Tell me your most embarassing moment which you still think about frequently, where actually you were being a dick?

Can’t stop laughing at this!

Omg 🤣

How did they react?

I was once in a meeting and a senior colleague asked me for the surname of the person speaking. I gave a famous persons name I think her first name was Victoria and I said her surname was Pendleton! Which was bad enough except I then said no sorry it’s Derbyshire! I then instead of just admitting I’d forgotten I tried to think again. Obviously the manager was sick of the lunatic trying to name famous Victoria’s and just asked the person themselves.

Mine is beyond embarrassing. I have never fessed up to it in rl.
When DS1 was in year 1 he was really struggling, (now I know he is autistic so no wonder.)
One of the boys in his class was having a party. Ds came out from school very upset, because he hadn't been invited. The next morning, I was talking to the birthday boy's mum and insinuated that her son told my son that he was going to invite him to his party and I was just checking we hadn't missed an invite. (God I'm so embarrassed writing this)
She apologised on his behalf and invited my lad.
He went had a fabulous time and I felt forever awful. Luckily it was a party in hall so no cost per head but still.
Truly awful. My only defence was that I felt so terribly sad for DS who was on the outside with everything socially. It was heartbreaking to watch.

I frequently get myself into trouble due to my extreme need for fair play. I get very passionate about queing etiquette, even when it doesn't really matter. Prime example is when I tooted someone who pulled in front of me at the channel tunnel terminal. DH then reminded me we were going to be stuck in the carriage with them for the next 35 minutes!

This was a few years ago. A group of mums from school invited me to a spa day. I was excited to finally make some friends with other mums. Anyway, the spa was very posh and it had gorgeous dressing gowns. Really thick and the length was all the way to the floor. So when we finished, I secretly stuffed the dressing gown in my bag🫣. As we were leaving, the alarm went off. The bloody thing had a hidden security tag! The embarrassment in front of these friends was unreal! I had to stand there and struggle to pull it out of my bag😳

I'll start!

About 20 years ago, I was at a charity ball which my whole company was attending. It was really, really dull.
I ducked out of the "entertainment" which consisted of unfunny comedians, and singers/bands who clearly hadn't had an adequate sound check, as depsite them being good, could barely be heard over the music. I took myself off to the bar, took my drink outside and just sat there looking at the view (Central London, Thames). A middle aged man, popped out beside me and said something along the lines of "having to take time out to calm yourself from the excitement" totally thought he was being sarcastic, so responded in a really sarcastic tone, something along the lines of "should have put it out to a panel to decide on this entertainment, it's dire!"
He looked at me for a good few seconds, responded "we did" and walked back inside.

I still get filled with absolute shame whenever I think about it.

I was young and a bit of an idiot looking back, but I insulted him so badly, I still burn with the shame and feel absolutely awful every time I think of it.

Commented on a work colleagues Facebook photo and said that the bloke he was stood next to looked like Paul McCartney. He replied that's actually my Mum

Brilliant 😂. What happened then, did you just drive off ? 😅

Year ago, I was lunch time browsing in the shops. I picked up a scarf and joined the queue. Around the same time a woman and her teenage daughter joined the queue. As a till freed up and I reached into my bag for my purse and the mother of the mother/daughter did an actual bunny hop to get in front of me. In my head I said 'What a bitch'. It was only when they both turned to look at me and the cashiers, I realised I'd said it out LOUD and I was as shocked as they were. The mother said 'I thought you were waiting for someone'. I couldn't loose face, so I replied 'I don't have time to wait around, I have patients, I'm a Dentist' and I threw the scarf on the till and flounced out.

What a dick thing to say. I don't know, why I said it. I wasn't a Dentist, I worked in admin. I didn't have patients and if I had, would I have left them in the chair as I popped out for an emergency neck scarf.

It was about 6 months ago, I can’t blame it on old me 😂

Background is my mum complained and kicked off about everything when I was a kid. I was shy, and then spent years in customer facing roles; and had never, EVER been rude to anyone in a role like that before.

I booked DS, who was 5, in for trampoline/indoor adventure park near us, on an inset day so term time, mid-afternoon, and it cost £26 which was mental, but I saw on their website if it’s off peak and your child is under 1.1m an adult goes in free. Except that page only related to one specific location, NOT our location. The man tried to charge me £26 for myself, to sit on a bench and watch DS in the soft play bit, and I just absolutely lost my cool, told him it was definitely on the website, then couldn’t find it and doubled down on it being on there and it being a scam 🫠 The poor teenage cashier! I left with DS (also something I’d never normally do) and felt so badly afterwards because it WAS my mistake. Pretty tame (as in, no shouting or swearing, I was just irate) but I’ve regretted it pretty much every day since 😬

Mine is beyond embarrassing. I have never fessed up to it in rl.
When DS1 was in year 1 he was really struggling, (now I know he is autistic so no wonder.)
One of the boys in his class was having a party. Ds came out from school very upset, because he hadn't been invited. The next morning, I was talking to the birthday boy's mum and insinuated that her son told my son that he was going to invite him to his party and I was just checking we hadn't missed an invite. (God I'm so embarrassed writing this)
She apologised on his behalf and invited my lad.
He went had a fabulous time and I felt forever awful. Luckily it was a party in hall so no cost per head but still.
Truly awful. My only defence was that I felt so terribly sad for DS who was on the outside with everything socially. It was heartbreaking to watch.

Gosh so many to choose from but I've NC'd for this because it's absolutely shameful and I cringe every time I remember it.

I was in the US, and was attending the New York Ballet. I'd never been before (to NY) and didn't know how to find my seat as the layout of the building was really confusing. I saw a man in a black suit with a black bow tie and a white shirt standing very still at the top of a staircase smiling, so I thought he was a member of staff. I asked him if he knew where my seat was. At which point his angry wife came barrelling up the stairs shouting at me that I'd photo bombed their picture and why had I mistaken her husband for an usher. I was so embarrassed I did the British thing of apologising and scurrying away and pretending nothing happened. When I got to my (shit) seat partially obscured by a column in a high spot with an oblique and sideways partial view of the stage, I saw them front and centre in the best seats in the house. I'm cringing even typing it out.

I've never even told my husband this because the worst part is, the couple whose photo I accidentally bombed were black and I was white so I just looked like a massive racist twat. I'm sure some reading this will believe that, too. It was indefensible really.