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Embarrassing moment 😳

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ConnieHeart · 11/05/2026 20:45

Went to a wedding yesterday of OH's nephew. Lots of his distant family in attendance that we hadn't seen for ages. As we were leaving I said goodbye to my SIL's BIL. I wasn't sure exactly how to do it as I don't know him very well so I put my hand out & he shook it(!) & I kind of leaned in for a hug (as I'd hugged his wife goodbye) but it didn't quite work out as he's really tall & I ended up just putting my cheek on the jacket of his lapel and just staying there for a few seconds as I didn't really know how to finish the very awkward move. I then stood back up straight and mumbled "goodbye". There should be a rulebook for how to say goodbye to people you like but don't know very well 🤣

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honeylulu · 12/05/2026 19:14

@Beastieboys that's hilarious. When we holidayed in Penang, Malaysia the bus stops are named after the nearest land marks, like Lighthouse Cafe etc. We were boarding a bus to head back to our hotel, Golden Sands. Husband got on and asked for "Four tickets to Golden Showers please" whilst I and some other English folk in the queue cracked up laughing.

Treacletreacle · 12/05/2026 19:21

I once worked in a supermarket and a bag was left at the checkouts. I looked inside and discovered naked pictures of a man with a large penis. Alittle while later the man called to ask if a bag had been handed in. I said yes and to come into the shop and ask at the tills and someone would collect from lost property. The man arrived later and before he spoke i said "oh we have your bag" and then suddenly realised he hadn't asked me yet so i ran off bright red.

gotmyknickersinatwist · 12/05/2026 19:28

SixLeggedSugarBug · 12/05/2026 16:40

I was in a club, drinks had been had. I decided to go to the toilet when I noticed the girl walking towards me had a smiliar necklace to me. I stop to compliment her telling her I love her necklace and have the same one.... only to realise I was talking to a mirror and that was my necklace (and me wearing it!)

😆

Flailingaroundatlife · 12/05/2026 19:30

Teacup40 · 11/05/2026 22:00

I'm having a bad day and that just made me laugh out loud 🤣🤣

So pleased it wasn't just me. I don't usually laugh at things like this but my toddler just woke up because I was cry-snort-laugh-shaking.

PlimptonInSummertown · 12/05/2026 19:31

Treacletreacle · 12/05/2026 19:21

I once worked in a supermarket and a bag was left at the checkouts. I looked inside and discovered naked pictures of a man with a large penis. Alittle while later the man called to ask if a bag had been handed in. I said yes and to come into the shop and ask at the tills and someone would collect from lost property. The man arrived later and before he spoke i said "oh we have your bag" and then suddenly realised he hadn't asked me yet so i ran off bright red.

OK I’m really cringing for you now! 😳

Linenspots · 12/05/2026 19:35

camerontucker · 12/05/2026 07:36

I went for an operation 35 years ago and the nurse told me to go and have a shower to prepare for surgery and gave me a pack with a surgical gown etc in it. I had my shower, put the gown and cap on and walked back through the ward(lots of beds on both sides, old fashioned hospital) and I heard an old lady saying to me ‘excuse me hen but you’ve got your pants on your head’. What I thought was a cap was in fact pants and explained why I was having to hold the gown shut at the back so as not to flash to the whole ward and why the cap had holes…

OMG, this has killed me 😂😂

franksmama · 12/05/2026 19:38

I asked a woman in the supermarket if she ‘needed a hand’ as it looked like she was trying to balance a lot of things at once whilst reaching for something else.

She turned and GLARED at me and of course I then notice she’s only got one fucking hand 😐

SpaceRaccoon · 12/05/2026 19:40

franksmama · 12/05/2026 19:38

I asked a woman in the supermarket if she ‘needed a hand’ as it looked like she was trying to balance a lot of things at once whilst reaching for something else.

She turned and GLARED at me and of course I then notice she’s only got one fucking hand 😐

I worked with a woman who had one hand and a prosthetic, and if someone said that to her she'd say "that's okay, I've got a spare in my bag" 😂

Tryonemoretime · 12/05/2026 19:52

I've been trying to read some of these to my husband, but keep snorting with laughter before the end of the posts. He's looking at me as if I'm completely mad!!

UnctuousUnicorns · 12/05/2026 19:55

Tryonemoretime · 12/05/2026 19:52

I've been trying to read some of these to my husband, but keep snorting with laughter before the end of the posts. He's looking at me as if I'm completely mad!!

I tried that with "I'm R/rich", it killed me. 🤣

Tryonemoretime · 12/05/2026 19:59

Mind you, I'm beginning to think that there are few men left who haven't been traumatised by women accidentally grabbing their 'meat and two veg'! 😅

ConnieHeart · 12/05/2026 20:13

Limth · 12/05/2026 16:35

I met my new boss for the first time in-person at a party. He was sitting down. I went over and held out my hand for a hand shake. But he stood up as I held out my hand and I didn't move my hand with him. So I ended up lightly brushing his knob with my fingertips as he stood up and slightly stepped towards me.

So that was nice.

🤣🤣🤣 that does make me feel a bit better !

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GinnyW · 12/05/2026 20:14

I worked at a supermarket when I was 16. This was in the days of little sticky price labels and it was not unusual for them to fall off. If we had an item with no label, we had to announce it on our tannoy with all of the details so that someone on the floor could check the price of the item and they would run back to your checkout to tell you. I loudly and clearly announced “Price check for KY lubricating jelly 100 g at checkout 16”.
I had no idea what it was for so it was delayed embarrassment for me, but that poor lady!

JohnTheRevelator · 12/05/2026 20:18

I think the wheelchair one is going to end up in Mumsnet Classics!

ArcticBells · 12/05/2026 20:20

DaisyChain505 · 12/05/2026 11:45

I hugged the man working in Tesco who I had stopped to ask where a certain item was. He put his arms out to give me directions and I thought he was asking for a hug so just went for it without thinking 🤣

Just the sort of thing I would do 🤣

UnctuousUnicorns · 12/05/2026 20:39

GinnyW · 12/05/2026 20:14

I worked at a supermarket when I was 16. This was in the days of little sticky price labels and it was not unusual for them to fall off. If we had an item with no label, we had to announce it on our tannoy with all of the details so that someone on the floor could check the price of the item and they would run back to your checkout to tell you. I loudly and clearly announced “Price check for KY lubricating jelly 100 g at checkout 16”.
I had no idea what it was for so it was delayed embarrassment for me, but that poor lady!

A lad I was friends with around the same age had that job. Once, a stock of items had been mistakenly priced too low, so he was tasked with correcting this. He proceeded to put those yellow star shaped stickers on them all, proudly displaying:

"WAS £4.99, NOW £7.99"

His boss wasn't impressed. 😅

LuckyPeonies · 12/05/2026 20:59

ShakyBake · 11/05/2026 22:14

I felt awful but she was ok but the bang when she hit was massive. What made it worse is I had never met them before and just remember saying sorry over and over and when I left realised I was still holding the handles and had to go back again.

So lucky she was uninjured! I must admit, my brain played the benny hill theme tune whilst reading. 😱

Mumandcarer80 · 12/05/2026 21:00

Oh and there was the time when I was 16 I was on a YTS placement working in a restaurant kitchen. It was pancake day and the head chef was tossing a pancake like a total pro practicing for a pancake day race. I was watching him and I just came out with your a good tosser Mike (not real name).🙈😂

CunningLinguist1 · 12/05/2026 21:05

Ilostallthepens · 12/05/2026 07:19

You were “still holding the handles and had to go back” 🤣🤣🤣 this just keeps getting better 🤣🤣

I think this is the funniest thing I’ve ever read on MN. Proper laughing out loud 😹 😂🤣

You need to search up “penis beaker” and “fishslice and lube” then

DollyMixture89 · 12/05/2026 21:17

ShakyBake · 11/05/2026 21:44

Once offered to push an old women down a steep slope (wheelchair) as her husband was struggling and both rubber handles came off and I couldn't catch her despite running and she smashed into a removals van.

That made me proper belly laugh

PlimptonInSummertown · 12/05/2026 21:24

Tryonemoretime · 12/05/2026 19:59

Mind you, I'm beginning to think that there are few men left who haven't been traumatised by women accidentally grabbing their 'meat and two veg'! 😅

I did it to my cousin once in the 1980s and I’m embarrassed about it to this day.

I mean they’re just right there at hand height 😳

BorisTheShark · 12/05/2026 21:28

PrincessofEuphrania · 12/05/2026 18:17

I was working as a relief catering assistant many years ago and so went to lots of different locations. On one occasion a very friendly girl welcomed me and said ‘ I’m Michelle whats your name?’
I said ‘it’s Catherine …I mean actually it’s Helen’. To this day I don’t know why I said Catherine. I don’t know any Catherine’s . I’ve never felt the urge to be called Catherine. I felt such an idiot and I had to work with her for days!

My mum was at work, and someone new asked if she had kids. “Yes, I have my daughter Anna, and my son Steven”.

my brother is not called Steven, or anything like Steven 😂

RugBunny · 12/05/2026 21:30

I once sprayed breast milk over an elderly lady’s back in the M&S cafe. Newborn baby unlatched, I was new to BF, didn’t react quick enough and a perfect arc of warm breast milk squirted the back of her faux leather jacket. I don’t think she noticed 😳

BananaSplitSundae · 12/05/2026 22:02

I was standing outside a toilet block waiting for my 8 year old son to come out, with my back to it. I heard him flush and then seconds the outer door opened and I shouted “Somebody hasn’t washed their hands….go back in there right now and do them thoroughly please, I know that was a poo.” Of course it wasn’t my son but a sheepish looking middle aged man who literally ran past me.

crumacrocs · 12/05/2026 22:22

BeardofHagrid · 12/05/2026 07:34

My friend asked for cockporn at the cinema once 😆

I checked in at my hairdressers reception.. “hi I’m booked in for a blowjob at 10.30”