Embarrassing moments

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• redheadbride15 member

  

  July 2015

  DOH! That's pretty bad...
  
  I am a total klutz and tend to trip over my own toes while walking down the street. Once I fell down a whole flight of concrete steps in front of about 50 people and skinned my knee and arm pretty badly. Everyone came rushing over to me asking if I was okay or if they should call 911. I was so mortified. I was just thinking of this a few days ago when I fell off the sidewalk but at least this time there were only a few people there and I didn't injure myself. Sometimes I feel like I need to defend my integrity by promising the crowd that I'm not drunk when this happens.
  

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  redheadbride15 said:

  DOH! That's pretty bad...
  
  I am a total klutz and tend to trip over my own toes while walking down the street. Once I fell down a whole flight of concrete steps in front of about 50 people and skinned my knee and arm pretty badly. Everyone came rushing over to me asking if I was okay or if they should call 911. I was so mortified. I was just thinking of this a few days ago when I fell off the sidewalk but at least this time there were only a few people there and I didn't injure myself. Sometimes I feel like I need to defend my integrity by promising the crowd that I'm not drunk when this happens.
  

  oh man that sounds awful. That's the worst, to be embarrassed AND hurt  

  

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• beachyone15 member

  

  July 2015

  Yikes! I can't believe that lady didn't say anything!
  
  One of our VPs just caught me up front talking on two separate occasions this afternoon. They just so happen to be the only two times I've gotten up from my desk today. So now she probably thinks I'm not working at all. Ugh.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• lovemesomemonster member

  

  July 2015

  That is a good one! Dang that lady who didn't tell you and let you walk out like that!

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• DaniBites member

  

  July 2015

  A couple of weeks ago we went to dinner for FSIL's birthday.  After dinner we were sitting at the table and I started feeling reallyyyyy sick.  I walked out of the restaurant and started panicking when I realized there were no trash bins or grassy areas nearby.  I puked in the parking lot and could hear people behind me (not CLOSE behind me but close enough to see) making noises of disgust.  I wanted to tell them I wasn't drunk but I was busy puking uncontrollably  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• littlemushroom member

  

  July 2015

  I got a promotion at work and now am working in the Benefits department. I was using Lync, our IM program, to answer an employee's question about his 401(k). I learned that Lync turns a k in parentheses into a kiss emoji. Whoops! The employee responded by saying he barely knows me. Lol Great way to make an impression!

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• loveislouder member

  

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  Not exactly recent but there's this fake tree in my office that's about knee height and I forgot it was there... so basically what happened was I was walking, tripped over my  own feet, ended up mowing over this tiny tree, falling on my face and flashing everyone... all in front of some new clients.

  
  

  ETA: spelling is hard.

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• mrscomposer member

  

  July 2015

  When I was in grade 4 (this is the most embarrassing thing I could think of, okay) I had those snow pants that didn't have a bib - they just did up like jeans. 

  Well, one day I came in to the classroom from lunch in a hurry and whipped my snow pants down... only to realize that I hadn't worn them that recess.

  **The OMH formerly known as jsangel1018**

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• sassercake12 member

  

  July 2015

  Was in Buffalo a few weeks ago running to catch the metro rail, when I tripped and ate it in a busy area. That sucked.

  
  

  My worst was in seventh grade, when we were taking a math test, and my pad leaked. Everywhere. Blood on the chair, blood spots on the floor as I ran to the bathroom. All over the back of my jeans. I had to go home because I needed a change of clothes. My uterus seemed to empty itself out though, which  was nice. Thanks, uterus.

  

  
  

  
  
  

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• OliveOilsMom member

  

  July 2015

  novella1186 said:

  I just walked through my office with my dress tucked into the back of my underwear. 

  
  

  The best part is, there was a woman in the bathroom when I walked out, she was at the sink and I walked right past her and noticed her turn and look at me out of the corner of my eye, so I'm guessing she noticed but she didn't say anything. Thanks, lady. 

  
  

  What embarrassing thing have you done lately? 

  This exact thing happened to me, except the nice lady in the bathroom flagged me down and told me.  I was at a charity ball and since its a black tie event, I decided to be fancy and wore pantyhose with my gown.  Tucked the dress into my pantyhose and started to walk out of the bathroom. It has a big internal hallway to the door and the lady actually ran after me to flag me down before I exited the bathroom.  I was eternally grateful to her!

  

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• DarthV8r member

  

  July 2015

  On valentine 's day I was walking to the Restaurant And tripped over the curb and fell on my face. The best part was I was wearing a swing dress and it flew over my head. Yeah so I was face down, with My Ass showing. I got up quick ,walked into the bar and my knees were bloody.

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2015

  I visited my sister in Florida Mother's Day weekend. I started to feel ill while waiting to board at the KC airport, and sat in the front row JIC. Just as the guy in the aisle seat asked about the book I was reading I puked. Everywhere but on him, thankfully. I'm a professional klutz but nothing is worse. (Shoutout to the amazing FA who never made me feel bad, and was so kind and helpful!)

  
  

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  OliveOilsMom said:

  novella1186 said:

  I just walked through my office with my dress tucked into the back of my underwear. 

  
  

  The best part is, there was a woman in the bathroom when I walked out, she was at the sink and I walked right past her and noticed her turn and look at me out of the corner of my eye, so I'm guessing she noticed but she didn't say anything. Thanks, lady. 

  
  

  What embarrassing thing have you done lately? 

  This exact thing happened to me, except the nice lady in the bathroom flagged me down and told me.  I was at a charity ball and since its a black tie event, I decided to be fancy and wore pantyhose with my gown.  Tucked the dress into my pantyhose and started to walk out of the bathroom. It has a big internal hallway to the door and the lady actually ran after me to flag me down before I exited the bathroom.  I was eternally grateful to her!

  That's awesome that she told you! I want to find the lady who decided not to tell me and let her know that she sucks. 

  

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• emmaaa mod

  

  July 2015

  When I used to wait tables, my biggest fear was to spill drinks on people. I am generally pretty clumsy anyways so me with a tray full of drinks can't end well.

  
  

  On my first day by myself, I emptied a tray of four waters in a guest's lap. I was mortified. Luckily, the table was very nice about it and had all been servers at some point. Apparently spilling drinks on a guest is some type of initiation.

  
  

  I also used to work at Starbucks, and one time I was trying to put a drink towards a customer and tipped it over. Luckily, it didn't get on them but I made a huge mess.  Another time, i had just finished making a huge batch of mocha syrup and dropped it on the floor. I literally spilled over two gallons of chocolate.

  
  

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  emmaaa said:

  When I used to wait tables, my biggest fear was to spill drinks on people. I am generally pretty clumsy anyways so me with a tray full of drinks can't end well.

  
  

  On my first day by myself, I emptied a tray of four waters in a guest's lap. I was mortified. Luckily, the table was very nice about it and had all been servers at some point. Apparently spilling drinks on a guest is some type of initiation.

  
  

  I also used to work at Starbucks, and one time I was trying to put a drink towards a customer and tipped it over. Luckily, it didn't get on them but I made a huge mess.  Another time, i had just finished making a huge batch of mocha syrup and dropped it on the floor. I literally spilled over two gallons of chocolate.

  That is a horrible tragedy 

  

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• onefootinthebayou member

  

  July 2015

  This is an oldie but goodie.  

  
  

  After grad school, I moved up to a cute town on the Hudson River just outside of NYC.  It had a great happy hour scene.  I rented a 2br unit in a big old house in a neighborhood that was a mix of young people & some families but mostly young, social people.  We made friends with a bunch of our neighbors in the other houses and would often walk through the yards after work to share a couple of beers.

  
  

  There was one house around a corner and shielded by some trees that we had never been to, but there were always cars there and you could hear people like they might be fun.  One night, my friend and I went into town and got sauced at happy hour.  We saw lights on in the house and heard lots of voices.  We decided it would be a good time to go in, introduce ourselves, and maybe have some beers.  Thank GOD we didn't have a 6 pack or wine with us...

  
  

  ...because when we walked in, we quickly realized that it was a bunch of adults celebrating their relative who had just passed.  IT WAS BASICALLY A WAKE.  We were all ohshitwhatarewegoingtodo?!?!!?!!?  But they were so gracious!  They welcomed us in and introduced us all around.  There was a picture of the grandmother on a table with flowers and lots of food and they offered us a plate.  We did our best "just got caught drinking in the basement by our parents pretending we are sober act" and I said that we were new in the neighborhood and that we were just coming in to introduce ourselves and that we didn't want to intrude on their special time.  We shook a lot of hands, offered our condolences, and hauled ass back to my house through the yard.  That was the most embarrassed I may have ever been in my entire life.  

  The next day, I still felt awful so I baked a huge pan of mac & cheese and delivered it to the family since they were hosting people for the post-funeral activities.  In a nice twist, I received a lovely hand-written note from them about being such a nice neighbor and thanking me for the mac and cheese AND for the visit.  That's what I call a good recovery!

  
  

  Years later, a buddy who knew the story sent me this picture.  I can't believe this shirt even exists.  

  
  

  
  

  

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• peachy13 member

  

  July 2015

  sassercake12 said:

  Was in Buffalo a few weeks ago running to catch the metro rail, when I tripped and ate it in a busy area. That sucked.

  
  

  My worst was in seventh grade, when we were taking a math test, and my pad leaked. Everywhere. Blood on the chair, blood spots on the floor as I ran to the bathroom. All over the back of my jeans. I had to go home because I needed a change of clothes. My uterus seemed to empty itself out though, which  was nice. Thanks, uterus.

  
  

  I witnessed this happen just an hour ago to a guy who was sprinting to catch the T in Boston. The doors shut and fortunately instead of slamming into the closed doors, he managed to get himself into a baseball-like slide in front of the doors, right in front of everyone. Whoopsies.

  
  

  Mine latest embarrassment? Having fun with friends last weekend and having the perfect opportunity to quote from a movie and totally choking and messing up the line. 

  
  

  
  
  
  

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  

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• emmaaa mod

  

  July 2015

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  On eof our dogs is a 90 lb lab/golden retreiver mix who still thinks he is a puppy. The other two dogs we have will stay in the yard and play so we can let them out by themselves and not worry. But nope, not Bama. He has to be on the leash at all times because otherwise he goes up the road to our neighbor's who has horses and plays with the horses. Luckily, our neighbors are cool with it because Bama just runs beside them and literally plays with them.

  
  

  There have been many occasions he has gotten out before I got the leash on and I chase him up the road in raggedy clothes and no bra. Now that's a sight.

  
  

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  emmaaa said:

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  On eof our dogs is a 90 lb lab/golden retreiver mix who still thinks he is a puppy. The other two dogs we have will stay in the yard and play so we can let them out by themselves and not worry. But nope, not Bama. He has to be on the leash at all times because otherwise he goes up the road to our neighbor's who has horses and plays with the horses. Luckily, our neighbors are cool with it because Bama just runs beside them and literally plays with them.

  
  

  There have been many occasions he has gotten out before I got the leash on and I chase him up the road in raggedy clothes and no bra. Now that's a sight.

  Ok that is adorable!! 

  
  

  And i feel your pain there; i was studying for an exam a couple summers ago so I was in ugly pajamas, bare feet, no bra, and the damn beagle escaped. Instead of going down the road, she was zig-zagging through people's yards, so I was running through yards barefoot screaming her name. She got a good 4 blocks away before H came sprinting out of nowhere and snatched her like the hero he is. I don't think I was ever gonna catch her. 

  

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• emmaaa mod

  

  July 2015

  novella1186 said:

  emmaaa said:

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  On eof our dogs is a 90 lb lab/golden retreiver mix who still thinks he is a puppy. The other two dogs we have will stay in the yard and play so we can let them out by themselves and not worry. But nope, not Bama. He has to be on the leash at all times because otherwise he goes up the road to our neighbor's who has horses and plays with the horses. Luckily, our neighbors are cool with it because Bama just runs beside them and literally plays with them.

  
  

  There have been many occasions he has gotten out before I got the leash on and I chase him up the road in raggedy clothes and no bra. Now that's a sight.

  Ok that is adorable!! 

  
  

  And i feel your pain there; i was studying for an exam a couple summers ago so I was in ugly pajamas, bare feet, no bra, and the damn beagle escaped. Instead of going down the road, she was zig-zagging through people's yards, so I was running through yards barefoot screaming her name. She got a good 4 blocks away before H came sprinting out of nowhere and snatched her like the hero he is. I don't think I was ever gonna catch her. 

  I have recently learned that our dog comes to us easier if we pull up in DH's truck. He loves riding in it so we trick him

  
  

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• cj3561 member

  

  July 2015

  My FI and I were traveling from Austin, TX back to CT after a quick little getaway (Austin is my favorite place ever and I'm jealous of any of you that live there) Sunday night. We had a short layover in Chicago, and apparently the weather made flying conditions a little crazy from TX to Chi - the turbulence in the plane was unlike anything I have ever experienced. I really suck at flying as it is. I had popped my usual Ambien before getting on the plane so I could go into la la land, but this particular day the Ambien was WAY over powered by my nerves. I had a full blown, sobbing panic attack (first one of my life) among the rest of the calm travelers. I actually suspect the Ambien made me more emotional as I just cried and cried and literally couldn't stop. It was so embarrassing - the kind FA gave me a blanket to bury my head into, but nothing seemed to help. A solid 1.5 hours of crying. That turbulence though - is that normal for flying in/out of Chicago?

  
  

  To make matters worse, my FI had the complete opposite reaction to the Ambien as me - he was feeling SO good - he started making absurd conversation with other passengers, spilling his guts to me about how much he loves me (very loudly), how we should get a matching tattoos when we get home - just literal crazy talk. None of which was comforting to me what so ever.

  
  

  We were THAT train wreck couple on the plane. The poor gentlemen next to us - I kept apologizing and he kept feeding me gum to make me feel better. He was understanding but we were definitely getting looks from other passengers and I was quite humiliated. I think I'll stay away from planes and Ambien for a while ..

  

  
  

  This is why we can't have nice things.

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• thisismynickname2 member

  

  July 2015 edited July 2015

  The funeral story is just the worst! Wow! And great t-shirt

  
  

  I'm more embarrassed by my bouts of word-vomit than anything klutzy. I suffer from foot-in-mouth disease sometimes and it'll haunt me for years.

  
  

  But? I've fallen down stairs in a busy metro, face-planted on a crowded running trail, slipped and fallen spectacularly on a puddle, face-planted in at least two street intersections that I can think of, and it doesn't embarrass me. I can own the fact that I'm a klutz and people are always really nice with the "are you ok!?" follow-up. 

  
  

  If my life was a romantic comedy I would have met a husband that way, but alas, it's not. 

  
  

  ETA: I've also had a panic attack on a turbulent airplane ride; luckily it was short. I won't be embarrassed about thinking I was going to die because I swear that plane was going down. (It didn't.) 

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• TNDancer member

  

  July 2015

  cj3561 I'm sorry but that is the greatest sotry ever. I am laughing in my office.

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• arrippa member

  

  July 2015

  emmaaa said:

  When I used to wait tables, my biggest fear was to spill drinks on people. I am generally pretty clumsy anyways so me with a tray full of drinks can't end well.

  
  

  On my first day by myself, I emptied a tray of four waters in a guest's lap. I was mortified. Luckily, the table was very nice about it and had all been servers at some point. Apparently spilling drinks on a guest is some type of initiation.

  
  

  I also used to work at Starbucks, and one time I was trying to put a drink towards a customer and tipped it over. Luckily, it didn't get on them but I made a huge mess.  Another time, i had just finished making a huge batch of mocha syrup and dropped it on the floor. I literally spilled over two gallons of chocolate.

  
  I might not cry over spilled milk but I will cry over spilled chocolate. What a waste. A terrible, horrible waste.

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• NowIAmSyp member

  

  July 2015

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  The bolded is awesome- lol

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• novella1186 member

  

  July 2015

  soontobesyp said:

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  The bolded is awesome- lol

  lol yeah I felt like the world's worst dog owner cuz I never even realized she was gone till the neighbor brought her back hours later and said, "hey you want your dog back? She's been riding around in my car with me all day." Whoops. 

  

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• pinupbride6189 member

  

  July 2015

  One day in high school there was a torrential downpour. As I was leaving my French class, heading to English, the fastest, easiest way to get there was through this kind of alley between two buildings, but it was almost completely flooded. There was a little island peeking out where a small tree was planted though, so my friend and I decided we would just hop over to it and then hop to the other side. This worked like a charm for him. Then it was my turn. I hopped over to tree island, but botched the landing. I slipped and slid right into the lake that had formed. The water was deep enough that I was completely soaked from the waist down. It was a very high traffic area, so lots of people saw. People I'd never met before knew my name and I was the talk of the school for about a week. The worst part was that my English teacher, an interesting fellow, wouldn't let me call home for a change of clothes. I guess he's perfectly comfortable sitting in sopping wet jeans all day. Luckily one of the girls in class with me was an athlete and had a spare pair of pants in her gym locker that she let me wear. It was an embarrassing incident, but I wasn't really embarrassed. Just kind of laughed it off and owned it, because, eh, shit happens. lol.

  
  

  
  

  

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• thespeshulestsnowflake member

  

  July 2015

  novella1186 said:

  soontobesyp said:

  novella1186 said:

  I was just thinking back on past embarrassing moments and realized that my beagle embarrasses me a lot. 

  
  

  She just goes where ever she wants, so she has gotten loose and walked into random people's houses/apartments when someone opens the door (and I've had to go in after her while apologizing profusely)

  
  

  She has jumped in a mail truck, a UPS truck, and the neighbors car as she got in (I didn't see her get into the neighbor's car, so they ended up running errands together). 

  
  

  She climbed on the kitchen table at H's parents' house and ate his dad's bowl of soup, stole a chicken leg during the after-funeral gathering at my parents' house when my grandpa died and sprinted all around the house with it, stole food off someone's plate at my xmas party last year.... 

  
  

  I'm kind of mad at her now. 

  The bolded is awesome- lol

  lol yeah I felt like the world's worst dog owner cuz I never even realized she was gone till the neighbor brought her back hours later and said, "hey you want your dog back? She's been riding around in my car with me all day." Whoops. 

  My dog has done something similar, except the car didn't leave. We were going over to my mom's house for the afternoon and were taking the dog. I told to go wait by my car. I don't leash her very often when going to the car since she loves car rides and waits by the car pretty well. But this time the car in the space next to mine was dropping someone off (didn't know either of them) and she jumps into the car, looking very proud of herself. I grabbed her and kept apologizing. Luckily he thought it was very funny and said he got it cuz he had dogs too.

  

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• sassercake12 member

  

  July 2015

  peachy13 said:

  sassercake12 said:

  Was in Buffalo a few weeks ago running to catch the metro rail, when I tripped and ate it in a busy area. That sucked.

  
  

  My worst was in seventh grade, when we were taking a math test, and my pad leaked. Everywhere. Blood on the chair, blood spots on the floor as I ran to the bathroom. All over the back of my jeans. I had to go home because I needed a change of clothes. My uterus seemed to empty itself out though, which  was nice. Thanks, uterus.

  
  

  I witnessed this happen just an hour ago to a guy who was sprinting to catch the T in Boston. The doors shut and fortunately instead of slamming into the closed doors, he managed to get himself into a baseball-like slide in front of the doors, right in front of everyone. Whoopsies.

  
  

  Mine latest embarrassment? Having fun with friends last weekend and having the perfect opportunity to quote from a movie and totally choking and messing up the line. 

  
  

  The baseball slide actually sounds like the more graceful option. I would do that over slamming into the doors! 

  

  
  

  
  
  

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