19 Warning Signs for Common Awkward Moments
#19.
Your chair makes a fart noise. You're not among friends.
#18.
When the meal you're ordering has an embarrassingly awful name.
#17.
You're lost in thought, and when you come out of it, you realize
you've been staring blankly at a stranger the whole time.
#16.
Telling a story you remember as your own, only it turns out it
actually happened to the person you're telling it to.
#15.
You order "the usual," the server has no idea what you're talking about.
#14.
Saying goodbye and then walking in the same direction.
#13.
You go for a hug, he goes for a handshake.
#12.
Cheering wildly because you don't realize it's the instant replay of a play you just saw.
#11.
You pretended you were listening and now you realize a response is required.
#10.
Being asked to repeat a witticism because no one heard what you said.
#4 has sick eyes
ReplyThat's a tear.
Almost all of these. I didn't realize that #16 happened to other people, too! I'm not alone after all! Sigh!
Reply#8 got me once... Definition of awkward.
ReplyMy mom once slapped my sister in the back of the head in a movie theater because she was staring at a fat woman. Turns out it wasn't my sister though, just some random kid that looked like my sister from behind with no manners.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesFat people are animals.
But you said she was your sister. Did she, or did she not slap your sister?
Hahahahhahaah, I wish I saw my mom do something like that.
is anyone else noticing that #9 and #1 are the same....
ReplyI'm noticing that you need to learn how to read.
Most of them happened to me, you also forgot 1 that is most common, when you are walking on the streets and some1 yells your name, so you look to the direction of the sound and it turns out he was calling some1 else with your name..
ReplyNot really good when you have 1 of the most common names in your country.
Or a rare one, so you never get used to hearing it in public...
Or a unisex one, so they're not calling for you twice as much.
I've experienced a good number of these! They were mostly embarrassing.
ReplyOnce I saw a guy from behind who looked exactly like an old friend of mine I hadn't seen in a couple years. What was worse is he was with a woman who from behind looked like my friends wife and they had a kid who looked like my friends son! So, being a complete tool, I walked up behind the guy and lifted him off the ground in a great big bear hug. After putting him down, he turned around and I was staring into the face of a (rather angry looking) complete stranger.
ReplyHa! I've had a similar experience where a girl came up behind me and gave me a hug. Then she saw my face, apologized, and walked away, LOL.
I hugged an older gentleman, thinking he was my dad. When I realized it wasn't, I apologized and asked if he'd like another hug just because hugs are nice. He accepted and we went on our merry ways.
In regards to the "Enjoy your meal," "you too," that happens to me much more often on my birthday. "Happy Birthday!" "Thanks, you too!" (grimaces)
ReplyHOLY HELL YOU KNOW GRIMACE!
HAHAHAHAAAAA. I am from Turkey and at the end of last soccer season (most important sport event in country), Almost all fans of one of the 3 big teams (Turkish soccer fans are kinda divided into 3-4 teams of Istanbul whose fans from outside Istanbul may also support their local teams, so we're talking about 20 MILLION PEOPLE here) of our country were "Cheering wildly because they didn't realize it was the instant replay of a goal their opponents conceded in another simultaneous match a few minutes ago." (no playoffs) Their scoreboard gave this replay in NORMAL SPEED,so they thought
Replytheir opponents were losing and they would be the champions of Turkey. The fools we mention here included the coach, the substitutes, the players, team translators, club TV and radio! They even relied on that score and went for a goddamn DRAW, which sealed their fate! When the match ended, they CELEBRATED, danced and sang FOR AN HOUR in the stadium! After they found out the awesome truth (being 2nd) some of them cried and some of them demolished parts of the stadium. 1/3 of the country looked like a jackass and 2/3 was completely laughing their pants off and mocking on the internet or in their face for a few months. It was the funniest thing in sports EVER!
Or not recognizing someone on the street who recognizes you..having to make small talk..and then ending that with "We should catch up soon, I'll add you on (insert social networking site/email/chat client here) soon and make plans!".
Reply#9 and #1 ARE THE SAME DAMN THING
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesNo.... they are not. Fail.
The same damn thing? You...you *racist*!
;p
Same image maybe, different text under them. Read next time.
In fifth grade, we had a substitute teacher with a huge ass. There was a table near the chalkboard that she was using and I tried to walk behind her and got stuck between her ass and the board.
ReplyI am sooo sorry for you.
also; someone telling the same story time and time and time again, and you pretend you haven't heard it before.
ReplyPretending not to be sure of something, in order to not seem like a nerd (or someone who remembers unimportant stuff). Your friend: "When was 'Die Hard' released?" -You: "Uh, no idea." -"about 20 years ago, maybe" -"I'd take a wild guess and say 1988" Your friend: "Oh, but I'm pretty sure it was the 90's though?" You: "It was '88, damnit!"
That happened to me yesterday. I said hello and she didn't recognize me. So I immediately wished I hadn't said anything.
one really common; passing by someone you don't know that well and trying to figure out, whether you should say hello or just ignore that person.
ReplyThis one happens to me far too often. Stupid small towns...
this was hilarious! the hugs and handshakes one is common. But usually it's more awkward, when you arrive at a party and the host hugs your girlfriend but shakes hands with you automatically, even if you've known each other a long time, it's that mutual thought; "we aren't that close/we never really talk/we don't really like each other"
Replyhad #13 happen to me when I was in Mexico D; lol
Reply#8 I hate... happened to me 5 times I think.. that I can remember anyhow.. mostly in my teens. Then tied into this is when someone calls for someone with same name and you react even if you don't know the person.
#5 made me laugh, particularly the reaction of the victim
I get #6 a number of times online.. I'd ask someone how they are and they tell me 'nothing much'. that wasn't what i was asking for...
#8 happened to me yesterday, except instead of just waving back I high fived the guy.
Reply# 5 - As a high school teacher, every time I walk up and down the rows, I'm extremely and uncomfortably aware that their faces are all at butt level. And even though I never have in class before, and even though I don't have to at the moment, I spend the entire time frantically chanting, "don't fart, don't fart, don't fart..."
Replynow thats hilarous!
#18. Read the Drink names.
ReplyBajoran Ale
Bloodwine
Synthahol.
Oh cracked, you so funny.
Hooray for Star Trek references!
...we're not going to get laid any time soon, are we...