Random shit that embarrasses you

[Sparklyboots]

.... I'll start. People peering into my shopping basket. I find it mortifying and feel inexplicably defensive (without really being clear what I am defending or for what reason). I feel the same whether it's tomatoes in the basket or condoms and pile cream. The self-service thing is such a relief.

Anyone loud and undignified.

People behind me in the supermarket queue checking out the contents of my shopping basket/trolley. I can feel their judgey-ness radiating off them.

Overtaking a fellow pedestrian then having to keep up the speed walking!

Not understanding a person who is not from this country and having to ask them to repeat themselves about four times. After two I start to die inside. I work with many and they must think I'm so rude as I often scuttle off because my brain is not wired to get past a Filipino accent.

I don't like getting parcels when there's complete silence while they fiddle around with the signing machine.and you do some weird scrawl that in no way looks like a signature, especially now when the DPD driver steps back, covertly halfway holds up their phone and takes a somewhat creepy photo of your legs, hallway & said parcel during a long silence without explaining what they're doing.... Cringe!!!!

When someone's skirt is too short and you can see the top of their tights. It's such an ugly part of clothing that should never be seen. It makes me cringe and feel mortified. I've no idea why.

@LubaLuca

Seeing someone picking up dog shit. It's so degrading, I take on some of the embarrassment for them.

This has to be the most ridiculous thing I have read on here in months.

Not me but my OH always feels her cheeks burn when buying toilet paper.
She'll buy anything else without an issue-tampons, pads, condoms etc, but she hates buying toilet paper.

When the teacher says ‘namaste’ at the end of yoga. I just can’t say it back. I sort of go ‘yeah, cheers, great, thanks’……… argh!

Haha, same! I'm ok with Omm at the end of class, but never can be loud with it.

It's such an ugly part of clothing

did you mean 'of the body'? Or that mini skirts are ugly? I'd say can look good on slim teenagers or on skinny tanned adults. Agree looks bad when it's wobbly - while that's fine on the upper body..

@Cloudyz7

I get so embarrassed if I walk into a clothes shop and I'm wearing an item of clothing from that shop and then see it on the rack. Such is the shame that I try and do a subtle u-turn and walk back out.

OMG YES! If I know I'm going to a certain store I try to make sure I'm not wearing something I bought there. Seems really stupid when I think about it now, but I get really embarrassed if I accidentally do that. I imagine other people looking at the item and then looking at me and then back at the item. Horrific!

I'm partially deaf, and get really embarrassed having to ask people (several times) to repeat something they've said. I'm a receptionist and take many international calls and have real trouble deciphering accents too... Its really embarrassing.

We had a shop on a town centre shopping centre. We had a member of staff join us when he was 16. In the same indoor shopping centre, about 6 shops away was a Superdrug. He was mortified when we ran out of toilet rolls and we gave him the money to go and buy a pack. He didn't want to be seen carrying a large pack of TT through the shopping centre. A few years later, when he had 3 children, nothing phased him.

@muddymommy

Overtaking a fellow pedestrian then having to keep up the speed walking!

I used to like pedestrian racing, when you are the only one who knows it is a race. Unfortunately I have recently realised that I rarely win now.

I still feel super embarrassed when I think about the time my DH and I misunderstood a sign at a Travel Agents. I'm in the US, her we play Mini Golf (I believe you may call it Adventure Golf in England and if we did it would have avoided this awful experience LOL). There was a sign that said "Mini Golf Weekend" and then had a price (this was like 20 years ago so I dont remember the price). We love to play Mini Golf so we excitedly went into the Agents to ask about it. Well turns out it was a weekend playing normal golf (which we dont play). I can only imagine the looks on our faces as the poor guy was eagerly explaining the package to us. All we could do was give the vague "we'll think about it and get back to you" as we quickly exited the place. It's 20 years and I still feel so embarrassed when I think about it, but really that was a poorly worded sign. It was a weekend of golf, no need to add "mini" to it. I wonder if we were the only ones to make that mistake LOL

@Snuggleworm

Doing a poo anywhere else bar my own loo. Or doing a poo if there is anyone else besides my own family in my house.

Obvs 😳

Wearing the same item of clothing as someone else.
I once turned up for a meeting for my child who has SEN.
The Educational Psychologist arrived wearing the exact same skirt as me. I don't know which one of us felt more awkward!

The portrayal of Welsh people on Tv

@muddymommy

Overtaking a fellow pedestrian then having to keep up the speed walking!

When I was younger I used to get annoyed when people over took me on the footpath. I remember as a teenager I'd get really annoyed and speed up walking. They'd speed up too to try to get ahead of me, and then they'd give up and hang back while I sped off at top speed. I cringe now looking back on it!!

@Fluffmum yes!! I thought I was the only one who found that embarrassing! Makes me cringe 😬

When you're on your own and stumble. Can't help but be mortified. Yet, the people around couldn't care less. But that little kid seen you and now they're laughing at you!!

@mylittleyumyum

My face on Zoom meetings, and not knowing who to look at while talking. Urgh

🤣 that reminds me , the MN on here who posted about a colleague who kept making eye contact with them…. On zoom 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was cringe - for them 😳

Arriving at a meeting late for whatever reason, and the door is closed. Oh God, do I knock and wait? Knock and enter? Just go in? And I’m a Senior Manager. It’s pathetic.

47whatwoulddexterdo

Filling the car with petrol
I hate it
Get really anxious
Luckily my husband does if as much as possible

Ooh, me too, and when I attempted to fill up last, their 'extra long' fuel hose wasn't fkg extra long at all, so I had to get back in my car, and move it to a pump on the same side as the filler cap (after having to wait for one to become free). Excruciating!

The beginning of training courses, before you all go in, the tea and coffee bit. You know nobody, do you just stand there with coffee and a Danish, looking around the room, or go and mingle with people who all seem to know each other? Or go and find a seat and look far too eager for the thing to start?