‘What is the most awkward thing you’ve ever accidentally said or done in a serious situation?’ – 23 scenarios that will have you cringing into next week
12.
‘Well, moments ago I just told a WWII vet that I ‘used to see a lot more of y’all earlier in my career’ in reference to them dying off, so there’s that. I’m really bad at small talk.’
–tootiredforthisshxt
13.
‘Wedding photographer. Six bridesmaids, having trouble communicating who I wanted to move. I blurted out ‘the skinny one’.’
–_Enoch_
14.
‘My sister and I had an epic case of the giggles at my uncles funeral. We were sharing our thoughts on him when he was alive. Let’s just say he was one of those people who are fountains of funny stories. Our husbands tried to separate us by sitting in between us, so then we started passing notes. In church.’
–Defiant_Schedule9546
15.
‘At my friend’s dad’s funeral, the theme was florals. I showed up wearing black. That isn’t the bad part though. The bad part was when I was talking with a few other people and saw another girl wearing black, and I said, word for word ‘Oh we’re wearing black! We’re the black people!’ We are both white. I think about that everyday.’
–Gingerphobicginger
16.
‘In a customers house repairing his dishwasher: Customer: I don’t even use the dishwasher much since I lost my wife Me: Have you gone out to look for her? Sorry sorry sorry.’
–MicaBay
17.
‘The one that comes to mind first was when my wife and I went to a local brewery with her parents, and my father-in-law was chatting with the owner while we all were having a flight of beers to try a bunch of them. He asks the owner ‘Hey,do you have any kids?” and the owner responds ‘No kids’, gestures to the beers in front of us and says “These are my kids’.
And without skipping a beat, I said ‘Your kids are delicious!”
–lookalive07
18.
‘At a funeral I asked ‘How’s it going?’ to the sister of the deceased. I still say ahhhhhhhhhhh in the shower.’
–foxpost
19.
‘Not me, but at my grandpa‘s funeral we went to his favourite golf course to scatter his ashes. It was, of course, a very dusty affair as people moved around and sprinkled ashes in different locations. At one point, my aunt was sobbing into my cousin’s shoulder and my mom walked up to her, pointing out one of the errant dusty handprints and declaring ‘You have some grandpa on your butt’.’
–CausticSofa
20.
‘My coworkers and I worked by windows and could see it snowing and had been talking about the cold weather. My boss received a phone call that his aunt passed away. I gave my condolences and then said ‘She’s in a better place now. Somewhere warm.’ I meant a nice beach, but I basically said his auntie is in hell.’
–NakedAndAfraidFan
21.
‘Family friend posted on Facebook their close friends (mother/daughter) had been killed in the Middle East. I was horrified and somehow while attempting to post my condolences, posted an Ursula (Little Mermaid) GIF and couldn’t delete it ‘
–Parking_Giraffe_8884
22.
‘Watched my little cousin choke on candy. Watched his father and my other family save him. Upon realising he choked on a Lifesaver I quipped how that candy did not live up to it’s name. It was a dumb joke and everyone stared daggers at me for several minutes after.’
–Temporary-Purchase26
23.
‘I farted during a eulogy one time. I thought it would be silent and unobtrusive… it was neither.’
–mike_face_killah
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