Tell me your most embarassing moment which you still think about frequently, where actually you were being a dick?

[ChamelalaBingBong]

I'll start!

About 20 years ago, I was at a charity ball which my whole company was attending. It was really, really dull.
I ducked out of the "entertainment" which consisted of unfunny comedians, and singers/bands who clearly hadn't had an adequate sound check, as depsite them being good, could barely be heard over the music. I took myself off to the bar, took my drink outside and just sat there looking at the view (Central London, Thames). A middle aged man, popped out beside me and said something along the lines of "having to take time out to calm yourself from the excitement" totally thought he was being sarcastic, so responded in a really sarcastic tone, something along the lines of "should have put it out to a panel to decide on this entertainment, it's dire!"
He looked at me for a good few seconds, responded "we did" and walked back inside.

I still get filled with absolute shame whenever I think about it.

I was young and a bit of an idiot looking back, but I insulted him so badly, I still burn with the shame and feel absolutely awful every time I think of it.

I was once in a meeting and a senior colleague asked me for the surname of the person speaking. I gave a famous persons name I think her first name was Victoria and I said her surname was Pendleton! Which was bad enough except I then said no sorry it’s Derbyshire! I then instead of just admitting I’d forgotten I tried to think again. Obviously the manager was sick of the lunatic trying to name famous Victoria’s and just asked the person themselves.

Yes! I realised as I was saying it, stopped in horror, and drove away utterly humiliated!

What a dick thing to say. I don't know, why I said it. I wasn't a Dentist, I worked in admin. I didn't have patients and if I had, would I have left them in the chair as I popped out for an emergency neck scarf.

I'm properly laughing at this, not least because this is absolutely something I can imagine doing myself.

We had some crappy meeting at work. Afterwards, I was talking to a colleague at my desk and said that I hate meetings like that, they're such a waste of time. He didnt say anything and just pointed forwards. I realised that the head of department, who held the meeting, was sat the otherside of our desks. He later sent an email round asking for any feedback on the meeting and whether people felt it was a waste of time. Of course everyone said it was incredibly useful. This was about a year ago and I still avoid him. I burn with shame whenever I think about it.

Commented on a work colleagues Facebook photo and said that the bloke he was stood next to looked like Paul McCartney. He replied that's actually my Mum

Can’t stop laughing at this!

@Seabubblesi have a bad throat and just did a short/ choke/ cough / shaking laugh at this

I frequently get myself into trouble due to my extreme need for fair play. I get very passionate about queing etiquette, even when it doesn't really matter. Prime example is when I tooted someone who pulled in front of me at the channel tunnel terminal. DH then reminded me we were going to be stuck in the carriage with them for the next 35 minutes!

Zombie but it sounds like you were honest and the entertainment was crap.

This was a few years ago. A group of mums from school invited me to a spa day. I was excited to finally make some friends with other mums. Anyway, the spa was very posh and it had gorgeous dressing gowns. Really thick and the length was all the way to the floor. So when we finished, I secretly stuffed the dressing gown in my bag🫣. As we were leaving, the alarm went off. The bloody thing had a hidden security tag! The embarrassment in front of these friends was unreal! I had to stand there and struggle to pull it out of my bag😳

Omg 🤣

How did they react?

I’m with you. I toot everyone who doesn’t indicate on roundabouts as they should.

They should feel embarrassed, not you.

Meh - I think for a hall party she should have invited the class. Working with kids, being excluded causes so much hurt, I can’t understand why parents aren’t more inclusive. I wouldn’t have had the nerve but I admire you!!

This reminds me of the perennial MN favourite post where a woman introduced herself as Angela Hernandez at a work conference. Except her name was Helen and Angela Hernandez was her boss.

I pretended that it ended up in my bag by mistake. It was an obvious lie because my bag was quite small so there is no way it was an accident. Oh the embarrassment! They didn’t say anything and I did admit to it about a year later. They said they know I was trying to steal it😳. We are still friends though😂

A few years ago I started work in a childcare facility that had a playground with climbing equipment. It was on a public path by a green and busy with walkers and locals accessing the adjacent apartment block. I was encouraging the kids to take turns on the monkey bars so as each one started I would say 'Tom is the monkey now!'. After some time the kids got bored except one boy who wanted to do it over and over. There I stood enthusiastically shouting 'you're a monkey!' 'Look at the monkey!'. A few weeks later I heard someone talking about a racist incident in football I think, where white fans called a black player a monkey. I was shocked as I never knew this was a racial slur. Then I remembered i had been calling kids monkeys in a very public place. Then I had the horrible skin crawling realisation that the climbing enthusiast I had been shouting at was the one and only black skinned child in the group. A recent immigrant from Nigeria.

Me neither...