I am mortified

[Mortifive]

Utterly and completely. And embarrassed.

At a petrol station earlier, returning to the car after paying for fuel, and I went flying. And when I say flying, I mean flying. I didn't stumble or trip, I flew.

And I couldn't have picked a more conspicuous spot to do it if I'd tried. It was a service station garage so a big and busy one.

Honestly, I am completely thrown beyond all proportion by this. It just made me feel old and stupid and pathetic :(.

I fell last week. It was in a shop with tiled floors and some steps, only 3 or 4 people in there. My feet flew from under me and I landed across the steps.
No one came to help.
I crawled upright and walked out. I am the wrong side of 60 and was feeling and looking rough. I felt stupid and old and humiliated.
I have big bruises across my shins where they hit the steps.

Sorry to read this OP. Ive had my fair share of falls - 2 in work and a number in public. Im not clumsy either, just bad accidents. It happens to us all at some point. I dont know why it feels so embarrassing. You'll be stiff and sore for a few days afterwards, take care of yourself x

I was a mature student at Uni. We had an exam and were allowed to leave quietly if we finished early. They propped the door open with a chair during the last hour.
I finished and went to the front to collect my coat and bag and in my rush to get out I caught my coat on the chair, dragging it with me, fell head first into the corridor and as I lay there mortified, the door slammed shut!
According to my mates also sitting the exam, there was a fair bit of laughter at my dramatic exit.

Thank you so much for all the concern - I have a few grazes on my hands, and my knees are sore - but otherwise fine.

And thank you for the solidarity in sharing your stories. It has made me feel better, although I'm sorry for anyone who has hurt themselves. I think the world is divided into two types of people - those who laugh when others fall, and those who rush to help.

Today has stirred memories of my first flight as a newly qualified flight attendant. I tripped in the aisle carrying a tray of chicken tikka salad which went everywhere - thankfully it wasn't hot! And I didn't faceplant, just found myself propped up by the trolley. Nowhere to escape to and hide when you're stuck on a plane ... :).

Thanks again lovely mnetters, and we must all take care going about the dangerous business of walking!

I think the world is divided into two types of people - those who laugh when others fall, and those who rush to help.

I like to think I’m the second type of person, until I watched this…

I have absolutely ugly cried after falling. It has felt like the entire earth is caving in around me. Worse if I spilled something while falling.

Hope you are feeling better now.

Aww hope your OK xx

I fall over a lot. The two most mortifying times that spring to mind are 1. I went to get on a bus and tripped up the step so literally fell face first along the aisle of the bus that I then had to sit on for the next half an hour. 2. While going for my COVID vaccine. It was in a car park so people were queuing in a line through the car park. I parked the car, went to walk across the road to join the queue and tripped over the kerb. I fell flat on my face in the middle of the road. Cut my jeans open at the knee and I honestly thought I'd broken my hand. I pretended to be fine as everyone in the queue saw me but then had to stand in the queue with a massive rip on my jeans and blood pouring out of my knee trying not to cry to get my COVID jab. I'd have gone home but it had taken ages to find where to get it done. I drove home with difficulty and actually had to lie down for a bit as I thought I was going to be sick with the pain. I still have the scar on my knee and honestly think it was the most embarrassing thing I've ever done.

My dress fell off in front of a row of truck drivers having their lunch in a service station car park. I felt mildly incompetent but my boyfriend took it worse.

I need to hear more about this!

I had an embarrassing accident recently. Whilst disembarking a rollercoaster with my DD I managed to get my foot caught in my opposite trouser leg, went flying, automatically grabbed for the nearest thing to hold on to (a random man) and almost pulled him down on top of me! Mortified at the time but can laugh about it now. We all do it.

😂 sorry for your hurt/shame!

I hope you somehow managed to get up, take a brief bow before limping off - ouch!!

I spectacularly double fell last year on my way to pick DD up from school,it was a lovely spring day and I was walking along thinking life is good and somehow I just saw the ground heading towards me!,I got up but in my embarrassed panic I didn't stand up straight enough and went to walk but as I'm quite top heavy I went straight back down again!,my knees and palms of my hands were black and blue and I was mortified!,luckily I hadn't reached the part where most people were so I don't think anyone saw me but I really just wanted to cry!!

Was there car oil on the ground you slipped on? I fell over in London Bridge in the Summer, but do remember falling over in my 20s too, in a shop doorway

Oh AssumingDirectControl I am trying very hard not to be a hypocrite and laugh at that ...

Oh Op, you poor thing. Hope your scrapes feel better soon. It’s definitely the shock that makes you feel worse, meeting the ground unexpectedly is never fun!

Ive had a couple of epic falls, but only one person each time to witness it. Once down a set of concrete steps from the front door of my flat - really blooming painful. And, more recently, got totally wiped out by a goat (who, funnily enough, skidded on really wet mud/grass and fell over) - he slid towards me like a footballer doing a sliding tackle and I went down like a plank of wood.

Slightly different scenario, but was out for a drink with a friend. She went to take something out of her bag, but dropped the item on the floor. She automatically bent over to pick it up, having forgotten that we were on high bar stools rather than normal chairs. Face-planted in less than half a second!

I don't think so. I had some lace up boots on that have given me some near misses in the past due to the laces coming undone easily. But even they weren't responsible on this occasion, all down to me just inexplicably diving for cover

Where did you encounter the goat @Furries?!

At a BBQ in a friend's garden which sloped quite a bit.
One rather overweight man was chasing his young son, lost his footing and, while doing a series of forward rolls towards the hedge, emitted a very loud fart.

I did something very similar the first time I met my husband, except I’d also been holding in a fart for about two hours, so when I hit the floor the loudest trump I’ve ever heard in my life was simultaneously released.

As soon as he knew only my pride was hurt he laughed his head off and I think that’s when I knew I would marry him.

Omg your description is so funny! 🤣 Not the actual fall of course xx

@Mortifive - luckily it was on private property at a friend’s place rather than out in public. I didn’t even have time to put my hands out properly to break my fall - ended up with arms fully stretched out in front of me, like a kid lying on the floor doing an impression of Superman 🐐🤦🏻‍♀️

Be more Carrie Bradshaw OP! If I fall I think of this scene with her very wise words!

Omg you're so funny!! 🤣

Oh OP, how awful for you. I have fallen a few times as an adult. Adrenaline seems to ward off the pain during the event, but it's so sore next day. And the humiliation. When I was 40 and newly pregnant with DS1, I lost all sense of myself and keeled over at the top of my mum's street. I grabbed onto a lamppost and swung right round like Gene Kelly in 'Singing in the Rain'. I still cringe from the inside out thinking about it. In Belfast city centre, at 7 months pregnant, I somehow sank onto my knees with no warning. DP didn't even notice and kept striding along talking away to me while I kneeled on the ground in his wake like a beached whale.

Peri menopause brought a few more falls, but they weren't in public thankfully. Ripped my hands and knees to shreds though. Hope you're ok, both body and pride