Open mouth, insert foot

[Seafog]

I had one of those moments today at work, where your mouth runs three steps ahead of the brain.
A lady was at the counter to pay for her purchase, and was rummaging in her purse for her wallet.
She said, "Sorry, I find it so hard to see with this mask." and without thinking, I replied, "Then you should try using your eyes!"

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I was apologizing. Thank God she laughed!

In the moment, I thought I had just lost a great little job.

I wish I could say this is the first time my mouth has run away without me, and it will probably happen again, and it might not be with someone who takes it well.
Anyone else have a foot in mouth thing going on?

@nitsandwormsdodger exactly how stupid do you think people are? What do you think people think OP means if not that?

Absolutely I meant it as a joke!
Just one I should have kept in my head, not out loud, because it is a dad joke, and that implies a level of familiarity, and this was not even one of our regulars

Hmm not sure but I get the impression you’re rather impressed with your daring and had to share

Hmm not sure but I get the impression you’re rather impressed with your daring and had to share

I didn't get that impression at all and quite believe that the OP thought she might be in trouble.
And realistically so, it appears, judging by posters on here who found a harmless witticism, as it sounded to me, "rude", "sarcastic" and "unkind".

I didn't know how many people might actually to seek offense, when none seemed intended.

My elderly neighbour asked my ten year old daughter if she had a nice blow job instead of blow dry when we bumped into her outside a hairdresser.

Oh god OP, a funny quip wouldn't get you in trouble! I'm surprised by the responses here. Interactions like that are commonplace

@Bluntness100 um, not sure where you get that? Customer service is everything, and it could have got me in a lot of trouble, and embarrassment, even if so didn't lose the job.
Hence why I mentioned that in the first post.
Not daring at all

JackieTheFart then I must be stupid because I didn’t get it for ages! I read the op thinking ‘blimey, horrible thing to say’ as I read ‘use your eyes’ as in ‘you’re not looking properly’... until the Penny dropped and I understood the joke. So it was supposed to be a daft joke and came out wrong?

I was speaking to a client we were about to transfer a large inheritance sum to. I said he would receive it hopefully by Christmas "so that will be a very merry Christmas" to which he replied "well I'd rather have my mum alive"

WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING???

Fortunately he accepted my grovelling apology very graciously.

It wasn't until one of the PPs explained the "joke" that I got it. I would have found this really rude and not been happy at all.

@StCharlotte oh man, I am cringing for you

The best one I can remember doing was on the phone to my business bank manager. He sounded a bit distracted and then said 'hang on....' followed by a muffled conversation in the background. 'Sorry, Sadeyed, I've um... I've pulled over in a layby and um... this man came up to me. I think he propositioned me.'

I blurted out 'LUCKY YOU!'

'Oh no, he wasn't my type at all!'

We both guffawed a bit and then had to kind of remember we were serious professionals discussing serious professional things, seriously, in a professional way.
'So you're saying we need to wait for the solicitors to sign off on it?'
'Yes definitely, don't do anything until they've come back to you. Which I hope that man doesn't'
He squeaked with laughter and all I could hear for about 30 seconds was him trying to calm down, and then the line went dead.