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AIBU to shrivel up and die of embarrassment?

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redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 19:58

I am quite honestly never going to get over this. It was my birthday yesterday and as my partner works away he arranged for something to be sent to the house, along with flowers and a helium balloon.

A few weeks ago we had a leak from the bathroom, pretty bad, leaking down the walls and through our light sockets. The plumber came and fixed the leak, however 2 days later it’s leaking again, no where near as bad luckily as we caught it in time. He comes again and haven’t had an issue since.

Today I’m sat having a coffee and I notice a patch around the same area. Furious I phone the plumber to tell him the problem STILL isn’t sorted and he needs to come back as soon as possible, as I’m meeting friends in another city at lunch time and I wouldn’t dare leave it like that.

Plumber comes, it’s not a fucking leak, it’s the shadow from the helium balloon.

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Cranberryavocado · 13/08/2025 20:57

Sera1989 · 13/08/2025 20:55

I called an emergency electrician for an urgent appointment as I’d put up a shelf in the kitchen and now there was no power to the whole of the downstairs so I’d obviously drilled through a Very Important wire and I was due a food delivery but couldn’t let the cold air out the fridge or freezer. After a very short inspection he diagnosed that I’d just forgotten to switch the power back on 🙈. I think he could tell I was pretty embarrassed as he was very kind and didn’t charge me

I actually was about to call an electrician last week as one of the bedrooms top light had not worked for a week and I finally got round to digging out their number, was about to call and had a brain wave that it could be the bulb.. it was!

Sera1989 · 13/08/2025 20:55

I called an emergency electrician for an urgent appointment as I’d put up a shelf in the kitchen and now there was no power to the whole of the downstairs so I’d obviously drilled through a Very Important wire and I was due a food delivery but couldn’t let the cold air out the fridge or freezer. After a very short inspection he diagnosed that I’d just forgotten to switch the power back on 🙈. I think he could tell I was pretty embarrassed as he was very kind and didn’t charge me

Scouting4example · 13/08/2025 20:54

GoodBones85 · 13/08/2025 20:50

😂😂

I would have done an impression too…….

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Me too!! 😂😂😂

Hardlyworking · 13/08/2025 20:54

I wouldn't worry about it. In a past life I was a service engineer for bosch. At least 2 or 3 times a month I'd be called out to a customer with a new appliance not turning on. Without fail the power lead wouldn't be fully inserted.

Always made my day as I was paid per callout 😂

Cranberryavocado · 13/08/2025 20:53

This is very funny and makes me feel better about the time I called the locksmith as the front door was jammed. And he discovered the problem was that I hadn't unlocked the bloody chubb lock 😂

GoodBones85 · 13/08/2025 20:50

NinaGeiger · 13/08/2025 20:49

He just meant "can you get the car to do it again"

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😂😂

I would have done an impression too…….

NinaGeiger · 13/08/2025 20:49

GoodBones85 · 13/08/2025 20:47

What did he mean??????????

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He just meant "can you get the car to do it again"

GoodBones85 · 13/08/2025 20:47

NinaGeiger · 13/08/2025 20:23

Took my car to the garage and said it was making a funny noise. The mechanic said "can you replicate it?"
I thought he meant can you do an impression of it.

He didn't.

What did he mean??????????

BMW6 · 13/08/2025 20:47

Years ago I called in an electrician because my cooker wouldn't turn on.

Turned out I'd pressed the timer button when I'd cleaned it so I'd instructed it to stay Off......

Amazingly he didn't charge me anything at all - I offered of course - but I think he'd enjoyed the laugh and was looking forward to relating the tale down the pub........😕

SellingBananas · 13/08/2025 20:40

I've done this too- but it was the shadow from a new lampshade Blush

NinaGeiger · 13/08/2025 20:23

Took my car to the garage and said it was making a funny noise. The mechanic said "can you replicate it?"
I thought he meant can you do an impression of it.

He didn't.

Absentmindedsmile · 13/08/2025 20:19

That was A Lot less of an embarrassing event than I anticipated. Disappointing

socialdilemmawhattodo · 13/08/2025 20:19

Gliblet · 13/08/2025 20:15

Brilliant 😁

My DM once took her car back to the garage after a service and complained about it making a knocking noise, going on at some length about the fact it hadn't been doing it before the service and all she'd done since was a 12 mile round trip for groceries.

After the garage had removed the rogue tin of beans that was rolling around under the passenger seat she did apologise...

If she drops in biscuits, chocolates and ice cream to the workshop team she'll be customer of the month!

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redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 20:18

Toddlerteaplease · 13/08/2025 20:16

I called my kitchen fitter back as I couldn’t shut one of the cupboards properly. The boxes inside were sticking out. I was mortified!

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Keep em coming you’re all making me feel better Grin

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SnackAckerTack · 13/08/2025 20:17

Gliblet · 13/08/2025 20:15

Brilliant 😁

My DM once took her car back to the garage after a service and complained about it making a knocking noise, going on at some length about the fact it hadn't been doing it before the service and all she'd done since was a 12 mile round trip for groceries.

After the garage had removed the rogue tin of beans that was rolling around under the passenger seat she did apologise...

I once had a whooshing sound in my car when I went round corners, luckily I worked it out that it was a can of WD40 getting squished

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redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 20:17

Gliblet · 13/08/2025 20:15

Brilliant 😁

My DM once took her car back to the garage after a service and complained about it making a knocking noise, going on at some length about the fact it hadn't been doing it before the service and all she'd done since was a 12 mile round trip for groceries.

After the garage had removed the rogue tin of beans that was rolling around under the passenger seat she did apologise...

This is hilarious! Hahah

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Toddlerteaplease · 13/08/2025 20:16

I called my kitchen fitter back as I couldn’t shut one of the cupboards properly. The boxes inside were sticking out. I was mortified!

Phoebesparrow · 13/08/2025 20:16

Not me but a chap at my old job
It was the hottest day of the year (2015) and the cold drinks machine had stopped working
We where getting it in the neck from customers (rightly so) and we where all stressed
Work called out the engineer at great cost
He walked in,glanced at the plug socket,plugged it in and billed them a small fortune
The manager had pulled the plug out so he could check something behind the machine and forgot to plug it back in again when he'd pushed the machine back into place
I won't say what the main manager said but it wasn't pretty

wimonnzy · 13/08/2025 20:16

I live alone, and years ago I called the police in a panic as I could see someone climbing in over my back wall (about 50 ft away), it was a dark night, I looked out before closing the curtains and nearly died of fright.

Those were the days when the police actually responded quickly, and they were there before I knew it, BUT I had on my big voluminous T shirt nightie with a fekkin huge Mickey Mouse image slapped to my chest.

To be fair, they went out the back, had a good look around, went around the lane and found nothing.

Dear reader it was the shadow of my neighbour's tree blowing in the wind.

I wanted to move away, but I'm still here.

SnackAckerTack · 13/08/2025 20:16

Haha

mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/08/2025 20:16

😄😄😄😄 thank you, op, for making me laugh!

Yanbu, its embarrassing, but you'll be alright, hes a plumber, hes seen worse!

Gliblet · 13/08/2025 20:15

Brilliant 😁

My DM once took her car back to the garage after a service and complained about it making a knocking noise, going on at some length about the fact it hadn't been doing it before the service and all she'd done since was a 12 mile round trip for groceries.

After the garage had removed the rogue tin of beans that was rolling around under the passenger seat she did apologise...

GeorgeSalad · 13/08/2025 20:14
Grin
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redbusbeepbeep · 13/08/2025 20:12

Naturally I’ve blamed my husband for buying me the helium balloon

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MalcolmMoo · 13/08/2025 20:12

Haha I wondered why the presents at the beginning bit was important 😆 this is so funny! I’m sure he laughed too!