Because of my shyness I came out of a chip shop with a portion of fish...

OSET yes!!!!!

In a hotel I put a couple of crackers and several pieces of tasty looking cheese on my plate.

I popped the entire cheese lump in my mouth to chew, then realised it was a thoughtfully pre-cut large rectangle of unsalted butter.

I carried on regardless because I was too embarrassed to spit it out!!

Some of these have got me in stitches!

walnutwhiplash what on earth did you do with 20 loaves??!

OSETmum

I got caught by one of those assistants in Debenhams who get you to try on various cosmetics - my only defence is that I was with my mum , and she just can't bring herself to walk past ....

An hour later , I was wearing a complete face full of slap a la Katie Price ( I wear makeup about twice a year and that's usually not much) , had a bag full of Clarins , and a substantially larger amount on my credit card . DH was so stunned he took a picture for posterity . And took about an hour to stop laughing .

I recently spent over 5€ on the tiniest punnet of strawberries in Paris because the woman on the till had spent so long running around trying to find the price. DH looked at me like as I handed over the money but I was too British to say anything

I used to do some freelance work for an elderly gentleman with Parkinson's. He was asking me how much he owed me, I said £25, he thought I said £5 and proceeded to give me £5. I mumbled the correct figure a couple of times but felt really awkward, so just took the fiver.

Serafinaaa really giggling at your ping ping ball.

I once ate custard on my potatoes as I thought it was cheese sauce (canteen style situation and the custard was just in amongst all the veg, gravy etc).

Smeaton - I nearly did it today. Sometimes I walk to work, sometimes I walk halfway and then catch the bus. Today I was going to walk all the way, then thought sod it and turned back for the bus stop I'd just passed. There was no-one else around - no-one gave a flying fuck that I'd done an about turn. But I slunk back - if I could have crawled, I would have. It was ridiculous.

A lady at my local shops was convinced I was her nieces friend from primary school, after daily "yes you are, don't you remember her 10th birthday party I still have pictures of you and her together" in the end I went along with it for an easy life, until she was with her niece one day then it ended with the woman AND me convincing her we went primary school together 😂😂

Most of the time I'm Mrs Super Assertive, but occasionally, it just disappears and I'm left floundering. I was in a posh hotel at a "do" and ended up paying £12.20 (!) for a glass of Baileys. Normally I'd just say "£12.20? I'm not paying that!" and walk off but for some reason I reached into my purse and handed over the money.

Next time someone snips about "no such thing as female socialisation to be nice", I shall refer them to this thread!

Smeaton regularly
Usually whip out my phone and have a pretend conversation with someone who needs me back the other way
What a loser!

@Smeaton Daily. 😂

Spent £400 on a bloody beautiful cape when I was pissed shopping in ted baker and the man chose it for me and said it suited me
Pathetic 😂😂
Ridiculously, I had picked up some coats and saw the price and thought, "hmm, I'm not spending £270 on a coat that isn't even waterproof and doesn't have a hood!" Didn't even look at the bloody price of the cape as just presumed it would be less than the coats what with it literally being a bit of material with arm holes cut out! Still no hood and a mix of cashmere and lambs wool so completely impractical but so so beautiful. I have no regrets!

I walk through boots on my way to work, one morning the security guard caught my eyes and I felt compelled to buy something as I thought since I was empty handed he would think I was a thief.

I walked out of boots with a meal deal for lunch.. I had brought my lunch with me that day. Waste of £4.

Realising in my early-40s that everyone is wrapped up in their own dramas and that no one gives a shit has been SO liberating.

In my old job my boss spelled my name wrong on all the HR forms. It meant my email and phone ID that flashes up both were spelled wrong. I didn't dare say anything so lived with being mis-spelt. But by the time I left, lots of colleagues I still worked with in my next job carried on spelling me wrongly, and by then I couldn't say anything.

I had to actually get married, to rectify that...

Oh, here you all are!

Yep, have done about 90% of these.

Oh yes, like the embarrassing item was an "afterthought" while you were grocery shopping..."now let me see...we need leeks, ham, bread, milk.....oh and while I'm here I might just grab a pregnancy test as well!" Yup, been there.

I was called the wrong name (and everybody in the room knew it) by a uni tutor for a whole term because I was too shy to correct her on day one.

It wasn't even a slight error (e.g. Kelly rather than Kerry). It was a completely different name.

I asked for a peppermint tea at the work cafe today but got just a normal tea instead (with no milk.) I just drank it until my friend noticed and asked why I was drinking black tea when I'd ordered peppermint - I was hoping she wouldn't notice...but the guy behind the counter was new and I didn't want to hurt his feelings!