Somebody asked about small-scale social faux pas that make you cringe – 23 small but deeply felt embarrassments

13.

‘Or walking into a glass door. Followed by an even more awkward arm-out walk through an open doorway, out of fear there may be another glass door lurking there.’
–nouazecisinoua

14.

‘I once tried mistook a hinged door for a sliding door in front of a room packed out with fancy pants AI/IT consultants. I still cringe thinking about it over 2 years later.’
–warpedandwoofed

15.

‘Asking someone in a shop where something is, and them awkwardly explaining they don’t work here…’
–No-Example-1523

16.

‘Talking of yawning….what the hell is the thing when you yawn a load of random saliva sprays out the back of your throat?!! That’s happened to me more than once…while I’ve been with actual…PEOPLE…..that’s pretty faux pas-y I reckon!’
–Frequent_Anteater_16

17.

‘Three word conversation with a new colleague who had a visible limp:

‘Bad knee?’

‘Amputee!”
–CarpeCyprinidae

18.

‘I made eye contact with a man while I was licking an envelope earlier.’
–Eoin_McLove

19.

‘Asking someone to repeat something they said, you still can’t make out what it was and are too embarrassed to ask again so you say something back you hope is a sort of cover-all comment and they look at you as if you are bonkers. You can’t ask again, you just have to sidle off, if that’s possible, and then never speak to them again.’
–Hollskipollski

20.

‘Congratulating a woman for being pregnant and them telling you they aren’t pregnant.’
–cankennykencan

21.

‘Walking through a long corridor and someone opening every door for you and holding it.

Thanks

Cheers

Thanks

Nervous laugh…’
–Wondering_wisher

22.

‘Was offered an extra Yorkshire pudding over dinner and said no emphatically, only to realise it wasn’t being offered to me. Mild shame!’
–CriticalElk6102

23.

‘Going to the bar at the same time over a couple hours. Bonus points if it syncs with toilet visits as well.’
–Thinkinstuf

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