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To be so embarrassed?

279 replies

ToTheMax0 · 19/01/2023 19:00

Was facebook stalking a new male colleague. No reason really, just wanted to find out more about him.
Not sure how on earth I managed it but I ended up sharing his profile photo on my own page. Been up for at least an hour and sure people from work have seen.
Literally dying of embarrassment

OP posts:
WhatsErFace2020 · 19/01/2023 19:38

FML!! Gaawwwdd that’s shameful 🫣 feeling it with OP. Shit happens though, are you friends with many of your colleagues? If so I’d quickly delete the post and then start adding all of them including him and then joke about it at work tomorrow that you’ve just realised you did that as you were trying to create a new work group with permissions etc, whoopsie silly old me.

If you can stalk the stalk your gonna have to walk the walk 🤭

SomethingOriginal2 · 19/01/2023 19:39

Set your alarm through the night to share another random friends picture to you profile and random hourish intervals. Call it a hack/glitch and leave it there. You could even pay someone to log into your account and keep it up all day tomorrow while you're at work so they know it's not you.

Vallmo47 · 19/01/2023 19:41

OH I’m sorry OP but thanks for the laugh, this is hilarious. I would 100% blame the kids if you have any. Just say you mentioned a new colleague and they did the rest 🙄🙄 and your family do this kind of thing rather regularly unfortunately. 😂

But all of these stories are making me howl so you’re clearly far from alone. Style it out.

AnotherSpare · 19/01/2023 19:41

Oh my gosh, major trauma for you but has given me a laugh, thank you!
I'm guessing not many people will have seen it on your profile, or even thought much of it even if they did see it. But he will have had a notification that you shared his picture presumably?
You can either leave your job, the country, and change your name. Or blaze it out by going to him, saying that you were totally facebook stalking him as you do with all new colleagues, and somehow shared his picture by mistake.

MullerCornerMorons · 19/01/2023 19:41

SomethingOriginal2 · 19/01/2023 19:39

Set your alarm through the night to share another random friends picture to you profile and random hourish intervals. Call it a hack/glitch and leave it there. You could even pay someone to log into your account and keep it up all day tomorrow while you're at work so they know it's not you.

Christ alive @SomethingOriginal2 - guessing this ain’t your first rodeo

AnotherSpare · 19/01/2023 19:43

@Cheesies That's hilarious 😂 Did neither the ex or the girlfriend say anything to you?

whatisthisi · 19/01/2023 19:44

Theredfoxfliesatmidnight · 19/01/2023 19:21

I read a mumsnet post ages ago where a poster had been facebook stalking her ex, who had recently got married and had a baby. There was a picture on his profile of him, his wife, and their new infant daughter; and the poster somehow managed to tag herself as the baby.

I actually can't stop laughing at this 🤣🤣🤣

ShortDaysLongNights · 19/01/2023 19:45

When Facebook was still fairly new, my then boyfriend managed to change his status to one of the girls on his uni course he had a bit of a crush on rather than putting her name in the search bar.

Butchyrestingface · 19/01/2023 19:45

MullerCornerMorons · 19/01/2023 19:41

Christ alive @SomethingOriginal2 - guessing this ain’t your first rodeo

Am gonna have to stop reading this thread. In some danger of an asthma attack.

Where's ma inhaler?

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:46

Crying at these posts 😂
We’ve all done similar OP.

I only recently realised that people with premium LinkedIn can still see if you have stalked them😭😭😭

AnotherSpare · 19/01/2023 19:46

@Theredfoxfliesatmidnight I have never cried laughing so much! 🤣

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:47

MullerCornerMorons · 19/01/2023 19:41

Christ alive @SomethingOriginal2 - guessing this ain’t your first rodeo

Can’t cope 😂😂😂😂

hatonacat · 19/01/2023 19:48

MullerCornerMorons · 19/01/2023 19:41

Christ alive @SomethingOriginal2 - guessing this ain’t your first rodeo

@MullerCornerMorons clearly not 😂😭😂😂

purpleboy · 19/01/2023 19:51

This is the best thread ever. So funny.
Still crying from the baby 🤣

Taillighttoobright · 19/01/2023 19:51

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:46

Crying at these posts 😂
We’ve all done similar OP.

I only recently realised that people with premium LinkedIn can still see if you have stalked them😭😭😭

WHAT?!?

ilovemydogandmrobama2 · 19/01/2023 19:52

Have you been there long?

Maybe say that you do this for all the new people to the team?

Butchyrestingface · 19/01/2023 19:52

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:46

Crying at these posts 😂
We’ve all done similar OP.

I only recently realised that people with premium LinkedIn can still see if you have stalked them😭😭😭

Naw, all you need to do in that situation is BLOCK them after you look at their LinkedIn page and then they wouldn't be able to see who it was.*

*Not my first ride on the teacups either.

AnotherSpare · 19/01/2023 19:52

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:46

Crying at these posts 😂
We’ve all done similar OP.

I only recently realised that people with premium LinkedIn can still see if you have stalked them😭😭😭

Can't anyone on LinkedIn see that? I don't have premium but I can still see who has looked at my profile.

Taillighttoobright · 19/01/2023 19:55

AnotherSpare · 19/01/2023 19:52

Can't anyone on LinkedIn see that? I don't have premium but I can still see who has looked at my profile.

Noooooo! Please, noooooo

mynewname25 · 19/01/2023 19:56

whatisthisi · 19/01/2023 19:44

I actually can't stop laughing at this 🤣🤣🤣

same, tears streaming down my face 😂😂😂

Dagnabit · 19/01/2023 19:57

How mortifying 😂😂 I would consider changing jobs…maybe even leaving the country…

Pippetypoppety · 19/01/2023 19:57

I’m sorry op but this is literally the funniest thing I’ve read in ages, also the previous post about the baby is hilarious.

just front it out, laugh it off and don’t try and lie about it it’ll just make things worse.

also, PLEASE let us know what happens 🤣

p.s if it makes you feel any better this is hundred percent the sort of thing I would do

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:57

Taillighttoobright · 19/01/2023 19:51

WHAT?!?

😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈I KNOW 😫

mynewname25 · 19/01/2023 19:57

oops sorry OP i was meaning the baby tag post.

hope work goes ok for you OP

FlowersLucy · 19/01/2023 19:58

Butchyrestingface · 19/01/2023 19:52

Naw, all you need to do in that situation is BLOCK them after you look at their LinkedIn page and then they wouldn't be able to see who it was.*

*Not my first ride on the teacups either.

Omg this is life changing information