She did it purpose, surely?

[BastardBiscuits]

Went for lunch with a friend and she kindly offered me a lift home. In the car I told her I was expecting an important phone call from my granddaughters social worker and was she ok with me taking it in the car. She laughed and said it was fine and that I didn’t need to ask.

Surely enough SW rang and I answered. A few minutes into the conversation friend let out an almighty obnoxious belch. I swear I felt the car rumble. SW literally stopped talking mid sentence and then, after a few seconds of awkward silence she tried to carry on where she left off saying “ummm ... I’ve lost my train of thought, where was I?”

I was mortified. I don’t believe this was an accident so why would she do that? Or am I over thinking it?

I just hope SW didn’t think it was me.

@Mammaaof

Im sorry but i found this way funnier than it is 😂😂😂

@Mammaaof I'm so glad you said that, I've literally been sat crying with laughter for the last 5 minutes

@canigooutyet

A SW was put off from a burp? Wow, considering the crap they hear and see this surprises me tbh.

The person had a meal and then later burped. Nothing disgusting about people burping it's a natural part of us like peeing, farting and crapping.

I've met people who burp and sneeze at the same time.

My dd farts when she sneezes

Plus in some customs if you don't burp after a meal the hosts are offended.

🤣@ILikeTrains one of mine burps and hiccups at the same time. Started as a baby with reflux and poor fucker never grew out of it.

This thread is comedy gold 😂😂😂😂

I don’t find it funny at all.

A grand mother was discussing her DGD care with a social worker and her friend did some really obnoxious in the back ground. Which probably left the SW if the OP was taking the issue seriously at all.

Har-Dee-ha-ha

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I don’t understood how people are finding this funny. I’m not a misery either!

Or anti-wind

My dd farts when she sneezes

Crikey that could go so very very wrong!

Those saying nasty things, just wait until you’re the wrong side of 45....you’ll learn!

You mean to tell me when you reach your mid-40s you'll lose all inhibition and rap out a burp like a bullfrog with a rocket up its end in an enclosed space while your friend's on the phone?

Sounds like hitting middle age is so much more fun than I ever realised. For my fun 45th birthday party trick I think I'll be teaching myself to belch 'God Save the Queen' ...

@EmbarrassingAdmissions
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My friends big brother pulled that kind of shit. You'd be talking to her on the phone and her brother and his mates would belch or shout stupid stuff. They did it all the time no matter who was on the phone. I recall once it was her college tutor. Another time it was work. I don't know what the people on the other end thought but I can bet it wasn't anything good.

If I was on a phone call with someone and that was happening in the background it would make me question the person on the phone's maturity.. Are they taking this stuff seriously? Are they having a laugh with their immature childish mates? Do they HAVE immature childish mates?

She could have held it in i suppose

[quote OwlBeThere]@Friendsoftheearth, no I can read perfectly well. Nowhere does it say this conversation was super important, or that the child is in danger of anything, people have social workers for a myriad of reasons.
But even if it were massively important, it’s still just a burp. If the friend had sneezed would everyone be carrying on like this? No. People are weird as fuck about burps/farts. As someone with IBD the ridiculous reaction to a normal bodily function makes me annoyed. Many of us can’t help it.[/quote]
OP said it was an important phone call. Right there. The opening post isn't even that long.

Here, I'll even help you. I told her I was expecting an important phone call from my granddaughters social worker and was she ok with me taking it in the car.

The social workers I know tend to value confidentiality over the etiquette of background burping. Because they're social workers.

Nothing disgusting about people burping it's a natural part of us like peeing, farting and crapping.

That’s what I say when I shit on my enemies’ pillows

Absolutely creased reading some of these comments 😂😂😂

Didn't she follow with an excuse me please? If it's out of character why would you think it intentional?does she particularly dislike social work??

@ChesterDrawsDoesntExist, i said ‘Super important’ in reply to comments about ‘a child’s future’ etc as if this phone call was life and death. We don’t know that to be the case. Important could mean anything. My point was more that people are assuming this child is at risk when SW can be involved for all kinds of reasons. For example, 2 of my children have SWs because they are adopted, so phone calls with her are important, but not life changing.
If it was a vitally important conversation then fine, that doesn’t change the fact that someone Who’s a friend doesn’t usually try and sabotage their friends, so to assume she did it deliberately is just odd to me.

can i ask what your friend had for lunch?

That’s what I say when I shit on my enemies’ pillows

@OwlBeThere well as it was only an important phone call and not a 'super important' one...

I'm sure I'd be okay with someone purposefully trying to embarrass me on the lower end of the scale important.^

/sarcasm^

@ChesterDrawsDoesntExist...well you see, you’re presuming she did it deliberately AND presuming her motivation when you don’t actually have the first clue if that is the case. Maybe she did do it deliberately, in which case she’s weird but its still really not that big of a deal to be so angsty about it as some posters are suggesting . But maybe she didn’t. It’s literally impossible for any of us to know.
I’ve already said I can see how the OP might be feeling anxious and that has caused her to react badly to this. But as an impartial outsider I don’t think it’s worth her worry 🤷🏼‍♀️

The op was on the phone to a professional, irrespective of the gravity of the phone call, emotionally mature people want to maintain some semblance of civility when speaking to people in that context. In this instance it was a social worker, presumably discussing the welfare of a child, it's not a funny 'my friend belched loudly at the vicars tea party' tale, so not sure why some posters think its an amusing anecdote to entertain future generations with?
if it was unintentional the lack of of apology, or acknowledgement from the friend would seriously piss me off (and the op hasn't referenced one). It's not something I would just forget, because it shows a lack of respect on the part of my friend and I just wouldn't want friends like that.
I also grew out of that stage where I found burping and farting amusing (aged 10 I think ?), so wouldn't want to associate with someone that thought it was the height to hilarity to let out loud farts and burps. So the friend would be getting bin bagged on that basis too.