Tell me your dumbest moment...

Crimefish · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 6:50 pm Post subject:

Mine was a couple years ago (I must have been about 10-12). I was dragged to a family thing, and my 2nd cousin's girlfriend (20-25) asked me where I lived. I couldn't tell her, and she must have thought I was mentally disabled. Smile

shep · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:18 am Post subject:

I installed a machine for a company in Toronto and after the demonstration for the owner, he takes me and a couple of his employees to an exclusive men's club for lunch.....The place was full of businessmen and they required a suit jacket which I did not know and did not have. The owner, an elderly gentlemen, said that they had jackets to loan there and he would get me one. Well, he came out with a jacket that was large enough for me and my twin brother (if I had one) and after trying it on, he says "oh, no one will notice". I'm only 5' 6" and weighed then about 110 lbs and with this jacket on we walked past a dozen tables or more before we reached an empty one so you can imagine how embarrassed I felt going to the table and all during the lunch that I couldn't enjoy. Embarassed

Different · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

I remember one particular moment when at my then job, I was coming up the steps from the stock room with a couple of boxes of shoes for a customer to try on, and I tripped up and all of the boxes which contained the shoes fell out of my hand. Luckily, I only cought the attention of a few people but it was still embarassing. Embarassed

Flax · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

Once I was in a car with my brother, his girlfriend, and two other friends of his. My brother's girlfriend took her car to a shop to be fixed. We had been driving in her parents car to and from school all week. Well while we were driving that day I asked her "Hey when is your car going to be fixed?" They said, "What do you mean?" I immediately realized we were in the car that was supposed to be fixed. I have no idea how I could have made such a dumb blunder. I can only think that the question was brought out by nervousness because I normally wouldn't let a totally stupid question to come out of my mouth.
Another time I was playing poker with my friends and we were playing for quite a while. I had a habit of looking at my two cards only once and repeating it in my head over and over. Well I was doing that and the turns were going around and everyone checked and I wasn't paying attention. Then the guy to my left said what's it gonna be? Because they were waiting on me. I said "Jack Nine offsu-!" And I stopped suddenly realizing I told them my hand. I couldn't play it off like I was joking and they all laughed. I laughed along with them and wasn't offended but it was somewhat embarassing that I made such a mistake.

Jess_19 · Guest

when ever i'm in any social situations and i say something that embarasses me i can always tell that it's brought up by my anxiety and nervousness... Shocked

...dont know how but i wanna quit having to be nervous and shit... blahhhhhh

introvert · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:

i was checking out some chicks in class as i usually do, but at the same time having this stupid anxiety, so i felt kinda wierd, and then someone had to walk around to pass out some books, and she threw one in my direction like 'catch' and because of my SP daze 'on cloud 9' thing it hit me right in the nose and started a nosebleed lol

Yossarian · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:11 am Post subject:

It might not be my most embarrassing moment but it is recent so I thought I'd share it with you anyway. The other day I was looking for free massive multiplayer online role playing games (mmorgp) and found one when you take the form of an animal. Cool I thought this might be fun, hook up with people around the world, fight evil and save the day etc. Anyway I had created my avatar, a nice young cat man in a fetching blue and white outfit. Given him a name, Chairman Meow which still makes me laugh although credit has to go to an old friend who told me one his mates called his rodent (can't remember which type) Chairman Mouse. Laughing

So I logged on or whatever the jargon is, went through an initial help section and then someone came up to me and said hi. I went to pieces, I started panicing, my mind went blank and forget how to respond (like what buttons to press not that I could think of something to say anyway). Not knowing what to do I ran into some tent where there were loads of people AHHH! That was it I couldn't handle it and just switched my computer off. I felt like a huge prat for ages. I mean what must they of thought? It wasn't even real life!! They couldn't see me, they didn't know me, yet I ran away. How sad is that?

Flax · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:39 am Post subject:

Yossarian, you definetly have a much more severe form of social phobia to do that in a game. But I can relate I used to play Asherons Call a MMORPG I never really got nervous when I talked to people, but I never did talk to people all that much. I never hunted in teams and sometimes I'd just go off into the wilderness by myself and kill monsters. I somewhat blame mmorpgs and my computer for worsening my social phobia. After I stopped playing the game I became increasingly unable to go outside of my house. I sometimes couldn't even look out my window because I was afraid a neighbor might see me through the curtains and think I'm spying on them. Just sitting in a chair in my backyard was a huge feat. And the worst part during that time was when I started trying to watch what I was thinking about because I became paranoid that poeple were listening to my thoughts. I'm no where near as bad as I used to be. I got out of it only because I had people who were super nice to me and invited me to do things with them. If no one tried to hang out with me I'd probably be just as bad or even worse than I was back then.

Yossarian · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject:

I know what you mean about games perpetuating SP. Still anything can be bad if it's done just to avoid reality. Then again everyone needs hobbies or activities to occupy their time. It's a difficult tightrope to walk at times because losing myself in a fantasy world can be therapeutic, I'd rather concentrate on bashing digital enemies than bashing myself.

I'm glad you've got some good friends now. No matter who are, having good people around you is important. I hope it continues to go well for you.

sengd001 · Newbie User Joined: Sep 18, 2004 Posts: 17

at work, whenever i feel like people think that im weird, or act scared of me, my face freezes up, and my voice gets all small and weak, my eyes also get big and dialated, because i get scared of making others afraid of me. I get panic attacks, and feel all dizzy and teary, it's like hell for me, so i try to act happy and smile alot, which probably looks weird and scare the people even more. Embarassed

what should i do in these situations???