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Tell me your awkward dumb moments

43 replies

Iwantafuckingbreak · 30/04/2021 18:26

Make me feel better for my ridiculously awkward and dumb moment today. In my defence I started work at 5am today so I'm tired. I went to the shop this afternoon to buy an energy drink, wearing my mask. Big queue behind me.

The man serving me asked "Could you do this for me quickly" and waved his hand in front of his face. So of course I proceeded to wave my hand in front of my face. He asked me 4 times, I fucking did this FOUR TIMES 🤦‍♀️ What he actually wanted was for me to pull my mask down to see if I was old enough to buy the drink. There I am waving my hand in front of my face like a twat. I didn't even realise what he wanted till he asked me for ID. 🤦‍♀️

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UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 18:31
Grin

I let my car run out of petrol once (idiot- I know) just a short distance from picking Dc up from a play date. I walked to their house and told them what happened and asked if one of the parents could take me to a stroll station. The dad did and then back to put petrol in my car, which I did. And then I got back in his car. Blush

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 18:32

Stroll= petrol!

smudgemylife · 30/04/2021 18:46

As a student there was always a million people handing out flyers, charity chuggers, people conducting research etc all over campus.
Walking from my building to the bus stop you could easily be stopped by 10 people, it was so tedious trying to zig zag around to dodge them on the daily.
One particular day it was throwing it down, freezing cold and I was in a foul mood just wanting to rush home when 1 guy was relentless in following me trying to hand his leaflet for shisha. Eventually I just snapped at him that I was a vegetarian and to bugger off.
He fell about laughing, unable to catch his breathe when he explained that shisha was a smoking pipe and not a type of kebab like I thought Blush
I wanted to die inside when he started loudly telling everyone at the bus stop what I'd said.

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 18:48

@smudgemylife he was a grade A dickhead!!

smudgemylife · 30/04/2021 18:55

All the leafletters were!
Another time I was with a group of friends walking across campus and they all accepted a leaflet so I put my hand out too so as not to seem rude. I didn't even want the bloody thing tbh.
He snatched it back quickly and said 'naaah you'd never get into our [night]club with a face like that'!!
Utter muppet

Musicalmistress · 30/04/2021 18:58

To be fair @Iwantafuckingbreak he should've just asked you to take your mask down instead of waving his hand 🤷🏼‍♀️

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 19:11

@Musicalmistress

To be fair *@Iwantafuckingbreak* he should've just asked you to take your mask down instead of waving his hand 🤷🏼‍♀️
Yeah, this
Aprilshowersandhail · 30/04/2021 19:15

No me but my dd.
Driving to work with her music on she noticed a few cars beeping and waving. She waved back.
Got to work and her tyre was flat and actually ripped to the wheel.
The other motorists were actually trying to tell her

She thought the road was just a sociable place!!
Grin

HuckleberryFields · 30/04/2021 19:50

Was checking in the car at the airport car park before my first holiday with my boyfriend at the time. I was about 21 (in my defence) and the woman asked me who I was flying with. I looked over excitedly to my boyfriend and cheerfully announced I would be flying with him! She then said, no I mean which airline... Took the wind right out of my sails!

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 19:56
Grin
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Iwantafuckingbreak · 30/04/2021 20:05

@Musicalmistress right!! Tbf he was probably just taking the piss after the first couple of times 🤣 I still can't even believe I was ID`d for an energy drink 🤣

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EventOfTheSeason · 30/04/2021 20:10

I'd just told a customer that it was actually my last day in the shop and I'd be going elsewhere. He held out his hand and I shook it, he was waiting for his change Blush

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Iwantafuckingbreak · 30/04/2021 20:18

@EventOfTheSeason 🤣🤣🤣 yeah that's pretty awkward 😆

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honeyytoast · 30/04/2021 20:25

That is exactly something I’d do Grin

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 20:33

😂😂😂

NatalieH2220 · 30/04/2021 20:34

I went to an opticians for an eye test. Went up to the lady, told her my name and appointment time. She didn't work there. Blush

Aprilshowersandhail · 30/04/2021 20:36

Totally misused the word pile..
Cleaning a house (my job) I obviously empty bins... Including the bathroom one..
Coincidentally the gentlemen had been having a clear out (house up for sale)..
I mentioned his pile was at last getting smaller..
I was referring to the oddments needing sorting on the kitchen table...
His face looked horrified..
Likely as did mine...
Blush

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 20:40

@NatalieH2220

I went to an opticians for an eye test. Went up to the lady, told her my name and appointment time. She didn't work there. Blush
😂😂😂

I was in Easons once when I was at college so around 16/17. I was with a couple of friends and spotted a woman I knew, went over and said hello and she looked at me blankly. I said “it’s me, uhtred” she said “I’m sorry I don’t know you” and I said “Jim’s daughter. You’re Laura, Ken’s wife.” She said “no. I’m not.” and I said..... “are you sure!” 😳😳😳

I asked a stranger if she was sure who she was!! In front of my friends. I’m a dickhead. 😂

BlueberryKiss · 30/04/2021 21:07

I came home a bit drunk one Saturday night, many years ago. DH says, "look, the answering machine is flashing".

There was a message on it from some random man about how he wanted to fuck me in various nasty ways.

I got the hump and did the whole 1471 thing.

I phoned the number, also got an answering machine, and let fly about what a filthy fucking pervert he was and called him a variety of other bad things.

Turned out he had called from his Nan's phone and I had left my thoughts on the answering phone of a ninety year old woman and the man had the wrong number which I found out the next morning when the old lady phoned and told me off for swearing.

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 30/04/2021 21:13

My cats caught a wood pigeon. It couldn't fly and I called PDSA out of hours as it was late night and I didn't want cats getting it again. Phone conversation went like this:

PDSA: Hello?
Me: Hi I've got an injured wood pigeon and I need to bring it down.
PDSA: Name please?
Me: Sorry, I'm not sure it's name, I only just met him.

The PDSA woman was asking my name not the pigeons GrinBlush

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 21:15

😂😂😂😂😂😂

UhtredRagnarson · 30/04/2021 21:15

Mr Woody Pigeon Esq

Aprilshowersandhail · 30/04/2021 21:18

Omg the poor pigeon...
And that poor old lady!!
Grin

FizzyPink · 30/04/2021 21:18

I was in hospital last year and a new nurse came into my room and was very obviously a man in women’s clothing. For some reason this totally threw me and when she put out her hand to see my hospital bracelet, I shook her hand instead Blush

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 30/04/2021 21:28

@UhtredRagnarson

Mr Woody Pigeon Esq
Awesome Grin on way to PDSA dd4 was talking all about her day. I said I know, dd, you already told us. She responded indignantly with "I WAS TALKING TO THE PIGEON!"