Strangest thing you have found embarrassing

[ElliotGoss]

I was waiting for a friend with a bunch of flowers for her. I found this so embarrassing for some reason! Something about standing on a street with a bunch of flowers. I also find having a baby bump cringe!

When you go through a door and there are people behind you but quite far back, I never know whether to wait and hold the door or let go !!

I once accidentally got into the passenger side of my car instead of the drivers side.

I decided it was far less embarrassing to climb over the seat, hoping that anyone that saw would think my drivers side door was broken, than it would be to get out and walk round.

When the cashier packs your bag for you and you're just standing there like a big useless lump. Where do I look? What do I do with my hands?

I am disabled and people hold the door for me often, I find myself doing a hurried skip walk thing so as not to inconvenience them. If I see door holder ahead of time I might suddenly take out my phone and have a fake conversation so they don’t feel the need to wait for me

If I trip and fall I pop up immediately so nobody tries to help.

i forgot about singing happy birthday ijm better now singing to someone else but i cant stand it being sung to me i dont know where to look or what to do

When the optician has to get up close and look at your eye 👁

@ceilingfaninmyspoon

When the optician has to get up close and look at your eye 👁

I burst out laughing once then couldnt stop everytime she tried. Mortifying

One of your ndn picking up a parcel from your house. In my case I feel like a can’t then leave the house incase they return home, come looking for their parcel, come knocking to an empty house! Totally nuts I know but what if that parcel was important, they needed it for a special event that evening!

I accompany my gran to bingo as she's a bit unsteady on her feet nowadays. Spend the whole time panicking that il win and have to shout. I only force myself to do it because she would never forgive me if I didn't and I can see her checking my numbers as well as her own. Was even worse at Christmas when they made you shout something Christmas related

@MrsMagenta

One of your ndn picking up a parcel from your house. In my case I feel like a can’t then leave the house incase they return home, come looking for their parcel, come knocking to an empty house! Totally nuts I know but what if that parcel was important, they needed it for a special event that evening!

I am totally over this. We made the mistake of saying we would take NDN parcels as I work from home full time. He's a very lovely widower who gets quite lonely and always helps everyone else out.

Started to feel a bit uncomfortable in December when my house began to resemble the Royal Mail sorting office and I couldn't work in my loungewear sans bra cos I knew he would be round every day at 3 when he got home from work 😂

Agree with so much of these! One of mine is when you’re making an appointment at the doctors or something and they ask for your date of birth. I have NO idea what format is the best to say it in. For example I’ll say (not my DOB)

16th of the 4th 1987
16 4 87
16 4 1987
16th of April 1987
16th of April 87

I know the question is coming, every single time, but it puts me on the spot and I feel SO embarrassed no matter what format I use! Sometimes I use a mish mash of any the above and end up feeling even more embarrassed 😂

@Widgets

When the plane lands and passengers clap and cheer!!!!! Makes me want to crawl up my own backside

Yup….

Grocery delivery, with bags it was quick now every bloody item is loose, hate waiting for it, hate being polite about their day, hate crouching on the floor to reach into the damn crate

@dementedma

Child performers Pantomimes Role play in work

I remember a couple of occasions at my in law's house when the kids announced they were going to put on a 'talent show'. 😵‍💫

Mortifying.

@Dogscanteatonions

On the odd occasion I am a bus wanker I have horrendous anxiety over when to press the stop button and when to get up from my seat. I am pretty much mortified from about 10 minutes before I have to press the button

Or if you misinterpret how close you are to your stop and ring the bell...but realise you were too hasty and the bus stops and no one gets off.

I feel like an NPC in a computer game with a huge exclamation mark over my head!

Taking donations to the charity shop makes me want to crawl into a hole with embarassment.

Breakfast buffets in hotels, I hate being at the front of the line. The silver serving dish only having a sad lonely scrap of bacon left and I'm wondering how long the waiter will be getting a new dish out, but then are the people behind wondering why the queue isn't moving? Do I look like I'm greedy because I really don't want the remaining scrap of sad bacon? Should I wave the other people ahead of me?

It's worse if it's a Premier Inn type place that has odd little nooks and crannies and weird staircases.
I get my glass of orange juice and then get confused as to which is my table, because I could have sworn it was that one but now there's somebody else sitting there.
I avoid carvery restaurants for the same reason.

Gigs in arenas, try not to drink much beforehand because I can't bear the thought of needing the loo and then trying to find my seat again. Asking half the row to stand up so I can squeeze past.
The concrete steps are usually two inches too high for a comfortable stride for me so I'm either over-stretching on each step or doing a childish stop-start thing.
Last time going up the steps the person behind me fell into me, which meant I fell against the man in front and I grabbed at his arse to steady myself, cringe.

Driving your ‘new’ car home and pulling into the drive.

I have never owned a brand new car but the occasional times I’ve upgraded to a newish second hand car, I can feel the neighbours watching me and judging me on my new motor!

I can only describe it as the same feeling when you buy a new coat, maybe a bit out of your comfort zone and you feel like all eyes are on you, my car is like my new coat in this instance !

I have no idea why this makes me squirm!

Surely we have enough here to commission another series of 'Very British Problems'. I wonder if other nationalities have these concerns or whether it is woven into our British DNA?

Taking off a hat in winter when I arrive somewhere.
I know my hair will look horrendous, but there is nothing I can do except try and smooth it down a bit.

@0blio

When everyone starts clapping along with the music at a show. I feel so embarrassed I just can't do it

And performers hate it. The song either singing or instrumental they have been painstakingly practising for months cannot be heard and dancers cannot properly hear the music to keep time. The only instance it's remotely acceptable is when a song/dance is repeated as the encore.

I’m not remotely embarrassed nor have given any of these things a thought. I’m now left wondering how many times I’ve inadvertently left another person uncomfortable

I'm with you, Sadie
When I was in my teens everything was embarrassing, all the time. Now I'm a middle aged old harridan and I really don't care.

@SadieContrary and @WeatherwaxOn
Word!
I hesitate to contribute as it's so mealy mouthed and pofaced to join a thread to essentially say "you're all wrong!" and some of the embarrassing things are funny or relatable.
But the notion that other people are judging us and we should be more self conscious is really damaging.

But the whole point is that we all know these are silly things to be embarrassed about - no-one is saying that we should feel embarrassed. Quite the opposite. We're chuckling at our little quirks.