Things you've quickly regretted saying...

alwaysonthego_2

barbiedoll wrote: »

I was due to visit a woman and her newborn baby yesterday. I had the wrong house number written down and when I knocked on the door, an incredibly handsome young man answered. I told him who I was and why I was there and he said...."Sorry, I don't have any babies"
To which I replied (whilst giggling like a schoolgirl)...."Would you like one?"

Aaarrrgghhh....shoot me now!!
:silenced:

I've done something like that. Was waiting to see the manager at B&Q and told this assistant I would be looking at the tools.

Hootie19

Yes, internet penpal, of course bring your lazy a$s, 20 year old daughter with you when you come over from America to stay with me for a week. What's that? Her 21st birthday during the week? Oh well, we must think of something nice to do.

Before realising, when they were actually here, that "come and stay" actually means, in American, come and drink and eat me out of house and home, and let me pay for every ruddy thing while you're here (I gave them a bloody fabulous week's holiday, including a day trip to Paris, a day out in London with tickets to a West End show for the daughter's birthday, and a trip to CadburyWorld and Stratford Upon Avon) and when you're back home, don't even bother to send as much as a bunch of poxy flowers or a thank you card.

That was a lesson learned - the hard way. Won't be a mistake I'll ever repeat.

CrazyRatLady_2

Stephb1986 wrote: »

Alwaysonthego reminded when I asked a customer when she was due!!! HAHAHAHAHAH she wasn't pregnant at all but she had a huge bathrobe on I hadn't seen her for months because she avoided the door and she looked heavily pregnant.

my bad!

Steph xx

That reminds me of something that happened a couple of weeks ago at work - my colleague was serving a customer who came in to buy a camera. He said 'I guess you'll be wanting it to take photos of...' and patted his stomach (customer was clearly heavily pregnant). I creased up at her response when she looked him in the eyes and completely dead pan said 'No. I just like eating alot of cakes...' She had a great sense of humour.

On to what I regret saying - I hadn't been going out with my boyfriend long when I did the saying my thoughts out loud thing by accident. He was on MSN when I was sitting behind him reading - I looked up and saw the photo of someone he was chatting too and the words 'She looks a bit large' escaped my mouth. What did he say? 'That's my mum' :S We're still together 4 years later and I get along great with his mum.

Trazy

When I was a teenager I asked my Dad if he had any durex batteries, I meant duracell :o:o:o

Lancslass1982

My brother and I were having a conversation in a supermarket queue and somehow (I can't remember why) the conversation turned to facial hair. I announced (quite loudly I guess) "I cannot stand beards at all, they always look so terrible!" To which the man in front turned round to glare at me and of course he had a full on beard! Oh the shame.

jason1231972

A recent one of mine is the usual (not) pregnant gaffe. I'm acquainted with a young woman who has so many kids I can barely keep up with them. Lately I saw her and said "crikey Miss X, you're expecting again!". She wasn't. She didn't laugh it off, she got the hump. In my defence, she wasn't 'just fat', she had a slim body but a round and prominent belly!

One thing that still makes me cringe a little, as a grown man, some 35 years later, was an assembly incident in primary school. Towards the end of the assembly, the headteacher asked if anyone "had any requests" (i.e. for hymns to sing). I was 4 or 5 and didn't know what "requests" meant (quite complex for primary schoolers, no?), so I just took it as an invitation to put my hand up and announce that my new baby sister had been born the previous night. The teacher's response was something along the lines of that's all good and well, but we can't exactly sing a song about it. Hmph. It was a few years until I learnt what the word 'request' meant in this context, and I often think of this little faux pas of mine!

Candy53

Very recently I'm afraid...

We were watching the Jubilee, and my son said 'What 'does' ER stand for mum?'

And instead of saying 'Elizebeth Regina' I blurted out 'Elizebeth v*gina!'

Candy

bravobeastie

not me but the lovely woman I was working for in a cafe looked out of the kitchens and said 'who's that effin t*at waving at?'

It was my dad. He had popped in to say hello! Luckily he's very hard of hearing and wondered why were creased up laughing

jason1231972

bravobeastie wrote: »

not me but the lovely woman I was working for in a cafe looked out of the kitchens and said 'who's that effin t*at waving at?'

It was my dad. He had popped in to say hello! Luckily he's very hard of hearing and wondered why were creased up laughing

:rotfl:

Reminds me of when my OH worked in a shop and I was waiting outside for her after a shift. Security were called, because there was a suspicious-looking man loitering around the shopping centre. It was me

Phoebe_Buffay

I had just started at my new job, been there a week, there were two girls that worked there, both had the same first name, both had the same hair colour.

One of them booked a week off to go to Spain, and we didnt see the other in either.

A week later one of the girls came in and asked for a coffee, I asked her if she had enjoyed her time off, she looked at me like I had three heads and said sternly "I wouldnt call my mothers funeral an enjoyable time, would you?"

I had got her mixed up with Spain girl