What's the most embarrasing thing that's ever happened?

Gosh,Fins,that is so funny! I have so many!! Probably the one that sticks with me is this. When I was younger,I was working at the hospital in the E.R.Well I was on the evening shift and we were waiting for someone to fix our X-Ray machine. We were swamped that night with a car wreck and this young, good looking guy comes to fix the machine. I showed him where it was and went back to my work. So he comes back later and says he need to check it out on someone to make sure it's working,I wasn't in the best mood and tired,when he says,"hop up there and let me take an x-ray of your leg. I was,still am,a smart a** and said,I can't,I have a wooden leg,why don't you take a pic of your own leg. He says,"I have one too",I hysterically laugh and go about my work. A co-worker pulled me over to the side and said,he really does have a wooden leg-Talk about wanting to crawl under a table :lol: ...Karen

My first banking job was at a grocery store location and for those of you who have seen bank branches in grocery store locations they are small.

At this particular branch going through the managers office was the way to get in and out of the branch. The managers office faced the grocery store cash registers and the grocery store customer service station. The managers office was also all glass and the doors were sliding doors.

To get to the story, we had to go out and market bank products in the isles of the grocery store and when I had left the branch the sliding glass doors were open and my manager was meeting with a customer. When I returned to the branch from my isle prospecting the manager was still meeting with the customer and I was so busy looking at the customer and manager while I was walking I hadn't noticed my manager closed the very clean and clear glass doors. So I'm sure you all know what happened *BOOM* smacked right into the glass doors and stumbled backwards. The whole place got quite and I was so embarrassed. When I turned around everybody at the registers was staring and their mouths were wide open and nobody was talkign. I think everybody was shocked that it took a minute for my manager to step out of the office to see if I was okay. Besides the huge bump on my head and the pounding headache I was fine and actually started laughing. My head was hurting so bad, my manager finally sent me home.

Know everytime I see that glass cleaning commercial where the birds trick the guy into coming outside so they can see him walk into the glass door it reminds me of that day...LOL

Okay, I have one that probably isn't appropriate to put on here.....so the milder moment would be when I was in high school and accidentally put on two different colored shoes and didn't notice until I got to school.

I had two pairs of shoes that were exactly the same, just different colors, and I just slipped my feet in without really looking and suddenly realized what I had done just as I got to school. I begged a friend to drive me home to change my shoes, even offering to pay them, but no dice. I finally had to stick it out until late morning when I called my grandfather to bring me a matching shoe. Poor old guy didn't even ask why, he just did it. I know it's not a big deal, but to a 15-year-old, I thought it was awful.

I ended up doing the same thing a few years ago and didn't notice I had one black shoe and one navy shoe on until I got to work. I still felt a bit embarrassed, but nobody even noticed and I went home at lunch and corrected the situation. I definitely no longer own two different colors of the same style shoe.

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I would have to say one of my many embarrassing moments was when my hubby worked at Allsteel in Mississippi and I found out I was pregnant with the twins. I came home from the doctors office and immediately called his direct line. Well, when who I thought was my hubby answered, I said you will never guess what, I am pregnant and the ultrasound is showing twins! I heard the phone drop and then my hubby picked up the phone said hello, and I asked who answered the phone, it was his supervisor and he had dropped the phone and ran out of the office. Needless to say, now when I call my hubby, I make sure it is him before I start talking. His poor boss thought he was going to be a father of twins and went into a panic.

oh,Tammy,that's a good one :lol: ...Karen

That is a rippin' good bedtime story, Tam!

get ready for mine!

It was early spring 2005 and I was working in the Outside Garden department at Home Depot. We had a recent shipment of holly bushes come in, and I was outside packing them out. Some of the ones were huge, and getting them off the lift and onto the display tables was quite a wrestling match for me. When I finished the task, I went back inside. As I passed through the Floor and Wall department, one of my friends who worked there looked at me and had extreme difficulty keeping a straight face. I knew he was a goof and didn't read too much into it. Minutes later, I'm looking at the schedules by the break room, and I set my hands on my hips, only to realize that the seat of my jeans on the right side had been torn away. It must have happened while I was wrestling holly bushes! My undies and a portion of my butt cheek were exposed and everyone I walked by saw it! I held it together with my hand and ran all over the store looking for someone with safety pins! I managed to get one, and went to the training room, where all the managers were, so see if they had any more. I went in, asked for pins, and told them what happened. They all busted out laughing. My manager ended up taking me into one of the back offices and repairing my jeans himself. I ended up taking lengths of duct tape and making "racing stripes" to cover it up. Of course, it didn't stay a secret!

LMAO!!! Good thing you were wearing undies!

One halloween when I was about 12 years old, I dressed up as a pirate. It had this skirt part that looked all ripped up.

Well, When I was getting dressed I didn't notice that I had tucked the back of the skirt into my tights I was wearing under the skirt...No one at HOME cared to tell me that I was mooning the world.

One lady asked me, "Is your skirt supposed to be like that?" I said, "Yeah.." I thought she meant all ripped up.

Then about an hour later, I felt a little chilly...And noticed that I was tucked in. I'd been walking around for hours with my butt showing.

Another one, slightly inappropriate, but I don't care..

Dont read if you're easily offended....
About a year ago, I let my Chris take some "Risque" photos for his own "private use."

Well, his friend Jared had accidentally left some pictures at Chris's house, and called to come and pick them up. Chris's grandmother went into his room and grabbed the envelope she thought Jared's pics were in....Well, she gave him the wrong one. Jared now knows WAYYYYY too much about me...lol

How embarassing!

When I was a newlywed, and first starting to learn to read and write in Danish, I wrote a letter to my mother-in-law using an English-Danish dictionary for assistance. You know how we customarily close letters with the word "love". Anyway, I consulted the dictionary for the proper translation of the word "love" to close the letter. I chose to use "elskov" which is love in the poetic sense. Later on, my husband tells me that he got a very confused call from his mother. Apparently, "elskov" means "make love". I inadvertently hit on my mother-in-law.

That's hilarious, Ari...I would just die...lol

Hmmm...I've got two!!
The first one was when my husband was still serving on a submarine and I had just found out I was pregnant for the second time. I had had my initial blood work done at the local military hospital and had just gotten to my new job when the phone rang and it was my husband on the ship.
He was panicked and said "The Doc just got a test on you back, and it's positive!!! He doesn't know what kind of test it is? Could it be Aids??" I freaked out until I got home, got a copy of the lab work and brought it work the next day (I worked for a nursing registry as office support). It was my PREGNANCY test!! And no wonder the Doc didn't know what it was--not a lot of call for that with an all-male crew! I'll post the next story in another post...

And my next one (which happened to the boss from hell in my current job)...
Ya know how it feels when the boss from hell FINALLY gets hers? We had a boss a few years ago that everyone called the Queen. When she walked down the hall, people used to whistle the witch's theme from The Wizard of Oz for example.
She would wear slutty clothes to work that were two sizes too tight, along with tight pants and low-cut blouses, and regale us with her expertise at getting lunch-time quickies. She used to make everyone who wouldn't kiss her feet miserable daily.
Anyway, the fun started at the office printer. My best friend was there when the boss bent over and RIPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! Her pants split!!!!! My buddy ran over to where I was working as fast as she could and announced to the whole office "*** split her pants at the printer!!!" She also told her "Hey, your ** is hanging out and I can see your thong!!"
Like I said, it sure feels good to see someone get theirs.......

One evening a couple years back it got hot and heavy in the ER. One trauma after another,as well as codes.

Three codes came in at the same time,so I assessed the situation before I went to work. All three were elderly,
no DNR's for either,all unresponsive,pulseless,so I was told. So I worked on the pt that was "down" the longest
until I was relieved which was rather quickly. I then moved on to the next patient,began CPR. As I was doing the compressions a paramedic came over to me and said (my name),This one has a pulse! Dooaaa!

That pants splitting story is AWESOME! She deserved to lose her dignity and see herself for what she was!

Jessi, I didn't have to die from embarassment! They knew I was just beginning my Danish lessons, and they forgave me.....after they passed the letter around and all had a good laugh.

LOL Jedi!
The funniest thing? She got hers by doing it to herself! She would say she was going to the other department that she managed and then not be there either (I think she was doing the IT guy, IMHO)..anyway, she soon "left for other opportunities..." I think she was just canned!!!!!

I wonder if she ever realized that everyone laughed at her behind her back! My mom had a boss like that. Fat, lazy, useless, and dressed like a slut. Nobody took her seriously and I think there may have been a little celebration when she finally got sacked.

I know a woman who dresses like that! A woman who works down the hall from me crams herself into pants that are two sizes too small every day. Not only can you see major panty lines, but you see 3 rolls of fat, plus her stomach. her pants are soooo tight cotton looks like spandex on her. Her shirts aren't any better...we're supposed to dress "business casual"..Her shirts are more appropriate for a night at the bar..If you're 23 and in good shape. You guys get the picture! We all know someone like that.

We have a girl at work who insists on wearing pants that are too small and her shirts are all too short...Her pants are so small that her waists oozes over the top of her pants..It's so gross..But I'm sure she probably thinks she looks really cute...lol

I used to see on talk shows, these teenage girls and housewives who were morbidly obese and thought they were such hot $hit, that they were wearing all see through, too short and too tight clothes to school, to pick up their kids, to go to cheap restaurants. They don't realize how disgusting and trashy they look, and the fact they look like sausages popping out of black mesh casing.

Oh wow, what an awful image!

I personally don't have a weight problem..I don't think it's a big deal if you do have a weight problem...But dress appropriately. I do not want to see a woman who outweighs me by 100 lbs wearing my bathing suit. Don't people have mirrors?

I'm a firm believer in "COVER IT UP" if it don't belong out!

Oh I hear ya there!

And I don't care how doggone skinny you are....Man or woman..I do NOT want to see your butt crack!

My philosophy is there is a time and place for everything--and the workplace is NOT the place to let it all hang out, if you get my drift....

I get your drift! You wouldn't even BELIEVE what some of these women who come in for interviews are wearing...Wooooooeeeeeee!! At my job, in the HR dept, I'm the kid at 32; and I'm embarrased by their outfits!

LOL!!
What's really bad is when someone comes in for an interview--and they went to school with your kid!! (Happened to me last year :( ) Now I am officially one of the old bags in the office and not one of the kids....damn!!

Ewww...yuk!
I have to work with these newbies all the time, now the "in" thing with scrubs is the off the hip bottoms and they have the audacity to show some belly..it's really insane

wow..I couldn't even imagine some of the nurses that I've seen showing some belly...EEEEWWWWW!!!

It's pretty raunchy and I even get embarrassed..imagine that!

erzeke1 I know how you feel dont you want to tell them to put on some freakin clothes they wear those scrub bottoms and t-shirts for tops that are short

I once read that some public schools are imposing dress codes because so many girls wear such trashy getups that the schools actually resemble whorehouses to some degree.

And I agree with Liz, the clothes make the man and there is a time and place for everything. When women in professional environments work in trashy outfits, who is going to respect them or the business and take them seriously?

I have a friend who has a 7-year-old girl in my son's class..She says shopping for school clothes is an absolute horror. Everything is hip huggers, or cropped, or has risque messages on it. It's ridiculous.

I'm not opposed to showing some skin..I have a cute Miami Dolphins tattoo on the small of my back, and sometimes I like to wear short shirts and low-ride jeans to show it off..In the right environment! Never at a school function, church, or work..None of my co-workers know it's there! There is a time and place for it all.

I noticed clothes for little girls that are far too grown up. The clothing design nutcases even went as far as to design naughty lingerie for little girls, including thongs and bikini underwear with the word "Juicy" writen across the front. Don't these psychos realize that they are drawing pedophiles to these little girls who think that it's perfectly innocent to want to look like Britney Spears.

Usually what I have noticed,is when you put women together,good or bad,there seems to be a "look at me" competition. The new kids that come in here will roll the waist of the scrub bottoms down,exposing partial thong. Next thing you have is a "look at my thong" compeition!

More like, "Look at me, I want to marry a doctor!"

Yeah, but what doctor wants a girl who shows her undies? I really really hate that look, it looks undressed or something. I don't care how low my jeans are, my undies WILL NOT be showing. neither will my**** straps.


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And Roadwarrior, you are absolutely right about the "look at me" thing. We women fix our hair and makeup for each other.

Just because someone has a medical degree, does not officially make one perfectly scrupulous and moral. There are some sleazy people out there who bear the title of "Doctor" who prey on young gold diggers in slutty clothes.

What bothers me even more, clothes for men have hardly changed at all over the years. Clothes for women on the other hand, get smaller and smaller every year. It seems to me, like pressure to remain as young, thin, and easy as possible. These days, females are doing things unheard of when I was in school.

My kids have told me that they can't even shop in the juniors section anymore, which they refer to as the "little slut" section! My teen likes the store American Eagle and sticks to jeans with T-shirts.
And Roadwarrior, I work at a hospital too and haven't seen that new scrub look yet--and hope I never do!!!

"The little slut section!" That's a good one! LMAO! I'm glad to hear that your kids are so confident that they see through that crap and are not swayed by trends!

Oh that is wonderful! Being 5'1 I buy juniors jeans...And let me tell you where I can't buy them: Kohls, Target, Younkers. Definitely slutty. I'll stick with Old navy and the CKs I find at Goodwill!

I could write a novel with all of mine. There are so many!

I have alot. But earlier this week I get a call from my son's teacher that during snack time they were sitting at the table and he announced "My mom gives
**** love" (that's his way of saying you know what) He is disabled and the only one in his class that has speech, but his teacher and the aids had a good laugh.

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I know what you mean about the trashy clothes. I do like the lower cut pants, but that's because I hate my pants touching my belly button. But I wear a longer shirt to make up for it. I HATE to show my stomach. It grosses me out..Not that there's anything wrong with my stomach, I just think it's nasty..lol

And if my undies are hanging out, I don't know about it..And if I find them hanging out I correct the problem. LOL

I like lower cut pants too because they're comfortable! I like clothes I can move in, like loose t-shirts and low cut jeans. I'm not a belly-shower either. Most of all, one thing I will never ever do so long as I live...is go without a ****.

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Am I trahy because I like to show my belly at (appropriate) times? I worked HARD to get rid of the baby pudge, and not to mention that cute tattoo...

Jeez, guys...Am I too old? That's another issue altogether..

Nothing wrong with a little summer-belly! I only hide mine because I have a few pounds to lose. I suppose I've been careless in my eating habits.

You're not too old either. At 26 I'm not far behind you and I don't feel too old to shop in the junior's department (which I still do because I like flared jeans)

Am I the Odd Man Out because I am completely tatto-free?

I'm the Odd man out too!!! And I am wayyyyyyyyy older than you, lol... (46).
On the subject of tattoos, my kids never wanted to get one, but my 21 year old has her belly button pierced? Never understood the logic behind that one! I'm just wimpy in that department!