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To have done the most embarrassing thing ever

492 replies

faceonfire · 08/03/2022 11:46

Happened about an hour ago and I think I’ll need to go home and never come back to the office again

I work with a very very very handsome man. He was on the phone in the office this morning trying to sort out someone to come and fix his boiler.

He happened to say his postcode and me being the creepy wee lady I am put it into maps on my phone to see where he lived Blush

For some reason (and I still don’t know why) my phone blared

STARTING ROUTE FROM current location TO handsome man’s postcode

I was 6 feet away in a quiet office. He turned to look and I couldn’t even look up for wanting the ground to swallow me whole.

How do I come back from this? 😂

Please someone else tell me you’ve done something equally as embarrassing

OP posts:
AreWeThereYetMummy · 08/03/2022 13:30

Definitely you were checking if your boiler repair man covered his area. Your boiler repair man lives near you and covers x miles distance from his home so you were checking before offering the number!

olaamigo · 08/03/2022 13:31

I SO NEEDED this laugh OP thank you

mnnewbie111 · 08/03/2022 13:32

This is fantastic

FairyPrincess123 · 08/03/2022 13:33

@Whatterywhat

I'd syle it out and say his voice activated it?
Yes, but if OP says this she's admitting she heard him say the postcode and then recognised it when her phone said it.
DomesticatedZombie · 08/03/2022 13:33

Oh my word OP. Genuine guffaw here. I'm so sorry. Flowers

hippoherostandinghere · 08/03/2022 13:33

OP you are wonderful. Please tell me what you did after, did you blame SIRI and his loud voice?! I would so totally check out his address too because I'm nosy that way!

DomesticatedZombie · 08/03/2022 13:34

@AreWeThereYetMummy

Definitely you were checking if your boiler repair man covered his area. Your boiler repair man lives near you and covers x miles distance from his home so you were checking before offering the number!
that is very clever. Do that.
ShadowPuppets · 08/03/2022 13:34

Oh god most embarassing stuff on here is a bit pathetic but that's genuinely made me smile. Thanks for sharing, OP.

Also the Siri excuse is the kind of genius Captain Hindsight shit I would never think of at the time...

DomesticatedZombie · 08/03/2022 13:36

The only other thing I can think of is to make some recordings of random postcodes and directions and set your phone to occasionally blast them out into the office

'good lord, what IS this app, why does it keep doing this? Some weird new directions finder with voice activation but it seems REALLY glitchy'

Playplayaway · 08/03/2022 13:39

This was many many years ago but I still cringe. My boss bought his dog into the office briefly one day. The dog was sniffing my shoes and I said 'Oh he can probably smell my pussy' (meaning my cat). I was mortified and made an excuse to leave the room and could barely look him in the eye again. I was young and very easily embarrassed Blush

BakerMan · 08/03/2022 13:39

That is actually really embarrassing. Sorry op.

gingerhills · 08/03/2022 13:42

@Loginmystery - you can't say that and then not share.

NellyDElephant · 08/03/2022 13:43

@mylittleyumyum

Op, I love you - this is the kind of thing I'd do.

In the early days of Facebook (before I had the app) I tried searching up a handsome friend of a friend, except I accidentally made his full name my status and it stayed up all night, and the following day while I was at work.

When I got home and checked my laptop I nearly died on the spot.

My DM did this - with my DB's name. Why she would need to look up DB on facebook, I do not know, as she speaks to him every single day without fail, but bless her, her status was just his full name in capitals, for quite some time! Aw. I kept singing the 'Barbra Streisand' song by Duck Sauce to her, except replacing Barbra Streisand with DB's name Grin
LookItsMeAgain · 08/03/2022 13:44

I'm sorry, what now? Did his house match his face???

How does one work out if a house matches someone's face???

Do you mean did he look as surprised as this:

To have done the most embarrassing thing ever
DomesticatedZombie · 08/03/2022 13:44

@UnUdderOne

This is brilliant. What's happened to OP?
She's left the country and is starting a new life in Venezuela.
BurntO · 08/03/2022 13:44

That is horrific OP, I would want to die. I’d 100% also blame it on some kind of Siri fuck up. P.s I am also equally nosy so don’t blame you at all.

LookItsMeAgain · 08/03/2022 13:44

Maybe this is more his style:

To have done the most embarrassing thing ever
DaggerIsle · 08/03/2022 13:46

God I love embarrassing stories.

Reminds me of the 'minge' thread years ago...

ilovesushi · 08/03/2022 13:47

Hilarious! That is so brilliant! Are you the real life Bridget Jones?

Rosehugger · 08/03/2022 13:48

Yeah you can just style that one out "Christ, what is it doing now?"

Not so much the Facebook one. I've seen older members of the family do that and it's hilarious.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 08/03/2022 13:49

Definitely agree that Siri did it!

Hellodarknessmyoldpal · 08/03/2022 13:50

Go chap his door and apologise. Make sure you have a bottle of wine with you.

Kidding don't do that. Your OP made me laugh out loud. I would also blame voice control/siri although not sure how you casually drop that into conversation. Grin

kittensinthekitchen · 08/03/2022 13:50

Why do people with iPhones always assume other people have iPhones?

HeadingForHome · 08/03/2022 13:51

I love this thread especially the Facebook status of hot halls guys name over and over Grin

I feel better now as a (male) colleague texted me last night, I was feeding the baby so fumbled to pick up my phone and reply and somehow in doing so it sent a super inappropriate meme and then loads of blank messages... Just had to apologise and breezily move on to businessy stuff Blush

Supersee · 08/03/2022 13:53

@mylittleyumyum

Op, I love you - this is the kind of thing I'd do.

In the early days of Facebook (before I had the app) I tried searching up a handsome friend of a friend, except I accidentally made his full name my status and it stayed up all night, and the following day while I was at work.

When I got home and checked my laptop I nearly died on the spot.

I get the fear that I will accidentally do this!