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22 Embarrassing Moments We've All Experienced

Everyone gets embarrassed in their life, you've probably even been embarrassed a couple of times already today. There's nothing wrong with getting embarrassed, it's just obviously we'd all prefer if these most common things were to happen less often.

 

Secretly Trying To Take A Picture Of Someone...

... When the flash on your phone is on.

 

 

Waving At Someone...

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... Who doesn't see you. Also, when someone waves at someone else but you think they're waving at you, and so you wave back.

 

Trying To Get Your Teacher's Attention In Primary School...

... By accidentally calling them Mummy or Daddy.

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Texting One Of Your Friends...

... About a certain person, before sending it to that person by mistake.

 

Trying To Walk By Someone...

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... But you go the same way as they do, and this happens a few times before you eventually get by each other.

 

Going To Take A Drink Of Something...

... And missing your mouth, spilling it all over your shirt. The darker the liquid and the lighter the shirt, the more embarrassing the incident.

 

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Going To Open A Door...

... By pulling it when it clearly 'push', or vice versa.

 

Being Out In Public...

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... And tripping over something, before trying to act casual, as if it never happened.

 

Bumping Into Someone As You Leave The Toilet...

... With a really bad smell coming out of it. Even though you mightn't have been responsible. Although admit it, you probably were.

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Entering A Lecture Hall, Sitting Down...

... And taking out all of your stuff, before finally looking up to realise you're in the wrong class.

 

Walking down the Street In One Direction...

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... Only to find out that you're going the wrong way, and you have to turn around.

 

Sitting In A Quiet Room...

... With your stomach sounding like it's trying to digest a tractor engine.

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Creeping On Someone's Facebook...

... And accidentally liking a photo from three years ago.

 

Wearing A White Shirt...

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... While eating pasta or something else messy, and then inevitably staining it.

 

Lifting Your Arms To Reach For Something...

... Revealing massive pit stains.

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Laughing At Something...

... That you just remembered from the other day while on your own, causing you to look like a nutjob.

 

Getting Dressed In The Morning...

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... In the dark, and only realising half way through the day that you t shirt is inside out.

 

Holding A Hand Rail On The Bus Or Train...

... And touching someone else's hand in the process.

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Asking Someone To Repeat Themselves...

... Before asking twice more. And when you still haven't heard what they've said, you just have to reply with 'yes', and hope for the best.

 

Saying Something To Someone...

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... And your voice breaks weirdly like a 13 year-old going through puberty half way through the sentence.

 

Going To Pay For Something With Your Laser Card...

... Only to find out that's there's no money in your account and it's been rejected.

 

Waiting For A Door To Open Automatically...

... When the door isn't automatic.

 

David Sweeney
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David has the most relevant qualifications of all of the writers at CollegeTimes, having just completed 3 years of an Electrical Engineering degree in UCD.

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