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Because of my shyness I came out of a chip shop with a portion of fish...

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MysticTed · 26/09/2017 20:33

Instead of a cone of chips.

Which is what I asked for but was too embarrassed to correct the woman serving me.

So I ended up eating a massive battered cod on its own for lunch.

Can you please share any silly scenarios you've been in because if your lack of assertiveness to make me feel I'm not alone!

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BlueTongueSkink · 27/09/2017 19:22

A WHILE! Damn phone

willothewisp17 · 27/09/2017 19:46

while my daughter was in the neonatal ward a midwife repeatedly called me kerry and I never corrected her, my name is jennifer 😂🙈

wellyclad · 27/09/2017 19:59

I'm lactose intolerant. Went to my local cafe, ordered a XL coffee with soya milk. Watched them putting normal milk in. Didn't want to be awkward so gulped it down and left.

spent the rest of the day trying not to shit myself

JonSnowsWhore · 27/09/2017 20:00

Bread mountain, cheese potato and no dog have been excellent!

I know I’ve done loads of this kind of stuff but most recently spent £16 on getting 2 bloody Yale keys cut! I was horrified. When he said £8 I thought he meant for the 2, not each!

FrozenPeach · 27/09/2017 20:35

I remember in high school my name wasn't on the register and i was too shy to say anything - even accepting detentions for not having my homework etc even though I handed it in, it was passed to another teacher as "lost" because wasn't in her class.. It was half way through the year when the first person in the register was teamed with the last person, the second with the second to last etc to stop us pairing with our friends and to get us out of our comfort zones.. I stood to one side absolutely wanting to the floor to swallow me as she told me off for what felt like hours .. Things haven't really gotten any better since

WillowySnicket · 27/09/2017 20:37

This is gold. I've had such a shit day and these have made my day!

jemsywemsy · 27/09/2017 21:12

On holiday I picked up what I thought was a bowl of ice cream from the dessert buffet. It was a bowl of whipped cream, for people to take a spoonful to add to their dessert. I was too embarrassed to take it back so sat there eating cream and shoving as much on to DHs cake as I could.

Candlesonthetable · 27/09/2017 21:16

Frozen, I had a similar experience but from the teacher's perspective. Was teaching abroad and one of my students persistently didn't bring their textbook, and rarely handed in homework. I did have words with her and she was very apologetic and would promise to try harder. It turned out she was on a different course but got lost on the first day and didn't feel she could say anything! She kept coming for the whole year though and it was only when she didn't turn up for the exam and I queried it that another student told me. The WHOLE class knew the situation but no-one felt they could tell me. I'm really not that scary!

retainertrainer · 27/09/2017 21:20

Oh god Jemsy,you've reminded me of the time when I was on holiday in Tenerife. We were at a fancy restaurant enjoying a set menu,6 course type affair. Out came the prawns followed by a blue cocktail. Started sipping away and noticed a few odd glances from our fellow diners-you guessed it,I was drinking the fucking finger bowl! Doesn't quite fit with the theme of this thread-I was just plain stupid rather than shy!

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MysticTed · 27/09/2017 21:23

FrozenPeach I have been like this since a kid as well. I remember when I was around 6 and we had a substitute teacher who wanted to put a "good work!" type of a stamp in my workbook. She asked me where on the page she wanted her to stamp it. I said at the top . She thought I said forehead ( I don't know how she misheard!!) and even asked several times if I was sure. Of course not is what I should have said but obviously i said yes and spent the rest of the day with "good work!" stamped on my forehead.

All the kids at playtime came over to stare at me which made me feel even more stupid!

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iamapixiebutnotaniceone · 27/09/2017 21:26

Tonight I walked the full length of the supermarket to get to the next queue rather than speaking up and saying excuse me.

jakeinabox · 27/09/2017 21:29

When I was at school aged about 9 I ran across the playground as I was late for school, tripped and did a roll and bashed my head into a brick wall. It hurt like crazy but I didn’t dare tell anyone as I didn’t like being the centre of attention and I was already late. I was really dizzy all day and felt sick but I never told anyone as I didn’t want a fuss!

Thirtyrock39 · 27/09/2017 21:39

I am literally crying with laughter these are brilliant
When I was an awkward teenager and had recently moved house a friends parent gave me a lift home but to my old house and instead of explaining I had moved (only round the corner) I thanked her for the lift and exited the car at my former home and waved her off. Unfortunately the mum waved back but remained stationery to check I got in safe I realised to my horror! So I had to walk up the drive and go to the front door waving a couple of times back hoping she'd drive off!! Luckily no one came to th door and I somehow got her to drive off and sneak back to my real house!!

Salva · 27/09/2017 21:39

I was driving on a really quiet street with new traffic lights with those red light cameras, the car in front stopped just after so I tooted as I didn't want to get a ticket, it became obvious she didn't know where she was going at every junction so I just sat behind her at 15mph not wanting to be rude again, while a few people overtook. She then pulled over and parked where I was going so I drove around the block and parked 200 yards away so I didn't bump into her, only to end up sitting next to her ten sweaty minutes later in class.

Waspyhell · 27/09/2017 21:41

I once worked somewhere for a full year and never used the toilet as I hadn't been shown where it was and didn't want to ask (female teacher in all boys school with mostly male staff).
I also ate meat after 20 years vegetarian because someone had cooked it for me, not realising, and I didn't want to be rude.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 27/09/2017 21:44

Ah Jake and Peach you poor things.

I remember at primary school opening my lunchbox and crying because my mum hadn't boiled my egg properly and my whole lunch was covered in an eggy mess where it had got shaken about in my bag.

The dinner ladies assumed I'd been sick and bustled me off to the sick room, left me with a bucket and called my mum to collect me.

dolphinbbq · 27/09/2017 21:58

@MysticTed good work 😂😂😂😂😂

dudsville · 27/09/2017 22:09

I've only read to page 7, and was smugly enjoying the stories and thinking to myself how happy I am that I've conquered a lot of these, and then recalled that I've done this recently. Last Pride, I was in London, in a part of the office I don't go to regularly. The woman running that room is always v friendly and we usually chat. On this day before Pride I walk in and she went on about the big weekend plans and was I doing my usual such and such that clearly implied she thought I was gay, only I didn't hear her clearly so I smiled and nodded a bit until I realised her mistake. I'm not gay and stupidly thought it would embarrass her if I corrected her. THEN she realised her mistake and looked at me in such an odd way as of to say "why are you pretending to be something you're not". That was embarrassing.

BorisTrumpsHair · 27/09/2017 22:21

You lot need to all start practising in the mirror:

"How much?"
"I've changed my mind"
"My name is Rachel. RACHEL!"
"You're having a laugh!"
"Fuck me ive gone down the wrong street again"
No thanks.
Oops my mistake - no!
No
NO!
No!

Bless you all.

BonnieF · 27/09/2017 22:42

I'm a football fan, a season-ticket holder at my local team, the 'Black & whites'. DP's colleague is also a football fan, but he supports our hated local rivals 'the Reds'.

The first time I met this guy he somehow got the wrong end of the stick and thought I was a fellow Reds fan. He seemed like a nice guy, so I didn't correct him because I didn't want to embarrass him. Eleven years later, he still thinks I support the bloody Reds and he wants to talk football every time our paths cross and I still haven't corrected him because I would look like a mad woman if I did after all these years....

pollywollydoodle · 27/09/2017 22:51

In holiday in France, Trying to practice my rusty French, i ordered 4 kilos of prawns instead of a quarter of a kilo....we were still eating them at the end of a week's holiday
I like prawns but not that much!

Cockadoodledooo · 27/09/2017 23:16

Someone at work once asked me how I took my coffee. Instead of simply saying 'black' (heaven knows why) I said "with nothing in". For 2 years while we worked together, every time she did the tea round she kindly presented me with a mug of hot water. Which I dutifully drank.

BistoBear · 28/09/2017 00:00

I watched this clip on today and it reminded me of this thread 😂😂

EnidButton · 28/09/2017 01:55

StrangeAndUnusual · 28/09/2017 03:34

On my first day in a new job in a big office, one of my colleagues took me to the canteen at lunchtime. We got our food, then he walked ahead of me and took the last seat at a table. Nowhere for me to sit, so I went and sat at the next table, introduced myself to the people there, and then sat there eating my lunch while they completely ignored me. They weren't even from the same company, just in the building. It was really awkward.

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