Well, I hope you're someone who enjoys cringing because that's exactly what you're about to be doing.
We've all had embarrassing things happen to us. They're the experiences that keep you up at night and haunt you in your sleep. Even the tiniest detail can pop into your mind without warning, and suddenly your face is hot, and you have a stomachache due to the embarrassment all over again.
Try not to think about those embarrassing things right now. Need some help? You're in luck! We can distract you with these embarrassing moments other people experienced! And boy, oh boy are they awkward! I was getting uncomfortable reading through them in order to compile this list. It was like watching that "Scott's Tots" episode of The Office over and over again.
Anyway, ready to cringe? Let's get to it.
This person thought they were safe in the handicap stall.
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This kiss cam footage.
Is it just me or does this go on FOREVER?! I'm pretty sure I aged three years while watching this.This handshake is absolutely incredible.
Nice to meet you. Come with me.Oh no.
I work at a bank and this lady came in with a $150,000 check and to make conversation I was like "oh wow I wish I h… https://t.co/WAGXnS8NbR— maskulla (@maskulla)1516648294.0
Open foot, insert mouth.
@MakVest This reminds me of when a large group of people came to eat at RL, dressed really nice. I was like “ooooh… https://t.co/hPyedf85aA— 🌦 jennie 🌦 (@🌦 jennie 🌦)1516981215.0
"Is this thing on?"
3 years ago, a cute guy I worked with wanted to give me a fist bump...I thought he was pretending to hold an invisi… https://t.co/mp8xRNOFxw— megan (@megan)1538624302.0
Well, that sucks.
MY DENTIST ASKED HIS ASSISTANT TO SUCTION (THE WATER OUT OF MY MOUTH)BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO ME SO I SUCKED HIS FINGER. IM MORTIFIED— Sarah Lyons (@Sarah Lyons)1483475823.0
"Gpa" means "grandpa."
You might have to click on this image to see the whole thing. And that's the exact moment this person wished the Earth would open up and swallow them whole."Have a good baby!"
My coworker is pregnant and they passed a card around and I didn't know what to write so I just put HAVE A GOOD BABY TANYA— chip malfunction (@chip malfunction)1374959550.0
The invisible recorder.
so my brother lost his recorder and the teacher still made him perform... https://t.co/xtm5ni9ydN— Aashna Belenje (@Aashna Belenje)1496361904.0
*covers screen with hands*
#IGotCaught looking up a guy's info on a college computer. Heard his voice behind me telling me how to correctly spell his last name.— Julie W (@Julie W)1487190237.0
Much love to those out there braving the dating world.
My roommate went on a bumble date and was nervous so decided to pound shots in her car once she got to the place th… https://t.co/JYz9YISSeD— Syd (@Syd)1513866471.0
Ohh no.
Hopefully the teacher is out-of-the-loop and doesn't understand what that phrase means. It's their only hope.Nice guy to do all that driving, though.
@ItsAndyRyan Seven years ago I got into a taxi and asked to be dropped off three miles away. At the end of the jour… https://t.co/rO6U3hbOix— Sinead Hensey (@Sinead Hensey)1566763566.0
Mon cherie.
@tinytwink I was holding my cat in my arms so the vet could give him an https://t.co/JleD3RSkV9 cat was struggling… https://t.co/wMYwQHVyZe— Linda D Giles (@Linda D Giles)1530301604.0
I, too, would like coffee.
@ItsAndyRyan Was at a coffee shop and a girl yelled “anyone want a coffee? I need to spend $5 more to use my card.”… https://t.co/QUqgGQmlOe— Kelly Maher (@Kelly Maher)1566773250.0
I do this with pretty much everyone I meet online.
And I know everyone does it to me too. It's why I keep my Facebook public. But to see someone do it? I would consider them a psychopath forever.Aww, they're like otters.
i was getting a massage earlier and the girl who was massaging me ran her hand over mine so she could give me a han… https://t.co/GrLPUypAxw— ana 잠시 (@ana 잠시)1570095626.0
The bride must never know.
@ItsAndyRyan My aunt wandered into an open air restaurant in Greece, sat down, she had no Greek, they no English. S… https://t.co/CasUjxZIg2— Johnny Keats and 42 others (@Johnny Keats and 42 others)1566763722.0
Drop it like it's Gooood/ drop it like it's Gooood/ drop it like it's Gooood...
@ItsAndyRyan While visiting a new church, the vicar announced that it was time for the children to come up to the f… https://t.co/myIDZ7eLKY— Alice Mulhearn Williams (@Alice Mulhearn Williams)1566829349.0
I too wonder how they make the sauce.
They just opened a Chick-Fil-A across the street from where I live, so I've had Chick-Fil-A on the brain lately. So yes, I've done this exact thing — assuming whoever I'm talking to works for Chick-Fil-A — to a few people lately. It's a simple mistake to make, and everyone's been chill about it. Well, except for last week when I sat down with Joe Biden. And that's on me. It's like, "Duh! Of course he doesn't work for Chick-Fil-A! He's the former Vice President who is now running for president! He wouldn't have time to also pick up shifts at Chick-Fil-A!"Talk about bad timing.
8 years ago today I butt dialed my mom during sex... worst part wasnt even her finding out I was having sex it was… https://t.co/OWaWHFFdDy— Heidi (@Heidi)1530557586.0
"Hey, can I get one of them sandwiches? Thanks..."
@ItsAndyRyan People in my street were holding a garden party in aid of the local hospice. I went along, let myself… https://t.co/8vNkPj3B2j— Stewart Arnold (@Stewart Arnold)1566826052.0
"Screw this baby!"
@ItsAndyRyan When I was 2 or 3 I saw a framed photo of some baby on my mother’s dresser and got so jealous I threw… https://t.co/1JK48hWSfl— Candace Walsh (@Candace Walsh)1566787500.0
Oh no.
@ItsAndyRyan @iamkoshiek My sister was making a peanut butter sandwich when she quickly needed to change my nephew'… https://t.co/ZewQU0lfj3— Mvie2900 💋🧛🏿 (@Mvie2900 💋🧛🏿)1566784152.0
We all do a little pre-date stalking, right?
#IGotCaught stalking a guy I had just met before going out with him. When he started talking about his aunt I said which one Lori or Alison?— Emily Porter (@Emily Porter)1487194107.0
This should be the case they do for season four of Serial.
@ItsAndyRyan My Dad & his sister were swimming in a local pool.They were doing lengths when she spotted him taking… https://t.co/77IJBWIVbL— Sophie Rumble (@Sophie Rumble)1566805153.0
I imagine a lot of women do this in similar situations.
@tinytwink Was having a lump removed from my breast, was lying awake on the table and someone in scrubs said “can I… https://t.co/yxPuWg2LE2— HiSharona (@HiSharona)1530303910.0
This story makes my chest tense up.
@tinytwink While working in McDonalds I say to lady at front of (v v long) queue "I'm sorry about your wait" she re… https://t.co/5DHmY6QP2k— RachelDutton (@RachelDutton)1530303668.0
Not sure that's a phrase.
@tinytwink Chatting to a patient and visitors in hospital about her surgeon I said "very chatty man, he could talk… https://t.co/KyOorP13mW— Christine Ince (@Christine Ince)1530389300.0
You might call that an overreaction.
I always imagined it'd be handy to have a cop for a friend. They could get you out of tough legal spots once in a while, maybe let a few speeding tickets slide. But when they fake-arrest you in a crowded restaurant? That makes me glad all my friends are college professors or morticians.Hmmmmmm.
@postgrad_barty I met this guy on tinder. we met up at the movie theatre, he didn't speak to me the entire time, he… https://t.co/cqxMJ7YfCE— thotrod (@thotrod)1579460582.0
"What idiot planned this, huh?"
@TheBloggess told someone in an elevator that big company meeting was a waste of time. I was talking to the senior VP who organised it.— Lindsay Martin (@Lindsay Martin)1446428144.0
You have to wait until the end of a performance to give a review.
via: Twitter
This is as embarrassing as the time I saw Birdemic and wondered if the director was sincerely trying to make a good movie or not. You really have to wait until you have the entire story before you render a verdict.Common mistake.
@MooseAllain Out running one morning, I met a man walking his dog, got confused whether to say hello or good mornin… https://t.co/uTyq9MIADe— Feral Hog On Alert (@Feral Hog On Alert)1510224562.0
"Please do not call me that."
@rozknitroz @MooseAllain 😂 Caught sight of an ex-boss of mine from some years ago. Brain not sure whether to go for… https://t.co/8RJjB3lswO— SybilX (@SybilX)1510226570.0
Watch your mouth.
via: Twitter
Great, now those kids are going to go to school, say "sh*t" in front of their friends, and those kids will go home and say it in front of their parents. The only hope of keeping that school decent is if the tweet-writer and his family move away now to Boston.Now this is a nickname.
@MooseAllain Worked at a local paper with different titles, so standard way of answering the phone was "hello, news… https://t.co/MivgoLSWDg— Andrew Raeburn (@Andrew Raeburn)1510322932.0
Hope they didn't like that restaurant, because now they can never go back.
Bloody hell, just said “Lovely very much” to a waiter.— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@Moose Allain Ꙭ)1526059317.0
A little grace makes these screw-ups much easier to take.
@MooseAllain Walking my 2 dogs last year. Man walks past me (woman). Man says “you’ve got a lovely pair there”. He… https://t.co/GZkJSnI25y— SFW👍👏💕 (@SFW👍👏💕)1537305991.0
How's your soup, ma'am?
@thebrainofspock @MooseAllain In a bistro in France, @LReb82 had some lovely pea soup. With genuine enthusiasm she… https://t.co/6EY51dm0Dy— Dan Rebellato (@Dan Rebellato)1510243275.0
This feels British somehow.
@MooseAllain I once got off the bus and instead of my standard, "Cheers," I somehow came out with, "Kind regards."— Pessimistic Jack (@Pessimistic Jack)1510233685.0
This man needs to smell the lost and found.
@MooseAllain My dad asked a lady behind the till in Debenhams Chester ‘is there a payphone?’ (It was early 90’s) H… https://t.co/srjaPQpqu7— Isaak Sirko (@Isaak Sirko)1537304003.0
You... you know?
Plumber said to me 'I've got the same wall tiles as you' & I said 'I know' because I've lost the capacity to converse correctly with anyone.— Michael Spicer (@Michael Spicer)1468705288.0
This one seems Freudian...
@MooseAllain When I returned to work after some time off sick someone emailed me to ask how I was feeling. I sent b… https://t.co/DDtAxLdGE6— Phlegm Clandango (@Phlegm Clandango)1510267626.0
A waste of everyone's time.
@KTElliottMicro @BananeJen @HannahBevan13 @GeeitsFayeGee @adskankster @twidgeon @CaroleO290960 @sneezysnooze… https://t.co/nSSzhgLw4J— Katie - British Bibliophile (@Katie - British Bibliophile)1510322660.0
"I'm gonna have to ask my manager about that one."
@MooseAllain I once ordered a meat-long football marinara from Subway— Peter Freeman Foot (@Peter Freeman Foot)1510227396.0
"It will not be a pleasure for me."
@MooseAllain When asked by a friend if I would be a pall-bearer at his Dad's funeral, the correct response should h… https://t.co/2iAbbR4kFL— brenald (@brenald)1510227760.0
Smooth, Bernard.
@MooseAllain On a @BBCRadio3 quiz years ago was caught between ‘I’m a composer’ and ‘I’m a composition student’, in… https://t.co/kWZFRDeFmf— Bernard Hughes (@Bernard Hughes)1510248618.0
We got ourselves a weird dude over here.
@MooseAllain I once helped a man push his car out of the snow, he said ‘thank you’ I said ‘no, thank you ‘ ... and walked away like a creep— Abdullah Afzal (@Abdullah Afzal)1510249156.0
"Nice to meet you."
@MooseAllain While working as a waiter, a customer reached out to take the menu I was holding and I shook his hand. We both nearly died.— Neal Mason (@Neal Mason)1510255419.0
This will draw a lot of interest from recruiters.
@MooseAllain just remembered a friend who had on his CV 'general whorehouse duties' instead of warehouse— 70s Dinner Party (@70s Dinner Party)1510339511.0
Just set a calendar reminder, geez.
@redgoldrush @lauracpowers @AmandaYeardsley @MooseAllain @JenHLewi @fechtbuch Shared a house with a guy at college.… https://t.co/oug0iyYs4D— Man at C&A (@Man at C&A)1510342671.0
An unwarranted thank you.
@MooseAllain I once stepped off a train and thanked the man who happened to be standing by the door. As if he had personally driven me— Laura Karban (@Laura Karban)1510347563.0
Oh, how I wish she hand't called it "wee wee."
@KathMcGurl @spectrum_life @loobey41 @MooseAllain My mum answered the door to the milkman, who looked preoccupied,… https://t.co/MDLQrMsUb2— Marcus Garvey (@Marcus Garvey)1510408592.0
Hello. Is it me you're looking for?
@MooseAllain I answered the phone at work and instead of saying ‘Can I help you’ or ‘Please hold for a moment’ I said ‘Can I hold you’— annie (@annie)1510228859.0
"Hey there little guy!"
@MooseAllain Physical equivalent: I once left a meeting with a casting director and, thinking she was going to shak… https://t.co/N7ejDlTP1e— 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 (@𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻)1510307054.0
What's up, ladies?
@MooseAllain @rachelparris @AustenImpro "And on Tuesday evening we have the Presbyterian Women's Assiciation meetin… https://t.co/aO52dxLFeo— Shane McKee (@Shane McKee)1510392128.0
BOOM. Roasted.
This reads like another Freudian slip to me. Because writing an apology letter is absolutely an inconvenience, and they are certainly sorry to be writing that letter.An egregious affront.
so, I’m sat in a busy cafe reading a book with a cup of tea and a pastry and the lady sat opposite me, engrossed in… https://t.co/zKRNcVHWer— Little Cecil (@Little Cecil)1555624350.0
"Is there anything you'd like to say to the most powerful military in the world, son?"
@MooseAllain A chap at work answered the phone and meant to say "General enquiries, Mr Dubowski speaking". Actually… https://t.co/pG1HxismiZ— BorizzioMunchinFlapjack💙 (@BorizzioMunchinFlapjack💙)1510245379.0
A nice attempt.
@MooseAllain When I was in high school at the funeral of the father of a friend, I consoled her mother with the Gre… https://t.co/Ra9w3AcEl5— Anne Swinbourne (@Anne Swinbourne)1510229294.0
"Are you trying to flatter me, counselor?"
"Because I must say... it's working." And that's how this lawyer got his client off for embezzling millions. Flirting with the judge is a tactic more lawyers should consider employing.Smooth.
@TheBloggess The handsomest man I've ever seen once sat down next to me & said "Hi." I responded with "I'm eating a tootsie roll." He left.— Daize (@Daize)1446420656.0
Some cultures consider that a delicacy.
@TheBloggess When simmering potpourri was all the rage: at a party, my sister and I dunked our bread into the "dip". Both. of. us.— Particularly Owly (@Particularly Owly)1446439545.0
"Welp, I'm gonna head out."
@TheBloggess After flunking a job interview, got up, shook everyone's hands, and walked into the coat closet.— noah masterson (@noah masterson)1446425017.0
"Hey, look over there. Is Roberts slowly sinking to the ground?"
.@JGrassman @TheBloggess Cramps in both legs at biz meeting; slowly slid onto floor saying "just cramps" but trying not to scream in agony.— Peter (@Peter)1446440365.0
"Officer, I'd like to report an attempted baby-napping."
@TheBloggess Walked up to a baby-holding stranger (thinking it was my sister) at my daughter's soccer game and said "Give me the baby." 😳— hkell (@hkell)1446419453.0
They served tiny sandwiches, but the only thing this person put in their mouth was their foot.
@TheBloggess I was once thanked by a grieving family member for coming to the funeral. I responded, " no, thank YOU!!" Worst!!!— JCVC (@JCVC)1446399283.0
I think this is the plot to A Quiet Place.
Inlaws showed up unexpectedly so I hid w/my kids in my room, but my husband called me to see where I was & they heard my phone. #IGotCaught— Melissa (@Melissa)1487195243.0
Hey there, stranger.
I'm pretty sure they don't even know each other #FinalsWeek https://t.co/CW02z2ndBc— StrandMan (@StrandMan)1494270250.0
Takin' out the trash.
my flatmate has just peaked https://t.co/ZInx8T0u1R— em (@em)1494176471.0
"I'm worried."
I emailed my professor and meant to say “I am worried I don’t understand some material on our next test” BUT I ACCI… https://t.co/lJDxraVt99— Arson Carson (@Arson Carson)1509497675.0
"No thanks."
Time to use a fake number and get the heck out of there. Also, you can never go back. Sorry. Them's the breaks.Thanks mom.
The mom had to know that looked suspicious, right? She HAD to.That means nothing.
Accidentally said "Many thank you" to a woman in a shop.— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@Moose Allain Ꙭ)1510223928.0
"Go away."
@MooseAllain Once, a colleague politely asked if she could ask a question. I muddled up “fire away” and “go ahead”,… https://t.co/7kR0Ubsulc— James Panton (@James Panton)1510262519.0
"Have a nice job!"
@MooseAllain @simonblackwell Jogged past school kids last night: one speaks out 'have a nice jog' *cute* I reply 'Y… https://t.co/CMljyMZn6D— cMc (@cMc)1510269346.0
Salsa.
To be fair, that looks a lot like the word "salsa." Still, you can tell this person is a bit more book smart than street smart.Model behavior.
And that is why I will never pursue a career in modeling. Also because I would be bad at it.Rotten luck.
You just know that someone who works at the DMV is silently laughing to themselves and celebrating the fact they were able to sneak this plate under the radar. I have to admit I'm impressed.Millipede.
@MooseAllain On one occasion when spelling out my surname over the phone I began with "M for millipede..." I then p… https://t.co/JT0nQbD0ZQ— Lee Madgwick (@Lee Madgwick)1510303246.0
This is my new nightmare.
Bra shopping is already a slightly awkward experience. Now I can add "accidentally trying to buy someone's old, used bra" to my list of anxieties.Makes sense.
My boss overheard me calling my elbows “thirsty boys” while applying lotion and I was immediately let go— DJ Sunset Blush (@DJ Sunset Blush)1515178411.0
Oh boy.
Airport cashier: "Have a safe flight." Me: "You too!" I CAN NEVER COME HERE AGAIN.— Jenny Lawson (@Jenny Lawson)1446398687.0
Like this one:
@TheBloggess The handsomest man I've ever seen once sat down next to me & said "Hi." I responded with "I'm eating a tootsie roll." He left.— Daize (@Daize)1446420656.0
You live there now.
@TheBloggess After flunking a job interview, got up, shook everyone's hands, and walked into the coat closet.— noah masterson (@noah masterson)1446425017.0
"Love you!"
@TheBloggess I texted my boss at the end of my FIRST DAY in the new job with: “Heading out. Love you.” intended for my boyfriend.— Angela Bassa (@Angela Bassa)1446399723.0
"Want a bag?"
at Dick’s, it is a habit of mine to ask customers if they want their items in a bag after they check out. today, a… https://t.co/1hf7sgpMMo— sav (@sav)1527471208.0
This mom was just trying to help out.
“on a scale of 1-10 how uncomfortable are you?” https://t.co/VJ245NWP5g— liam the historian (@liam the historian)1520451162.0