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“Should have gone to Specsavers” – please share your embarrassing moments with Specsavers - you could win £250! *NOW CLOSED*

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KathrynMumsnet · 29/12/2014 15:08

We all know the tag line for Specsavers is "should have gone to Specsavers" - now they would love to know what your "should have gone to Specsavers" moments are - when your mouth seemed to move quicker than your brain and you made an embarrassing error - for example - have you mistaken a stranger for your DH, thought someone was pregnant when they weren't or even waved madly at someone across the street only to find you don't know them at all?

Specsavers say "on our stores, you can be sure to find the glasses that are just right for you - our online catalogue of over 1500 glasses is the widest selection in the UK. We're always sourcing the latest materials and following fashions from around the world to bring you an unequalled choice - the latest fashions, designer labels, materials, colours and frame shapes. We also offer a wide range of contact lenses to suit most people".

Share your best "should have gone to Specsavers" moment (or have a LOL about everyone else’s) on this thread and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £250 voucher from here.

Please note Specsavers may use your comments - anon of course - on their pages on MN, on their social media or possibly elsewhere - please only post if you're happy with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

OP posts:
lizd31 · 30/12/2014 11:07

I was staying at my parents house for a few weeks while waiting to complete on a new property purchase. There had been a few car thefts in the area so when I heard a noise outside my bedroom window around 3am I quickly got up to look out. I saw someone crouching down in my Dad's car so opened the window immediately & climbed out in my nightie. The person in the car looked up & I don't know who was more shocked as it was my Mum. I waved my hands to tell her it was ok & climbed back into my bedroom. When they came back they told me they had gone to the airport to pick up my sister but had forgotten to tell me. My Mum asked me what I had been doing & I told her I thought they were car thieves to which she replied 'would you have climbed out if we were real car thieves?' & I said 'well I wasn't climbing out of the window to wave you goodbye!' I've never lived it down

samcornfield · 30/12/2014 11:13

When swimming with a couple of people with slightly worse eyesight than myself I asked one of them the time as I couldn't quite see the numbers on the clock on the wall. He replied 'where is the clock?' so I said over there on the wall. The other person said 'what wall?'

KittyKat88 · 30/12/2014 11:31

I knew I might need glasses when travelling along the motorway a few years back and I was wondering why there was half a bridge hanging across the motorway...when we got under it, I realised it was just the back of one of the overhead signs! Blush

cluckyhen · 30/12/2014 11:54

As a teen who needed specs I did the usual 'I'm not wearing them' stint - unfortunately this didn't work for the best! I purchased a lovely new swimsuit in white.....that promptly went see through in the pool! Can you imagine the horror of everything been on show!

clairenutman · 30/12/2014 12:15

Oh dear!
Talking to a woman next to me in the store for ages, and then realising it was not my mother, so embarrassing, and im always doing it!!

alabaster002 · 30/12/2014 12:17

Walking across the footbridge across the River Avon one stormy evening , my glasses were blown clean off my nose, through the iron grating and into the swirling River Avon below. Reaching my car I decided to drive carefully home and, climbing a hill outside Bath, was surprised to see cars parked at the roadside all the way up. Eventually, a massive fallen tree loomed out of the blur obstructing the whole road. To my embarrassment, I realised that the "parked cars" were actually a lengthy queue of traffic whose drivers were intrigued at my antics. I turned in the road and drove sniffily down the hill past all those in the queue, dragging my dignity behind me!

CheeryCherry · 30/12/2014 12:21

When I was a teenager I helped on a local milk round. Several mornings running, I said hello to a black cat that was patiently waiting by the back door of a house. The clocks changed that weekend, and the following morning I was mortified to see in daylight.. .. I'd been happily greeting a brush head!

beckyinman · 30/12/2014 12:27

I took my other half's keys as well as my own by mistake and left him locked in the house

kayleigh39 · 30/12/2014 12:55

Okay, so a couple of years ago now, in school - a few of my mates tokld me that they'd locked all the toilet doors except one. In this one they'd put cling film under the toilet seat.
A couple of hours later, I was bursting for the loo - the teacher let me go. I was that desperate I forgot about the 'trick' the girls had done an went to the loo. Needless to say I was soaking wet!

lilmiztam22 · 30/12/2014 13:09

I was out for a walk with my friend when I thought I saw another friend. I then proceeded to shout her name across the street when I realised it wasn't her. I was so embarrassed and she gave me the funniest look, my friend couldn't stop laughing at me I was so embarrassed!

ElectroNymph · 30/12/2014 13:28

When I judged my boyfriend on looks and not more important things such as: temperament, maturity etc. I needed to go to Spec Savers for their special "x - ray, see a bit more deeply" glasses.

NowBringUsSomeFuzzpiggyPudding · 30/12/2014 13:32

Nowhere near as hilarious embarrassing as some of these, but I looked for ages at a particular card game in waterstones, trying to see if it was a decent price... I looked all over it several times. Eventually gave up and took it to the desk, where the man said "that's £12.99... see, it says so on this sticker here" - the sticker right on the front of the box Blush

feefeegabor · 30/12/2014 13:47

My worst was probably my first driving lesson. I got out of the car and my instructor said "I probably should have asked you this before we started but can you give me the number plate of that car over there (pointing)". My response was "What car". Oops!

Clairemike21 · 30/12/2014 14:03

In my early 20s before I would wear glasses, I managed to walk into the gents loos on holiday in Spain, don't know who was more embarrassed

Daariina · 30/12/2014 14:06

Well I wear reading glasses and the glasses I have are huge. I always need someone with me when I go out as I end up embarrassing myself.

Scungybear · 30/12/2014 14:08

When I was a student I wore contact lenses, and one time when I went for a swim, having removed my lenses, I got out of the pool and accidentally entered the male changing rooms. I didn't even realise until after I'd walked past the fully occupied open plan showers and actually bumped into a possibly naked man ( my eyesight is very blurry!)

Khady · 30/12/2014 14:30

When I first started wearing glasses, obviously I didn't really like them so I pretended I didn't need them. You can guess what happened... I made a fool out of myself when answering a question. After that I initially limited to just wearing it in class, but when a few more embarrassing incidents occurred outside of the classroom I had to wear it everywhere. Thankfully at that time I discovered contact lenses so it wasn't that bad

Scatlett4456 · 30/12/2014 14:35

I have also walked into the gnats, I've not recognised people which is a nightmare.

Glasses are a. Must now!

plastigffantastig · 30/12/2014 14:47

Walking into a lampost... in broad daylight...

glennamy · 30/12/2014 15:00

I was on the phone complaining to the gas company about the size of my bill, that my meter was faulty, as the dials were moving even though I was not using any gas whatsoever at that time. After ranting and raving, asking for and getting 2 line managers, I was told very politely by the third person, that I was looking at my electricity meter... ouch!

lindsayc06 · 30/12/2014 15:01

well i remember going to a eye test at my local optician and i forgot to put on my glasses for the walk over, the optician made constant jokes about me walking into things,and how he hoped i hadnt drove over - that made me want to go to specsavers instead!!!!

SaphireSaf · 30/12/2014 15:02

These are all hilarious haha. Fortunately, I don't have any embarrassing stories to tell.

Cailin7 · 30/12/2014 15:28

Badly needing new glasses just now so most weeks I have "should have gone to Specsavers" moments

skildpadden · 30/12/2014 15:30

A waitress at airport said this to me yesterday, "should have gone to spec savers". I was pulling my coffee towards me across a granite counter and I didn't see the 'step' down. I dragged the coffee by it's saucer in to thin air and it fell six inches and splashed the suited booted gentleman behind me. Luckily he was only a little bit tutty. I am going for an eyetest on the basis of this experience as I was staring right at the cup while it happened.

GREATAUNT1 · 30/12/2014 15:37

My husband was worried about the white cat over the road that didn't seem to be moving, then it blew up in the air & away in the clouds! It was a carrier bag :-/