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Awkward moments... whats your best (worst)?

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  1. SRT Mike

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    #1 SRT Mike, Nov 19, 2008
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    I was talking to a potential new client the other day - the owner of a company who is looking for us to design and manufacture a new medical product for them. We had a good conversation for 45 minutes and at the end, I got brain-fade... I was going to say "thanks for calling" and then for some reason I changed it to "it was nice talking to you"... and I blurted out "thanks for talking to me". He said "no problem buddy!". LOL! I felt like such a loser.. like I am thanking this guy for talking to me. Like a nerd in high school thanking the pretty girl for returning his "hello".


    Another time, I was outside out office... we have a BBQ back in the shop area so I was cooking burgers for the troops... the guy in the next office opened the door and came out with a young (maybe 17yo) girl who I assumed was his daughter. He had a cast on his arm and so I said "what happened? take a spill?". He said no, that he had gotten surgery for a nerve problem that had been bothering him. I said "it's not your spanking hand, is it?". I meant it as a joke.. like "is that the one you beat the kids with", but it totally came out the wrong way. The girl turned red as a tomato, and the guy just gave a very awkward laugh and said "no, no". Doh!!!


    Last one... a friend introduced me to a girl by email and told me to call her... I had been emailing another set-up-by-a-friend girl that someone else had introduced me to. I had made plans to chat with the first girl on the phone for the first time that night. Well, I got the one I was chatting to on the phone completely confused with the one I had chatted with by email. the conversation did not go well... it started when I mentioned her love for dogs "but I don't have a dog" DOH! It continued when I tried to change the subject to her work in advertising... "but I'm a nurse". DOOOOOOOH! The icing on the cake was when she stopped me short and said "you have no idea who I am, do you?". I didn't! I tried to play it off... "come on, of course I do... I am just tired from work". WRONG ANSWER... immediately the questions began... "ok, so whats my name? Where do I live". I didn't know any of it! She got really pissed and told me to call the other girl. Ouch!
     
  2. SefacHotRodder

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    Thats hilarious
     
  3. SRT Mike

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    Another one while I am in the mood...

    Just out of college I worked in a software company. I finally had a "real" job and went out and bought a new car (I think it was a 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse or something). Brand spanking new.

    About 3 months into ownership the security guard for the huge parking lot comes and tells me that someone crashed into my car in the lot, but took off without a note.. but that a witness had reported seeing a hit and run in the parking lot. I went out there and the whole fricking side of the car is caved in - door, front and rear fenders all dented in. I was LIVID. No note, nothing. The lot was for the whole office park - hundreds of cars in there from lots of businesses - could have been anyone.

    Security guard says the person "didn't see the car, just heard the noise" and can't identify the culprit. I am steamed. A few days later the security guard comes to my office and says he managed to get a backup security tape that shows who hit me. I can't quite make out the license plate but I got pretty close and I saw where the other car hit me - on his front left corner. So I go out into the lot, and sure enough I find the car... front bumber is all dented up, but it looks like it's been thoroughly cleaned (to remove my paint!). I write a note saying the guy better get in touch with me ASAP with full payment, or first I will contact the police and turn them in for hit and run, and second I will beat their ass on their way back to the car (I was early 20's at the time, bear in mind).

    I leave the note on the car and smugly go back to work.

    Next morning I get into my office and a guy I am working on a project with comes in... shuts the door... starts *crying* and begs me not to call the police on him and please not to do anything to him. It was the guy who hit my car! He had no idea it was my car, I had no idea it was his car... but he was very scared.

    Awkward to say the least... we had to work together for another year on this big project until I quit that job... but serves him right for attempting to be an ******.
     
  4. SRT Mike

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    Quoted before edit :)

    I changed my post to try to make it simpler... seemed like it got too confusing :)

    I felt like a real dink.

    The thing is, it really didn't matter... it's not like I knew either of them. I was just trying to get to know them... but she got all pissy when she thought I wasn't doting over knowing her ;)
     
  5. SefacHotRodder

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    I think your reaction to the hit and run was fair considering he didn't leave a note and left (which is also illegal)
     
  6. TexasF355F1

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    LMAO, Mike. Those are damn funny.

    I can't really think of any truly awkward situations. I'll have to think about this.
     
  7. UroTrash

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    ^^^ I love the spanking hand one.
     
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    ^^^^^^^ Sits patiently waiting for Uro to hammer out a few gems of his own. ^^^^^^^
     
  9. TexasF355F1

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    Just thought of a minor one..

    Junior year of high school one of the Assistant Principals was suppose to come our English Literature class to review our teacher. So we had a lecture the day before asking us to be on our best behavior, etc. I don't really remember what she said that set me off, but I just blurted out, "But she's a whore!"

    I sort of froze, then one of my friends immediately backed me up and was like but it's true Miss. You know the rumors. They're older than us. Then everyone else started shaking their heads agreeing. Made me feel a lot better.

    In the end my teacher just said, "It's not nice to spread rumors and call people names. Think before you speak from now on."
     
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    I usually make comments that are absurd, far beyond what could possibly be real. However, more often than not, they are.

    A few years ago, I was working as a network admin and doing walk arounds in the finance department. They were known for being big NASCAR fans. Two f them were chatting, and they looked upset, hopeless. I wasn't sure what to think of this, so I said the first thing on my mind, "What, did Jr. change his number and now you cannot figure out what to do with your #8 tramp stamp tattoo?"

    I was spot on.
     
  12. bounty

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    This last one reminded me of a time I was ordering a pizza. The pizza guy calls my apartment and says he can't get in, but we disconnect mid-call for some strange reason. I panic cause the guy sounded aggitated and go to my call history and call the guy right back....A girl answers. She goes "Hello" and I try to play it off like I intentionally called this person and I go "Hey, how's it going?" She goes "Fine...what did you need?" and I'm like "Oh just wanted to talk, see how things are going". At this point I was dating a few girls and figured it was one that had been put on the backburner but I finally broke down and asked "I know this is going to sound really strange, but...who is this?" She says "Mindy" Well it turns out that Mindy just happens to be an attractive girl that I work with and this was 10p.m. at night and I had absolutely no business calling her at this time. I explained to her that I apologize and I got my pizza delivery guy and her number mixed up...

    But I don't think she bougth that at all, and probably thought I was just a creepy guy from work that was coming up with an excuse to call her. That sucked :( I tried apologizing the next day but she just gave me this weird "Don't ever talk to me again" look.
     
  13. neilmac

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    At a swim meet in University, I was in the first race. After it was over, I went back to join the team, towel off and prepare for my next race. Everyone's attention is now on the race in the pool. Brain cramp, I thought I was in the change room and wanted to change into another suit, so I proceeded to remove my swim suit....on deck. Around the time it was at my ankles, my brain re-engaged and I wrapped a towel around me.

    The embarrassing part was........no-one even noticed.

    Neil
     
  14. TexasF355F1

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    That you noticed. :D

    Awkward - Skinny-dipping with my friends Aunt.
     
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    I was working the AM shift on an Order desk where people would call into the broker and ask for quotes/place trades/dispute trade issue. One Monday morning i took a call from a very irate client that said "john M" was supposed to call him Friday and never followed up on an issue. I was mad bc i now had to take care of this 'less than happy' clients issue , so when i got off the phone i went over to my manager who was chatting with the guy 'johns' friend.

    I said "where the hell is John, i had to handle that idiots problem that he ditched out on Friday"
    His friend said "they found him with a gunshot wound to his face last night, he was distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend and killed himself"


    i felt 2 inches tall
     
  16. tundraphile

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    I once was making small talk with a woman who appeared to be obviously pregnant. Knowing most people like to talk about themselves, especially something as joyous as the birth of a child....

    "So...when are you due?"
    "I HAD A BABY FIVE MONTHS AGO!"

    Mental note: unless amniotic fluid has just soaked her pants, NEVER ask that question to a woman again.
     
  17. TexasF355F1

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    LMAO!

    My friend did something similar. He said "Congratulations!" They had just moved so she thought that's what he was talking about. Thankfully he stopped there anyway. He turns to me after she walks off, "Isn't she pregnant?" I said, "No, she's just big.And never say anything like that to a woman ever again unless you know with certainty she's pregnant."
     
  18. Cajun

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    In grad school I had a friend with a HOTTTTT younger sister (think right out of HS). I got the feeling that she had a little crush on me, but I did not pay much attention to it...but her body was off the charts, and her face was right there with the body...

    One night we are all hanging out and my boy's new gf comes over. He gives me the whole "we are going in the other room" look and to "keep his little sister preoccupied and out of the room" look... No sooner than he disappeared, his younger sister confessed that she thought I was hot and started kissing on me. All I could think was "what if my boy sees this shiet going down"???? A TINY part of my brain said that it was wrong, but she was just so damn FINE. Needless to say, the tiny part of my brain lost out to the DIRTY LOW DOWN HUSTLING PIMP OG STACKMONEY BEYOTCH WHERE DA POODY AT part of my brain and I decided if she was going to let me grab on that azz, I might as well take advantage and try not to get caught in my dirt. I suggested we go outside (it was dark out). No sooner than we make it outside she has me pinned against my car (the side facing away from my friends door) and she is kissing me like crazy. Next thing I know, she has undone my pants and is going down on me, IN THE PARKING LOT....

    So, I have one hand on her breast and the other with a fistful of her hair and this little voice in the back of my head says "did you hear that??? It sounded like the front door"... Sure enough, her brother saw me leaning against my car and started over...she must have heard him too because in ONE MOTION she had her shirt back on and was standing there like NOTHING was happening. I was standing there with boss man at full attention PRAYING he did not come around my car because I was virtually naked from the waist down. He walked to the side of my car opposite to where we were and asked what we were doing...without missing a beat, she told him I was talking to her about college...and I told him I was "holding class"... He looked suspicious for a second or two and then let it go...Thankfully, he went back in the house and she and I looked at each other and giggled. I told her that we would finish the lesson later....

    If he had come around that car, I would have been one of those crazy people you hear about running down I-10 naked....
     
  19. Oceanic815

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    Yes, but did you get any? :D
     
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    Ok, so my mom's work involves reproductive medicine. And she likes to talk about it. In addition to that, she was once in the room when I was whatching the show MANSwers on spike. Anyone who has seen the show will understand how akward this is.
     
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    I worked at banana republic last year with a friend of mine and she got asked when she was due. Very awkward. She was PISSED too
     
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    Most embarrassing situation I ran into was when I was working for a small company some years ago. During lunch break I was chatting with the boss and he asked me how old I thought he was. He wore extremely old-fashioned clothes (had suspenders on his trousers...), gold rimmed glasses, was half bald and his hair was not only badly dyed, he combed it over the bald patch in the most horrid way you can imagine. My guess was he was around 55 to 60, so I told him I thought he was around 45. His face immediately dropped, he stared at me and stammered "I...I'm 32!!!" I really wanted to fall dead at that very moment.... I somehow managed to rescue the situation talking about how most people in his age wanted to look like they were still 20 and no one really stood up to being and looking like the men in their best age they are, and how easily one could be mistaken if someone managed not to run after every new trend and fashion etc etc.... can't remember I ever lost so much sweat in 3 minutes!


    A friend of mine back in school was haunted by supermarket cashiers. She was *very* beautiful, the kind of girl who has 24 different face lotions for every hour of the day, and different ones for the weekend. So she was just paying in a crowded supermarket where the cashiers handed out cream samples to every customer that day. When it was her turn, the cashier already had the arm extended to give her the sample, then looked at my friend's face in a very critical way, tossed the cream sample back in its box and said "Well, I think you can't use that on unclean skin!" -> the crowd was roaring with laughter, needless to say my friend nearly died :D

    LOL, that was another thing the friend mentioned above once was asked by a cashier...:D
     
  23. TexasF355F1

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    Did you "finish"?:D
    No. It was really awkward because it was her and like 5 of us. This included, my friend (her nephew) and his younger brother (whom is acutally her son), and 2 more friends.

    It doesn't get more awkward than that. Their family is sort of crazy.
     
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    Church Youth Group decided to have a 6:00 PM session in the small, echo-filled Fellowship Hall. We're all sitting around your standard issue extra folding table in your standard issue extra metal folding chairs. Scott said somethin' funny and I razzed one. It sounded like a Harley at full throttle... in a Canyon. Boy was my face red. Oh, how we, er, they laughed.
     
  25. SRT Mike

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    I forgot all about this one!

    My first "real" job was working at a software company doing IT support. So there was this really cute Russian girl who had just been hired and needed a computer and everything. So I made sure to be the guy to go set it up. I was in her office for a good 45 minutes making small talk, telling her about the USA. As the conversation wound down, she mentioned that the guy 2 offices down across the hall had been looking for me because he had a problem with his computer.

    This guy was an annoying dink. He would call us with the slightest problem, and if anyone had somethign nicer (bigger monitor, wireless mouse, etc) he would be on the phone saying he needed one too for "ergonomic reasons".

    So when she told me he was looking for me, I tried to be all cool and I started trash talking him. Something like "Oh really, Kevin is looking for me? Gawd that guy is so annoying, and he looks like a pig that ran headfirst into a wall. I swear that guy is responsible for the food shortages in Africa. And he's such a whiner... I know when he's out of the office because my voicemail isn't filled up with b!tch!ng and whining messages!" I am laughing at every insult. I turn around to leave her office and Kevin is standing RIGHT BEHIND ME. He was walking past just as I started to trash talk him and figured he'd grab my help as I left her office... except he hear me laying into him for a few minutes.

    He had this enraged glare on his face... I just said "oh, Hi Kevin" and walked past him back to my office. I could feel his eyes burning a hole in my back as I walked away.




    At the same company they hired a woman who looked *exactly* like the Pat character from SNL (the one you can't tell if it's a man or a woman). Well, her name was Linda... but she wore dockers and checkered shirts and stuff - really androgenous clothes. Had short very curly hair, wore glasses that could be man/woman, black sneakers, etc. I seriously wasn't sure at first that it was really a woman.

    Well, for about 6 months I was calling her Pat. I had no idea where I got that from... I never really watched SNL, so I guess I subconsciously thought that was her name. One day as I was talking to her angrily said "My name is LINDA, not PAT". I apologized and forgot about it. It wasn't until I was telling a coworker about it that he died laughing and clued me in to who "Pat" was. I felt 2 inches tall.
     

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