Fun & Famous

6 AWKWARD SITUATIONS WE ALL RECOGNIZE

Yesterday I saw someone on the subway that I, simply put, who much rather not run into. So what do you do? Pretend like you don’t see them? Wait for the next subway? How is this not going to be embarrassing?

I ended up trying to take a detour so I wouldn’t bump into them and you could see he was going to same thing which led to awkwardly meeting each other in the middle. Jesus. The only good thing about this situation is that it inspired me to write this post. Please tell me I’m not the only one who ever experiences the below situations otherwise I’m going to feel like a completely failed Bridget Jones.

Situation 1: the toilet encounter when you’re new at the office

May-Britt has written about this before and how, uh, shit it is. “First of all, you’re too scared to even ask where the toilet is. Let alone have your colleagues know you need to pee. Or poop. Once you’ve finally figured out on your own where the toilet is (and by that time you can hardly control your bladder), you and your female boss both head into the bathroom at the same time and some sort of anxiety kicks in and you decide to go back later.”

Embarrassment indicator: *

Situation 2: You’re drunk surrounded by sober people

We all know that as soon as a couple of glasses of alcohol is involved, things tend to roll out of our mouths a lot easier. So what you want to do is: try to make your conversations as short as possible. Something I only learnt recently but my god I wish I had known this before once having an extremely intense conversation about the nutrition habits of a flamingo. Don’t, just don’t.

Embarrassment indicator: **

Situation 3: The it-looks-like-I-can’t-drink-it-situation

You’re waiting for your train or subway. You’re leaning against a pole trying to ooze out a bit of coolness. You decide to take a sip out of your bottle of water yet someone manage to get it all over your shirt instead of where it needs to be: your mouth. What the heck went wrong? You have no idea. All you know is that somewhere between trying to put the bottle on your bottom lip never occurred in the situation and now you’re acting like an idiot trying to get rid of the water on your chin and neck as everyone around you makes fun of you.

Embarrassment indicator: ***

Situation 4: The I’m-invisible-moment

That person is waving at you, right? Right? And so you wave back. Fuck, why don’t you know who it is. He/she clearly recognizes you. And then a few seconds later the painful truth comes up. Someone is standing behind you. You just waved at a complete stranger. How the heck do you play it cool from here? Just walk away as soon as you can.

Embarrassment indicator: ****

Situation 5: The weird hello

You’re in a rush, you’re racing to the station to catch your train or subway. Makeup? No time for it. And suddenly someone say’s hey to you. It takes you 10 seconds to realize who it is and out of reflex you yell back ‘ooh heeeeey!’ That’s when you realize it’s an ex lover of yours. And you keep hearing that awkward ‘hey’ of yours play over and over in your head. Embarrassed of the noise that had come out of your mouth.
Embarrassment indicator: *****

Situation 6: Sending a dirty message – to the wrong person

All the while trying to figure out if there is anyway you can undo this mistake asap. All you had seen were the words ‘I can’t wait to see you again’. A message from your dad. Soooo. Time to dig a hole and bury yourself in it.

Embarrassment indicator: ******$%#@!!!