21 things that shouldn’t be embarrassing but really, really are
12.
Walking across a zebra crossing when a car/s stop for you and awkwarding waving/saying thanks.
— charlotte (@rosecoloredchar) May 19, 2024
13.
You know when you’re talking to someone at work or something, like not a friend and they spit a little, and it lands on your arm or worse your face! if it was your mate you’d both be like gross and laugh, but this person isn’t a friend so you both carry on like it never happened
— Trudy (@Trudy_McQ) May 19, 2024
14.
Having my name called at the Drs or hospital.
Can't we just be given a numbered wooden spoon?— Sideways (@Sidewayssince) May 19, 2024
15.
Realising you've gone the wrong way and having to turn back. I usually accompany this with an exaggerated "oh look at the time, I must head home" watch-check
— Laura Winter (@Laurafinmil) May 19, 2024
16.
Trying to act normal when there’s a police car behind
— Saul Wright (@SaulB00945852) May 19, 2024
17.
Tapping Your card & it being rejected so then having to try & remember Your PIN number with a huge queue behind You….♀️♀️♀️♀️♀️
— Michelle Wilson (@michlindawilson) May 19, 2024
18.
Asking in a supermarket for an item you have searched for for ages and the assistant points behind you, were you know you just looked
— Pete (@Hansford4Peter) May 19, 2024
19.
When the little sideways dance you do with a person you’re trying to get past happens more than twice before you manage to break free
— Gill Davies (@Gillyclark137) May 19, 2024
20.
Reaching for a cucumber at the same time as someone else in the veg aisle
— Rob Gillett (@robgillett) May 20, 2024
21.
Marching up to automatic doors that take ages to open
— Dr Ruby Rutter (@ruby_rutter) May 20, 2024
The absolute horror of spotting a familiar face and not realising why it’s familiar – until it’s too late.
Walking to work and saw a mate coming towards me so I raised my hand in salutation; turned out it was Nick Owen the newsreader off Central TV. Turned the raised hand into a fringe sweep.
— Archbishop Poet (@morrissey2020) May 19, 2024
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