‘What’s the most awkward thing you’ve seen or been part of?’ – 17 cringe moments that have haunted people for years
10.
‘Retail role play in front of colleagues as “training”. Absolutely awful and I hope they don’t still do it. I can only imagine not because Gen Z don’t give a shit.’
-ChelseaMourning
11.
‘There’s a blind guy who works for my organisation but in another team. He sits by us because that’s where they can set him up easiest. We were talking about where we park for work as we work in a town centre. Someone from his team chimed in and asked blind guy where he parked. There was an awkward silence before he replied, “the same place I park everyday”. Other guy again asked where that was. Blind guy had to tell him blind people can’t drive. It’s not like it wasn’t obvious either. Had a PA and a guide dog!’
-Bob-Lowblow
12.
‘I asked a customer if he wanted a beef and vag pasty once. It was about 13 years ago. I still think about it.’
-bzzklltn
13.
‘Was at Disneyland having some food in one of the restaurants burger and chips kinda thing. Then suddenly it must’ve been time for the 20 minutes dance and all the wait staff suddenly jumped up on all the tables and started singing and dancing.
‘Their faces did not look happy about it at all, just reluctantly going through the motions, it was so surreal too.’
-monkey_kaleidoscope
14.
‘Onboarding day at a new job they made us new hires show how many push ups we could do (all sexes, ages, etc). It was awful.’
-spellbookwanda
15.
‘Laughter yoga at a conference. Scarring.’
-HuntingTheWren
16.
‘Observed my wife, in a restaurant, asking the waitress when she was due.
‘She wasn’t pregnant. Had just podged up a little since we’d last been there.’
-Bifanarama
17.
‘Watched a doctor discuss the patients positive HIV status, in front of her husband. The husband who had not known about this HIV + status.’
-ACanWontAttitude
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