‘What is the most embarrassed you’ve been in public?’ – 21 people who made an absolute arse of themselves in a crowded place

12.

‘Not me but I was once on the train queuing behind some bloke for the toilets. You know the accessible ones where the curved door opens slowly? Well he hits the button, turns out the woman hadn’t locked it. The door slowwwwly slides open…well she was squatting, midstream, all for the world to see.

She started desperately trying to reach the button to close it but can’t as she was still peeing and it was too far. And then the door takes its sweet time closing… I still cringe for her when I think about it. Obviously then she had to come back out eventually with us still there waiting… (it took a while though).’
–Gwab07

13.

‘Tampon failed spectacularly while I was in a fancy restaurant on holiday in Barcelona. Back of my dress, chair, everything was covered. I fled crying while my partner at the time paid sorted it out and paid the bill. I was mortified.’
–jemjabella

14.

‘Shit my pants running for a train. The jobby dropped out as I made my way to the last far seat. Everyone saw.’
–OutAndAboutAbroad

15.

‘Many years ago we had a primary school picnic, to which we travelled by bus. I overate the cheesy rock buns and on the return journey, spectacularly projectile vomited down the stairs of the double decker bus, effectively trapping about twenty people upstairs. I couldn’t eat anything cheese flavoured for at least thirty years.’
–trustmeimabuilder

16.

‘At a festival. Had an amazing night – perhaps drank a little too much – and decided to celebrate back in the tent. Cramped little pop-up and we could not find the lube, which was definitely required for what we had in mind. We were very quiet – it was late – but the torch was useless. “Found it yet?” “Is that it?” “Did you put it in your bag?” etc. Eventually we were successful.

Next morning – as we ate breakfast – every two minutes someone would pass the tent: ‘Did you find the lube?’. Missus was mortified. Tents are not soundproof and it is impossible to whisper when drunk.’
–Sea_Pomegranate8229

17.

‘I’d had a vasectomy in the afternoon and decided beforehand to go to the caravan for a few days for me to recuperate. On the way there I discovered that my niece was singing in a nearby holiday park that night and suggested we go to see her. The wife happened to mention to my niece that I’d just been for the snip.

About halfway through her set I decided to go for a piss while everyone was occupied watching her singing. So I’m about halfway to the toilet walking like I had two tender bowling balls for testicles. When my niece announced, on the microphone to about 300 holiday makers “You’ll have to excuse my uncle Dave walking funny he’s just had a vasectomy this afternoon” and points me out making my undignified hobble to the bogs.

I then had to endure complete strangers coming up to me telling me about their vasectomy.’
–StuartHunt

18.

‘Terrible farts. Bad IBS on this day and couldn’t hold it in as so uncomfortable. Let one go at St Pancras, not realising how terrible it was going to be. About 100 people moved away from the platform around me in a horseshoe shape and left me standing there with my rotten guts.

I am fairly sure I dissociated entirely from that moment.’
–krypto-pscyho-chimp

19.

‘I was at a farm shop. I picked up a giant, extremely phallic looking, squash and turned around to my husband and said, ‘look at the size of that!’. Except it wasn’t my husband, he’d wandered off, it was just a random man.’
–85Neon85

20.

‘When I was in high school in sixth form I ran down our common room stairs at lunch and rounded the blind corner only to run into the geography teacher who had rickets and was carrying a tray of his lunch. Fully knocked him flat on his ass, covered in his dinner and the poor guy was so flustered. I don’t think I’ve ever been more embarrassed. The memory still haunts me 14 years later.’
–CommunicationFit4564

21.

‘Boyfriend and I went out to eat one summer and chose to dine outside. It was one of those days where the sun was shining but there was a bit of a cold breeze so we were feeling a bit chilly. At the table next to us, there was a guy there alone with a blanket wrapped around him, and we assumed that maybe it was one of those restaurants where they offer you blankets if you’re cold.

So my boyfriend goes to ask him jokingly ‘where’d you get the blanket from, it’s freezing out here!’ To which he replied… ‘I’m homeless mate’. I was absolutely mortified but luckily the guy took it on the chin after we said sorry about 100 times.’
–ellwhyn

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