Foot in Mouth SyndromeWhat's the worst social gaffe you've ever made? When you know you've said the wrong thing to the wrong person and wish the ground would swallow you up. In other words you've just contracted a bad case of foot in mouth syndrome. Tell us your stories and we'll share your pain.
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rob, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 22:27)
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BaanA colleague of mine took an early morning flight over to Holland to spend a couple of days with the grand-fromages of a very large Dutch software company called Baan (now defunct).
There was no food on the outbound flight and they neglected to offer him lunch, so by the time he sat down to dinner with the entire board of directors and their wives at a meal laid on in his honour at the CEO's house, he was bloody famished and launched himself with great gusto at the starters. Whilst busily stuffing food into his mouth, he looked up to find twenty-eight people staring at him in silence. After pausing to wonder why the odd reaction to a man eating food, the CEO stood up and spent the next thirty minutes saying 'grace'...
doh!
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Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Wed 21 Apr 2004, 14:15,
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