Embarrassing moments that still haunt you

I’m not even going there with what could have been very embarrassing for me if there had been anyone present in the same smallish room 😱😂

I quietly told the receptionist in our hotel that she had an ink smudge on her face. It was actually a birthmark.

Sat in a very smart upmarket hotel restaurant - Michelin starred . I was chuntering on about the family owners of the hotel chain - not terribly detrimental, but gossip - our waiter bent done and whispered that one member of the family was sat behind me😳😳. I died 1000 deaths!!

I was visiting my old mum in hospital and knew that my sister and young nephews would be visiting her soon so I grabbed an air freshener that was in the bathroom and sprayed her room liberally. Soon afterwards the fire alarms went off and the whole ward was closed down whilst at least two fire engines came out. Visiting was delayed and we were told to keep our room door closed. I watched on with interest. Will cut to the chase, about 20 mins later after fire men plodded up and down outside the room a burly fireman popped his head in the room and pointed to a flashing red light, and then saw the air freshener and told me that I had set the fire alarms off, he found it hilarious but I was absolutely mortified, I had effectively shut down the ward. Several other members of the fire crew stuck their heads in the room to share in the hilarity.
When my sister entered having been kept waiting with my nephews well past the time for visiting said upon entering ‘some idiot set the alarms off’ when I told her that I was the idiot she told me to keep it quiet or other cheesed off visitors might arrange for me to enjoy a night in the hospital 😬

Goodness too many embarrassing moments! Lead trainer on a very tricky session, we took a loo break and I started the next part of the session walking round the group distributing handouts with my skirt tucked in my knickers, no one said a word. I did a big presentation in a new dress and later realised that every time I leaned over towards my audience, it exposed my lacy bra. I've lost count of all the times I've said something which I immediately regretted but I've survived. Perhaps it's made me more understanding of other people's mistakes, I hope so.

I once did the splits when I opened the door to church.
The entire congregation turned to see me in all my glory.
I was a self conscious 14 year old.
I think that the worst thing that I did was to get a bit plastered prior to going to have an interview with my son's teacher .
He was very naughty and I thought that he was going to be suspended or worse from school .
Having had a huge brandy after some wine I walked out of the loo with my skirt tucked into my knickers to the amusement of a lot of male customers who whistled and applauded.
The reason why the teacher had asked to speak to me -she thought that my son was exceptionally gifted and that the school might not address all his needs .
She laughed when I told her about the knicker incidence.

I used to work with this terribly handsome man who I thought was gorgeous. One day I was walking out of a shop when my stiletto heel got caught in a man hole cover and my shoe was stuck and I walked out of it barefoot. He only happened to be leaning on the wall outside the shop making a phone call. He dissolved into fits of laughter at me and I never lived it down in the office.

Oh thank you for your comments it has made me smile. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

I can't say it still "haunts" me but I still remember it!
After a few hours messing about in the sea with a group of friends in small boats and canoes one hot summer when I was about 15 or 16 I decided to take a swim.

I was wearing a very small bikini that my mum had made for me - of the sort that were basically triangles tied together at the hips, waist, back and neck.

One of the lads in the group went to "help me in" by moving closer to shove me in. Screeching (and obviously drawing attention to myself therefore) I leaped off the boat and failed to notice that a leg tie of my bikini had got caught on one of the little cleat hooks.

Yes, it ripped off my body and my "help me in friend" picked it up and waved it about laughing a lot so everyone on the busy beach could enjoy the joke.

I was swimming about in just my bikini top for what felt like an age until eventually another lad waded in with a big towel to rescue me.
The whole beach rose up in a cheer as I waddled out!
My mum was asked repeatedly "was that your daughter whose bikini was ripped" for days afterwards".

When I was a teenager. one lunchtime I went out to a restaurant with a friend (we used to get luncheon vouchers) and as I stood up my suspenders belt came undone and, as I walked down the street my stockings slowly but surely slipped down until I looked like Nora Batty. I was mortified and it wasn’t helped by my friend pointing to my legs and laughing like a drain. It must have affected me deeply to have remembered it all these years later.

Before an appointment for a cervical smear, I went to the toilet. No paper so got a tissue from my bag . As the examination proceeded, the doc said ‘ooo what’s this’? A green shield stamp! It must have been stuck to the tissue 🤬.

Most of mine are to do with toilets... a recurring embarrassment is queing up and ghen going into a loo and finding someone else's floater there that won't go down. Then having to go out and apologise to the next lady who's waiting. Either saying, 'sorry loo not flushing properly' or ' its not mine!'.. cringe.

I'm dying with laughter at all the responses here!

I've had a few embarrassing moments over the years! Here's 3!

1-As a bus driver, there was a long queue. I just got my right leg into the cab while clinging to the steering wheel, and the back of my trousers split wide open, revealing knickers with Minions all over them, right in front of everyone, who all laughed! I wasn't overweight, and my trousers were quite loose, so I've no idea why they ripped! The second I was back at the station, I had the embarrassment of running to the office and having to spend a few seconds punching in my passcode to get in with my bum ... and Minions... hanging out of the back, I went to my locker, which was in the staff canteen, having hysterical laughter from various colleagues, then ran straight to the loo for a change of trousers!

2-Another time I was working in a shop, dealing with a woman who looked and sounded like she'd come out of the Dallas TV show, and I accidentally let off a huge fart, burp, then hiccup with a second of each other! I wanted to floor to swallow me up! Thankfully, the lady had a brilliant sense of humour as I stood there, dark red and apologising madly!

3-Working in a cafe, which was doggy/pet friendly, A man came in with the most gorgeous little Pug dog. I was over him like a rash ... the dog, I mean, not the man!... He picked up little Eric and put him in my arms, who then decided to wee all over my t-shirt, and it trickled down to my leggings! I thought it was hilarious, and the man was very embarrassed, but I had to go home for a shower and a change of clothing!

I can’t exactly say it still haunts me, but I once experienced a period ‘flood’ at work when I was wearing white trousers. We were living in the Middle East at the time, and I had just been talking to 2 male (Brit) colleagues (one 20s, one 50s) when I realised.

They absolutely could not have failed to notice, but were too nice/polite to say anything.

Luckily we lived only about a 10 minute drive from work, so I zoomed straight home in my little car (without a word to anyone) where I changed into a similar pair of white trousers and zoomed straight back.

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At a busy airport long ago a woman came up to me and asked "Do you speak English?" I was about to brush her off because I thought she wanted money or some favour. So I was a bit offhand. Then she told me that the back of my dress was tucked into my knickers!

Its the only time Ive ever had a dress malfunction in public so I remember it.

When I first started teaching I was living at home and my Mum used to make my sandwiches. One lunch time in the staff room I picked up a lunch and thought wow mum has done me proud this time - sausage sandwiches with mustard in brown bread. Brown bread was unheard of in our house.
After I had eaten them a young member of staff came in an asked where his lunch was . All that was left were my Mum's chipolatas in white bread. I was so embarrassed. Fortunately I left to get married shortly after.
I still cringe when I think about it.

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This is a howler Gingster!

Years ago we booked a very last minute holiday to Majorca - just OH and me (pre-kids). I didn't have much time to do any shopping, so grabbed a couple of dresses and tshirts without trying them on. The second night of the holiday, I decided to wear one of the dresses - a strappy sundress - to go out for dinner, only to discover that I couldn't really wear a bra with it, so decided to go out braless.
On the way back to our hotel after the meal, we stopped to watch some local men playing boules and after a few minutes, I realised some of them kept staring at me. Eventually looked down to discover one of the 'puppies' had managed to escape from the dress, so I had been inadvertently flashing them for god knows how long! I still feel the flush of embarrassment now, more than 40 years later!

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The breaking wind stories reminded me of Celia Imrie on Wednesdays The Traitors . She broke wind during one of the trials .

Years ago, DH's boss asked us to their house for Sunday lunch. I was young and unworldly. I was struggling to make conversation and as we talked about food before lunch, I said to our hostess 'Our neighbour cooks sprout tops. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous?'. She replied 'Well we've got them today but you don't have to eat them.'. I have cooked them myself since but had never heard of them. One very awkward meal ensued.

Sadgrandma This happened to me wearing black holdups 😄 Running for a train first thing in the morning - by the time I reached it I had one white leg and one black leg. That was about the same time I turned up for work wearing one navy shoe and one black one - different heel heights even so I've no idea how I didn't notice before getting to the office.

I once fell flat on my face in front of 12 naval officers and 3 MoD officials while giving a progress report. Ended up with a hole in one knee of my tights. Then got so flustered I dropped all my slides for the overhead and they flew all over the floor. Not my greatest hour.

I went to meet my, then, boyfriend's parents for the first time. They had invited me round for dinner at their house. I had just bought a smart and very fashionable, very loose smock dress.

They took one look at me, visibly panicked and ran off into the kitchen together. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I had obviously upset them. I was left standing in the hall.

It turned out that they thought I must be pregnant because I was wearing, what appeared to them, a maternity dress.

I had been going out with my boyfriend for some months but we broke up soon afterwards.