Potentially embarrassing moments - Page 2

scaeagles · 05-08-2008, 05:27 PM

Before I started working for myself, I got a phone call at my office and the receptionist told me it was my wife. I answered by speaking to her suggestively in frech, but it wasn't my wife, it was a work contact at a very important client. She spoke french. Oops.

LSPoorEeyorick · 05-08-2008, 06:10 PM

I just had a non-near-miss, i.e. an actual embarrassing experience.

I end every conversation with my husband with the same terms of endearment every time. I was just on the phone with a coworker who was doing something nice to me, and without thinking I said the terms of endearment. OOPS!

€uroMeinke · 05-08-2008, 06:19 PM

At the previous Car-b-Que, Zapppop sent me photos from his cell phone of the gay porn he had planted. Often images sent to my cell phone don't show up for days. This time it was later in the week - while I was at work - in a meeting - and I forgot to check who it was from before I opened it.

Gn2Dlnd · 05-08-2008, 08:13 PM

Planted?

Kinky.

I've been on the receiving end of two embarrassing moments. The first was years ago. I answered my phone to, "Is this Jim?" "Yeah," I said. "Hey, this is Danny DeVito!" We chatted for a minute or two before I finally asked him if he knew I was the Jim from the toystore he and his wife shopped at. It turns out that his wife, the talented and lovely Rhea Perlman, had left my phone number sitting on their kitchen counter, he thought I was an old college or Army buddy or something, and called me out of the blue.
The second was at one of my markets recently. A kid that stops by for samples every couple of weeks ended his visit with, "I love you." Poor guy. Embarrassed hardly covers it. "That's how I say goodbye to my parents!" was all he could squeak out as he beat a hasty retreat. All I could think of to say, and to not dig his hole deeper, was, "Well that's a nice thing for anyone to hear. See you later." Oy.

wendybeth · 05-08-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I don't have any potentially embarassing moments ... just lots of actually embarassig ones!

Same here, but switch up actually to acutely and that would pretty much sum up my entire life. I excel at embarrassing myself, and now I've got a kid to mortify as well!

Alex · 05-08-2008, 09:04 PM

A few years ago I had an evening deployment at work. This started around 8:30 p.m. so that was a few hours I could go to a going-away party from someone at the office.

Get there about 5:30 and since I have a bit of a reputation for succumbing to food dares, someone dared me to do five shots in five minutes. Five different shots, and they chose them.

So, of course, I agree (still several hours until I have to be back at work).

Gin
Tequila
Whiskey
Kahlua
and something I forget what it was except very thick and very dark and a French sounding name.

Not one to lollygag, instead of taking my allotted five minutes I just did them in about 15 seconds. Bang bang bang bang bang.

And I'd already had a gin and tonic.

Much acclaim and adulation.

Then not 10 minutes later I get a call that I need to be back at the office ASAP.

Potential catastrophe but somehow I got through the evening without most people ever realizing I was pretty drunk for most of it.

Unfortunately, the other story of extreme workplace drinking did end up in real embarrassment and I won't be sharing that story.

lashbear · 05-08-2008, 10:48 PM

Diarrhoea in a sleeping bag is probably my worst, but I'm not telling where, when or why.

CoasterMatt · 05-08-2008, 11:03 PM

I threw up at work, while some delighted guests videotaped the whole thing and laughed.

Morrigoon · 05-08-2008, 11:50 PM

I threw up in someone's bathtub on our first date. Can't believe he's still with me

MouseWife · 05-09-2008, 12:22 AM

No potential moments here....

But, one I will share that isn't so bad. My husband always had people and employees calling our home phone. I always seemed to be answering these calls. One friend always played tricks on me, saying I'd won the lottery and things like that.

Well, one time I answer the phone and the guy speaks and he has a really strong accent. I think it is the jokester and imitate him back, as good as I could. I get back a confused response and realize it isn't the jokester but rather a friend with a very strong Spanish accent.....

05-08-2008, 05:27 PM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Before I started working for myself, I got a phone call at my office and the receptionist told me it was my wife. I answered by speaking to her suggestively in frech, but it wasn't my wife, it was a work contact at a very important client. She spoke french. Oops.
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05-08-2008, 06:10 PM	#12
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	I just had a non-near-miss, i.e. an actual embarrassing experience. I end every conversation with my husband with the same terms of endearment every time. I was just on the phone with a coworker who was doing something nice to me, and without thinking I said the terms of endearment. OOPS!
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05-08-2008, 06:19 PM	#13
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	At the previous Car-b-Que, Zapppop sent me photos from his cell phone of the gay porn he had planted. Often images sent to my cell phone don't show up for days. This time it was later in the week - while I was at work - in a meeting - and I forgot to check who it was from before I opened it. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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05-08-2008, 08:13 PM	#14
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Planted? Kinky. I've been on the receiving end of two embarrassing moments. The first was years ago. I answered my phone to, "Is this Jim?" "Yeah," I said. "Hey, this is Danny DeVito!" We chatted for a minute or two before I finally asked him if he knew I was the Jim from the toystore he and his wife shopped at. It turns out that his wife, the talented and lovely Rhea Perlman, had left my phone number sitting on their kitchen counter, he thought I was an old college or Army buddy or something, and called me out of the blue. The second was at one of my markets recently. A kid that stops by for samples every couple of weeks ended his visit with, "I love you." Poor guy. Embarrassed hardly covers it. "That's how I say goodbye to my parents!" was all he could squeak out as he beat a hasty retreat. All I could think of to say, and to not dig his hole deeper, was, "Well that's a nice thing for anyone to hear. See you later." Oy. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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05-08-2008, 09:04 PM	#16
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	A few years ago I had an evening deployment at work. This started around 8:30 p.m. so that was a few hours I could go to a going-away party from someone at the office. Get there about 5:30 and since I have a bit of a reputation for succumbing to food dares, someone dared me to do five shots in five minutes. Five different shots, and they chose them. So, of course, I agree (still several hours until I have to be back at work). Gin Tequila Whiskey Kahlua and something I forget what it was except very thick and very dark and a French sounding name. Not one to lollygag, instead of taking my allotted five minutes I just did them in about 15 seconds. Bang bang bang bang bang. And I'd already had a gin and tonic. Much acclaim and adulation. Then not 10 minutes later I get a call that I need to be back at the office ASAP. Potential catastrophe but somehow I got through the evening without most people ever realizing I was pretty drunk for most of it. Unfortunately, the other story of extreme workplace drinking did end up in real embarrassment and I won't be sharing that story.
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05-08-2008, 10:48 PM	#17
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Diarrhoea in a sleeping bag is probably my worst, but I'm not telling where, when or why. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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05-08-2008, 11:03 PM	#18
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	I threw up at work, while some delighted guests videotaped the whole thing and laughed. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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05-08-2008, 11:50 PM	#19
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I threw up in someone's bathtub on our first date. Can't believe he's still with me __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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05-09-2008, 12:22 AM	#20
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	No potential moments here.... But, one I will share that isn't so bad. My husband always had people and employees calling our home phone. I always seemed to be answering these calls. One friend always played tricks on me, saying I'd won the lottery and things like that. Well, one time I answer the phone and the guy speaks and he has a really strong accent. I think it is the jokester and imitate him back, as good as I could. I get back a confused response and realize it isn't the jokester but rather a friend with a very strong Spanish accent..... __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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