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Can anyone beat this for embarrassment?

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Anchorsaweigh · 20/10/2018 17:38

A few years ago I was sick, really sick. Flu like thing.

But so was my dog. He needed the vet asap. He was being sick and verging on dehydration.

I don't drive and taxis won't take dogs so I had to get the bus.

I was really Ill. I feel like death warmed up. I went in my hoody and leggings with old uggs on and I left my hair in the bobble I'd slept in.

I managed to get through the appointment and got Ddog the antibiotics and meds he needed.

I started to walk home but started going dizzy, I was getting a temp again.

I called a friend who left work to come get me.

I was outside a Tesco extra and I sat down outside. No benches so I just sat against the window waiting for my friend.

And then...

A lady came out and tried to give me her change

I told her i didn't need it I was just waiting for my friend but she insisted and get me about £1.40

I was too sick to even fight against it any further so I just thanked her

My friend pissed herself laughing when I told her

Can laugh now but at the time I felt even shitter!

OP posts:

Horsemad · 20/10/2018 18:50

fussychica · 20/10/2018 18:51

Well that made me laugh and cringe at the same time.

I can't compete but many, many years ago I had a dreadful hangover after a party. I had to travel home on the tube. Felt sick as a dog. Got up to get off at the station and as the doors opened I threw up on the platform. Fortunately it was a Sunday morning and very quiet otherwise it could have been much worse. I was still totally embarrassed though.

TooTrueToBeGood · 20/10/2018 18:52

On a similar vein, i was waiting for my wife outside a shop drinking a cup of coffee and some fucker threw their change in my brew.

Chocolate50 · 20/10/2018 19:13

I once peed behind a car at the bottom of a car park & it drove off half way through, that was embarrassing

TeddyIsaHe · 20/10/2018 19:15

Chocolate absolutely howling at that! My word 😂😂

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/10/2018 19:19

Might have to try that when I'm skint Light hearted obvs.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/10/2018 19:22

Chocolate
Oh of all the bleeding cars in the car park. You had to choose that one to have a piss by.
You sound like me Little Miss Lucky (not)

LisbonFalls1958 · 20/10/2018 19:25

I once peed behind a car at the bottom of a car park & it drove off half way through, that was embarrassing

Just today I was thinking I'm going to give up mumsnet as I'm finding the threads a bit depressing lately, and then I read this. That's the funniest thing I've read in ages.

MawkishTwaddle · 20/10/2018 19:29

My dog once went mad with joy on seeing another dog on a walk, and lashed me to the dog's owner - a complete stranger- with his lead. He chased the other dog round and round our legs until we were tied together.

There I was, carrying a bag of shit, tied to a bloke I'd never seen before in my life. I had to throw the shit clear to avoid gassing the poor bloke.

Embarrassed doesn't cover it, really.

GreenFieldsofFrance · 20/10/2018 19:32

When i was younger i went to get the weekly shopping for my mum and the cabs used to pull up outside. I saw "my" cab and opened the boot myself and started loading all my bags of shopping. About half way through the driver got out and asked me what i was doing. Turns out he wasn't a cab after all and i had to unload while he stared at me, unimpressed.

Though pp's peeing behind a car that took off half way through wins...

5SecondsFromWilding · 20/10/2018 19:33

Possibly outing but fuck it...

The police once caught be eating Nutella straight from the jar with a spoon.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/10/2018 19:35

Mawkish. That sounds like the scene from 101 Dalmatians were Pongo and Perdy met, and had all those adorable pups, awwwwww

MawkishTwaddle · 20/10/2018 19:38

I moved into a house that had an alarm system that was wired straight to the emergency services. Of course, the vendors didn't warn us, so it came as a shock when I was cooking sausages one evening and a fire engine turned up.

I was so embarrassed I sent my then-DH to answer the door while I hid in a corner of the kitchen...only to be busted by a sexy fireman poking his head through the kitchen window asking if I was ok.

Oh god.

MawkishTwaddle · 20/10/2018 19:39

Awwlook sounds like it, maybe. Didn't bloody look or smell like it though...

Shitlandpony · 20/10/2018 19:41

I was on holiday and fell trying to walk in a sophisticated manner in to the communal jacuzzi. I am quite a chunky lady and there was a fair amount of water dispersal.
No one laughed though, four people gave me disgusted looks and got out straightaway.

yawning801 · 20/10/2018 19:41

Today I was at a train station and there was some selfish woman standing in the middle of the stairs, texting. I elbowed past her and said "Excuse me!!", only for the guy in front of me on the stairs to turn around and stare at me, thinking that I was talking to him!

The rest of you win though

fuffythings · 20/10/2018 19:45

I once was parked at Asda and got into what I thought was my car, buckled up went to turn the key and it made an awful loud noise after trying it a couple of times it still kept making the noise,then I heard a cough coming from the back seat, turned around and there was a teenage girl sitting in the back looking petrified 🙈 I looked around the car and noticed it was far too tidy to be mine then it hit me with a thud "this isn't my car" funny thing is even seeing the girl on the back seat didn't even make me question it it was the spotless interior 😂

barbiegrl · 20/10/2018 19:47

I was pregnant with my first child and someone suggested going to bluewater for Xmas shopping-traffic was at a standstill and it took us about 4 hours to drive there, followed by an excruciating further half hour trying to find parking-by which time
I was absolutely bursting for the lol-I jumped out found a car to have a pee, then jumped back in the car for the 4 hour trip home again!

TigerDrankAllTheWaterInTheTap · 20/10/2018 19:47

When my children were little I picked them up from nursery school once and we stopped at a shop on the way back for milk or some other necessity. They asked for ice cream. Cheerfully and firmly I said no, I didn't have enough money, another time - meaning I didn't have enough money on that occasion. We weren't quite on the breadline. Of course, the other reason was it was nearly lunchtime and I wanted them to eat their lunch. Also, I was (vainly) trying to teach them that we didn't have to buy treats every time we went into a shop.

An elderly drunk chap in the shop heard and said 'Och, Ah'll buy the weans an ice cream, hen!' (We were in London, not Glasgow, btw.) So embarrassing. I thanked him profusely but said no. I hope he wasn't offended. My children didn't help, of course, as they were looking all keen and bright-eyed at this kind offer.

Donthugmeimscared · 20/10/2018 19:49

On my first ever date (late starter at 19) I went the toilets and stood to let another woman out before me she walked out and as she went to say thank you threw up all over me. Needless to say I made a swift exit. Didn't put him off though we were together for 6 years after that.

HarrietSchulenberg · 20/10/2018 19:52

OP, same thing happened to me at Chorlton St coach station when I was a student. Had to change coaches and was sitting on my kitbag, waiting for my coach to arrive, and a bloke flicked 20p into my lap.

AuntyJackiesBrothersSistersBoy · 20/10/2018 19:52

Had gone on my first holiday with new boyfriend. We’d been out to a local recommended restaurant and enjoyed ourselves on a romantic night out. We were at the stage where you get up an hour before you need to check out your face and brush your teeth.

In the early hours of the morning we both went down with ferocious food poisoning. So, one loo. One basin. We both were vomiting and diarrhoea-ing at the same time.

Needless to say, I wasn’t concerned as much about my morning breath as the fact that my hair was stuck together with the contents of last nights dinner.

We lived together for 7 years after that and still laugh about that holiday!

Littlebird88 · 20/10/2018 19:52

leaving a v important voice mail message on a Drs phone and I without warning farted v v loudly.
tried to continue without laughing and complelty forgot I could have deleted and started again.
she hasn't called me back yet!

davisday · 20/10/2018 19:55

chocolate

An absolute gem 💎

GinandGingerBeer · 20/10/2018 19:58

@MawkishTwaddle and @chocolate your stories made me laugh. Brilliant

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