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I just said 'bye bye. love you lots'

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AmyDudley · 29/09/2021 16:55

on the phone to the garage mechanic who has just done my MOT when he phoned to tell me when to get the car.

Why? Why did I do that ? he will think I am mad won't he? He already thinks I'm odd because my mileage is so low because I just pop to the shops and back in the car.

My DD was in the hallway and overheard me and was wetting herself.

Every day I find new ways to embarrass myself.

OP posts:

Unsure33 · 29/09/2021 19:18

Had a phone call for a colleague last week . I replied , sorry xxxxx is not available at the moment , he is in the workhouse .

I meant the workshop .🙈

MrsAvocet · 29/09/2021 19:21

My auntie used to work for the gasboard and we were quite used to phoning her home only to hear "Hello British Gas, how may I help you?" but apparently used to do it quite often when she answered her front door too, which led to a few confused delivery drivers!

girlmom21 · 29/09/2021 19:21

@BasiliskStare

DH ( when I was working ) once went to a junior school parents' evening alone with Ds. he sat down with DS & she knew who Ds was but , trying to be be helpful so she did not have to remember his name DH said "You can call me Daddy" - 20 years later he has not got over it

This is gold 😂😂😂

dementedma · 29/09/2021 19:29

I once drove a fairly senior military officer to an event. He was rigged to the nines, in his kilt etc. Drove him back to the barracks to drop him off where he absently minded kissed my cheek, murmured "love you" and got out of the car. I was in heaven for 5 whole seconds until he opened the door again, scarlet faced and mortified, stammering an apology!

Straysocks · 29/09/2021 19:30

Was very relieved to receive a call telling me a much needed health appointment had been arranged much more quickly than expected. 'Thank you,' I said quite quite sincerely, 'thank you so much, so much. You're welcome. Goodbye.' Why did I say both speaking parts? Why?

hedwigismyowl · 29/09/2021 19:32

Like a pp I had an extremely frustrating and annoying colleague who was massively procrastinating and had the same name as my husband.

In the end I just yelled to him in true annoyed wife mode 'for gods sake Adam, stop talking about it and just get on with it.'

He toddled off to do it. The room was silent. I just carried on and pretended I meant it and died on the inside! 🙈

Anothermuddywalk · 29/09/2021 19:38

I once answered the phone to my housemates Mum, who asked to speak to him. I replied "Sorry, he's not in today, can anyone else help?" in total work mode. She was very adamant that no, nobody but her son could help...

hippoherostandinghere · 29/09/2021 19:38

I'm my previous job I worked as a health care assistant in a hospital ward. One night after I escorted an elderly gentleman back from the toilet I got him back into bed, turned out the light and told him "night night, love you" 😲😂
He answered, "love you too, pet"

2389Champ · 29/09/2021 19:43

I rang a customer to arrange an appointment and left the company’s phone number to enable her to call me back - and realised after I hung up, I’d given her the number of the local pub! I often wondered if she called them and asked for me.

After a very fraught morning when my DD was very little, the house phone rang. I assumed it was my mother as I was expecting her to call. DD was that age where she was fascinated with the phone so I let her answer it and chatter on. She was talking about everything and anything and then announced, “And mummy has been screaming at me all morning!” A slight exaggeration by her so I thought I’d better tell my mum what actually happened. Only, it wasn’t mum, it was my doctors surgery ringing to arrange an appointment. I spent quite a few days expecting a visit from SS!! 😳🥴

PfizerMinnelli · 29/09/2021 19:43

This is my embarassing experience - having been digging in my pockets for change for the bus, I said to the driver 'Oh look, mummy has got the right money'. If only I could have become invisible at that moment. Needless to say there were no children with me at the time.

VodkaSodaLime · 29/09/2021 19:44

I was talking to a v senior manager about a project on a phone call, and when I was finishing up said “that’s great, thanks for clarifying that, love you lots bye”. What’s even worse was he said “love you too”. I put the phone down to my colleagues killing themselves laughing and the boss called back a few seconds later apologising for telling me he loved me!
To make matters even worse, about a week later I was walking outside the office and passed out. Apparently I came round a bit and one of my colleagues was knelt by me with the same v senior manager looking down at me. I opened my eyes, looked at him and said “you’re a twat” and passed out again. Had no idea I’d done it until I came back in a couple of days later and was told what I’d said. Went to apologise to him cringing and he said “it’s ok, my wife says that every morning when she wakes up and sees me”
God I wanted the floor to just open and swallow me up!

hippoherostandinghere · 29/09/2021 19:45

These are so funny, I'm actually laughing out loud! You can call me daddy! 😂

One time in subway they asked me what salad I would like on my sandwich and I asked for lettuce, tomato and computers, obviously I meant cucumber

LeroyJenkinssss · 29/09/2021 19:50

When I was a teenager dating my now DH, back in the day when people only really had landlines, I rang him and thought he sounded really off with his hello. So I indignantly said “what’s up with you grumpy bum?!”. It was his rather straight laced dad! So I hung up on him without saying another word. We’ve never spoken about it over twenty years later.

2389Champ · 29/09/2021 19:56

@hedwigismyowl

Like a pp I had an extremely frustrating and annoying colleague who was massively procrastinating and had the same name as my husband.

In the end I just yelled to him in true annoyed wife mode 'for gods sake Adam, stop talking about it and just get on with it.'

He toddled off to do it. The room was silent. I just carried on and pretended I meant it and died on the inside! 🙈

Not dissimilar experience.

The whole family was visiting a museum and we were in a particular gallery full of glass cabinets with fragile items inside. The lighting was low to highlight the displays too. I warned my 6 year old DS that he would have to be sensible and to try and be patient as we wouldn’t be in there too long. Understandably, he got fidgety so I upped the anti slightly reminded him how precious and old the things were.

A minute later, he hurtled past me at full tilt and hit one of the cabinets which shook but held steady! I roared at him and said that was exactly why we don’t run around in places like this etc etc.

Only, it wasn’t my son. 🤦‍♀️ It was someone else’s who was around the same age/build and dressed in a similar way. I suddenly realised my lad was standing just behind me. The parents apologised profusely for their son’s behaviour and assured me they would certainly be speaking to him about it. I tried to assure them I wasn’t annoyed at all with their boy and I hadn’t intended being so scary but the more I dug, the worse it got.

PicsInRed · 29/09/2021 19:57

@Sparklfairy

I was away with the fairies the other day in a shop, so when the cashier said, 'do you want the receipt?' I mangled together about four different unrelated answers, something along the lines of, 'no thanks, you? I'm very well, thank you, yeah, no, yeah, um, bye.'

Kanaloa · 29/09/2021 20:07

@Anothermuddywalk

Love the idea of you offering ‘son phone calls’ and listening to his mum’s family gossip when he was not available.

Explosivefarts · 29/09/2021 20:08

I have worked in call centres in the past and the amount of customers who say love you bye was unbelievable

Tiredmum12389 · 29/09/2021 20:10

I once asked an emergency response 999 for a taxi. I was in total panic at the situation and for some reason asked for a taxi. I then panicked and hung up. I don't ever call for a taxi so no idea where it came from

imtsrgw · 29/09/2021 20:13

I once called a customer at work 'Dad' She was not pleased.

A few months ago I got a tesco delivery, As he was walking back to his van the driver told me he loved me, Once it hit him what he said he walked back to me, apologised, and told me I reminded him of his mum. He was a good 20 years older than me.

SpikeyFloof · 29/09/2021 20:17

I said "good girl, well done" to the waitress in Tesco cafe after she set our plates on the table. I was having 2 simultaneous conversations with preschoolers at that moment and got muddled up.

HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime · 29/09/2021 20:19

I remember calling my geography teacher 'Dad' in a deadly silent classroom in Yr 11.

I teach now and I get called 'mum' all the time because the students are on autopilot, I prefer that to being called 'Sir' which often happens too followed by the mortified student apologising.

MargaretThursday · 29/09/2021 20:20

He'll just think you're hoping for petrol at the moment.

BasiliskStare · 29/09/2021 20:21

@2389Champ - sounds a bit like me and the open air museum - they can look the same

Elderflower14 · 29/09/2021 20:26

Mum and I walked to the shop where I work this morning. On the way I stopped to talk to one of my customers and his dog. I made a fuss of the dog and as I went to walk away I said "Goodbye gorgeous boy!"
I said to Mum that I hoped the man knew I was referring to the dog!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

Livpool · 29/09/2021 20:28

😂😂😂

When I worked in insurance claims a customer said "ok thanks sexy, see you later".

I then heard him say "oh fuck"! God knows who/what he was thinking about

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