitchen looking for it. It was in my other hand behind my phone.
CelSlade 5 years ago
45, no degrees, but a bunch of qualifications, a member of Mensa and working at the courts preparing hearings; two weeks ago I took a serious problem to my boss - trials booked into the wrong court. Only realized I'd oopsed when she started laughing. I'd printed out the wrong court list. Thank god she has a sense of humour!
Catlady6000 5 years ago
Looked all over the house for a pair of reading glasses. Passed the mirror. A pair on my head, a pair in my shirt pocket, another pair pair hanging from the button placket, and, the best, the pair on my nose that I had been looking through and over the whole 20 minutes
Matthew Smith 5 years ago
A female TV presenter made the odd shoes Gaff last week!! odd-5f161a...ab7944.jpg
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