Embarrassing moments?

[TheGoofster]

While reading the thread about laughing when you really shouldn't, it got me thinking about embarrassing things that have happened to you (or to others you know), and I thought it would be fun to share some of these moments.

I have two, but the good thing is, that they both belong to my brother (which makes it even more enjoyable in my opinion).

The first took place while my brother was at College. He was taken a required Freshman course, so the class was pretty big (about 500 students). It was held in a small auditorium. My brother had the fortune of sitting near the back of the class. One day, during a rather boring presentation, my brother lost his fight with the sandman, and fell fast asleep. A few minutes later, during one a very quiet moment in the presentation he bolted awake with a very loud scream. Suddenly every head in the entire class was looking straight at him. Unable to leave he simply had to sit there, bright as a lightbulb, and endure all the snickers and giggles of his fellow classmates. The stuff that nightmares are made of.

Another time, when he was younger, he was coming home from school when he saw his best friend walking about a quarter of a mile infront of him. He started running as fast as he could, while shouting his friend's name at the top of his lungs. He kept running and shouting, all the time getting closer. Finally at about 50 feet away, his "friend" turned around, only to reveal that it wasn't his friend after all. Without blinking an eye, my brother raced on by the stranger, and kept shouting his friends name, as if the stranger might think that he was really trying to catch his friend. The fact that there was nobody else in sight didn't seem to matter.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I'll bite...

First one happened a few years ago, a few months after I started working for this company. I was wearing a pair of jeans that were too big and my shirt was stretched out as well. When I sat down, I didn't notice that my jeans slipped a little and my shirt caught on the back of my chair and rode up. The guy who is now my boss came over to talk to me about an order. He kind of looked at my back, a big grin spread across his face, and he very loudly announced, "You need to fix your shirt. Your purple-leopard Victoria's Secret panties are showing."

And my other best one was when I went to England on a class trip back in 1988. I was standing on the sidewalk across from Parliament, bending back and taking a picture of Big Ben. Then I turned to catch up with the rest of the group. Walked face-first into a metal streetlamp. Provided much amusement for the other passers-by.

 

[Phrebert]

The only thing that brings back traumatic memories wasyou can laugh if you want )
I was bowling in High School and was wearing shorts and was standind in the lane ready to bowl and I was deshorted. I dropped the ball pulled my shorts back up and drove home. It's funny now though.

 

[kaw1218]

this seems like it will be fun to keep up with....

 

[keliblue]

*******************************************ZSzeb001_ZSYYYYYYYYUS Our family has nick names for each other..


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DS = Shiver Me Timbers

DD = The Stelth Bomber (silent but deadly)
Me = Happy gas.. I tend to laugh so hard I'll occationally

 

[Jeafl]

Total cringe moment--

I had just started working at Walgreens corporate office, right out of college. I worked in the art department, and the area I was in was like one big cubicle with about 8 drafting tables. Everyone had their own radio that they played softly. Well, I was listening to mine and Bohemian Rhapsody came on the radio. Unbeknownst to me, evidently I started singing along. I seriously did not realize I was doing it. All of a sudden I saw my boss walk by with his face all red and you could tell he was trying extremely hard not to laugh. Then I heard this horrible co-worker say loudly "Oh my GAWD! The new girl is SINGING!!!!" I seriously wanted the floor to open and swallow me up. To this day, I cannot hear that song without cringing.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

A friend of mine teaches high school kids how to interview, and told me she tells one of my stories to her students. (I'm famous!)

I was going on a job interview fresh out of college. I was wearing a nice navy suit with a white blouse, and sensible pumps. I checked my clothes, hair and make-up beforehand, blew my nose, then headed in.

I had a rather long interview with two people, and while I thought it had gone rather well, I really didn't want the job. Good thing, since once I got back to my car and looked in the mirror, I saw a little white booger hanging out my nose...

 

[Pea-n-Me]

When I was in 3rd grade my teacher asked me one day to stay after school to help in the classroom. I jumped at the chance even though I wasn't feeling well. At one point, a wave of nausea came over me, and I went up to her desk to tell her I might be sick .... Before I could get the words out I threw up all over her and her desk! I'll never forget the look of horror on her face as she jumped up out of her chair ... I was completely mortified! She offered to drive me home but I was so embarrassed I walked. Not a good afternoon.

My kids get a kick out of that story since they're in 3rd grade now!

 

[DisneyfeverTN]

These are very funny! I have a couple:

I went to the drug store with my best friend. We were both looking around the different isles. I saw her down one isle, walked up to her and said, "What are we looking at." She turned around and I gasped in shock because it wasn't her, it was another customer.

I was in my early 20's when I bought my first car. I was so proud of myself and pleased to have a brand new red Camero with T-tops and tinted windows. I thought I was C-O-O-L. Well, I was driving with the T-tops off and the radio blaring. I pulled up into the parking lot of a strip mall and noticed someone dressed in an animal costume waving at everyone. I drive slowly past him and wave cheerfully. Then I noticed that it was just a robotic animal, not a person. I drove turned down my radio and quickly drove off.

 

[Miss Jessr!ca]

my freshman year of HS my study hall teacher was poundong on the windows to try and scare the pigeons away. it would work...kinda.
when they flew away, one came back and hid under the window and was making noise, she couldnt see it. so she opend the window and as soon as she sticks her head out the window to try and find it. it jumped up and flew away. she SCREAMED! and jump like 2 feet. teachers from 3 or 4 rooms down heard he and came down to see what had happend.
it was soooo funny.

i had her last sememster for speech.a dn she was pounding on teh widnows to scare them away. and i told her "just dont open the window" she looked at me and laughed and siad "OH dont worry, i WONT!" no one else in the room understood what we were talking about it was funny.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

I used to say that I couldn't remember any of my most embarassing moments, but DH gave me an unforgettable one shortly after we were married...

I'm from the Midwest, and when I married DH I moved to CA, his home state. I was warmly welcomed into DH's circle of friends, and about a month after we were married we were invited to attend a performance of Fame at a youth theater company to see our friends' son perform. There was one other couple who came with us, so it was DH and I and these two couples that I had only known for a short time.

I marinated some chicken that day to make for dinner, and had asked one of the women we were going to the play with for some advice in making it, so they knew we were having chicken for dinner before the play (this becomes significant later on...). Well, when DH came home from work that evening, he was in a bit of a frisky mood, so to speak, and one thing led to another, and we didn't have time to eat dinner. (We were newlyweds! ) We were a little late getting to the theater, so we just had time to say hi to our friends before the show started.

The theater group was selling pizza for a few dollars at intermission, and when the lights came up, DH jumps up, says he's starving, and announces that he's going for pizza. One of our friends said, "I thought your wife was making you chicken for dinner. Did you get home late?" And DH ANNOUNCES "oh no, I was home on time. We just had s** and didn't have time to cook the chicken." I wanted to sink into the floor! I barely knew these people, and DH is telling them THAT?!!!

Now that I know them much better, it's very funny, and we've come to use the phrase "making chicken" to mean s**. It's become a standard joke to ask us if we're "making chicken" for the potluck, and DH started a whole new round of jokes when he asked another couple if they wanted to "go in on a turkey with us" for dinner one night.

 

[Mumbling Jumba]

I have always cooked for my friends, and we used to get together every wednesday to shoot the breeze and I would cook. Well I never cook out of a cook book but I cook food from all over the asian continent. One day I decided to try this recipe for afgahni aromatic rice. Since I had never tried anything approaching this recipe, I decided to do it straight out of the cook book. We had the spices in and it cooked up, smelled wonderful, made our mouths water. We sat down to eat and it tasted like like someone passed gas in your mouth. I can honestly say I have never tasted anything quite that bad in my life. We threw the rice that was left in the dogs dish and he took one bite and tried to cover his dish with a rug.

I have never cooked that dish again and I read the cook books but cook it with my own flair since then. And yes the dog tried to bite me later when I came in the house with a bag of rice.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

ImarriedGrumpy - too funny!! Good thing the Tag Fairy wasn't around last night!!

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

When I was in 5th grade, we had a banquet to celebrate graduating elementary school. It was held in a nice hotel conference room, and there were prize drawings and a nice meal. I dressed up for the occasion in a new dress with pantyhose and everything... very grown up. Well, I went to use the restroom, and while I was in there, someone came rushing in the door calling my name. Apparently, I had won a savings bond (the only thing I've EVER won), and they were calling me up to the podium at the front of the room to accept it. I hurried out of the bathroom to accept my prize, and walk straight up to the microphone. I was so nervous, because back then I was terribly shy, and it got even worse when the whole room became silent as I walked all the way through the banquet hall to the podium. When I got to the front of the room, one of the teachers was madly gesturing at me to turn around, and hurrying toward me. I stood there, confused.... until I realized I had tucked my skirt into my pantyhose. The entire 5th grade saw my undies that day.

I don't wear pantyhose anymore....