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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swallow me, earthI started a new job in a bar in a crappy local town. I was commenting to another barman about how all the guys round about seemed to be a bout 8 stone but had huge 15 stone wives. Yes, you can see where this is going can't you. Later that day this big woman arrived in and I said, god forgive me,
"Look at this beast! I bet her husbands about half the size of her."
"Actually, thats my wife you fuckwit."
He never spoke to me again and he was indeed about 8 stone, and I worked there for 5 MONTHS!
A few years ago my friend and I met the grieving parents of my recently deceased best friend at the airport. he had hung himself two days before. Despite all of us being in a very emotional state I managed to say the following while waiting for the bus out to the car park:
"Hope we don't have to hang about here all day, this cold is killing me"
I could hear myself saying these things but it was too late. My friend went crimson with horror, while the other two went stony faced, obviously shocked. I get shudders of horror still when I think of it. Even my friend hasn't mentioned it since...
(, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 22:46, Reply)
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