I should have been blonde (no offence to blondes) (Most Embarrassing Moments)

Member Name: Coxy1974

Product:	Most Embarrassing Moments
Date:	15/01/07 (1034 review reads)
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Embarrassing Moments – I think I could write a book on mine. I have a tendency to speak before I engage my brain along with being very accident prone. Here’s just some of the things I’ve done and said

1. I was walking through a very busy shopping centre several years ago (long rain macs were quite fashionable then) and I was wearing under the mac a long flowing skirt. This skirt was rather long and as I’d lost a bit of weight it was also a little big around the waist. I’d pinned it together that morning as it was the only thing that didn’t require ironing. I tripped on the skirt, dislodging the pin and causing the skirt to fall down around my ankles. As I’d pulled over a chair to help right myself I’d drawn quite a bit of attention to myself in the process. Red faced I stepped out of the skirt, picked it up and carried on with my head down listening to the raucous laughter of the group of teenage lads to my right.

2. I’ve been an IT Trainer for several years and before that I trained for a bank in the underwriting team. I was plunged in at the deep end for my first training session and was off site at a vendors. The lead trained had to go home sick so I was left with 30 strangers and me. At that time I had a tendency to lean on the flip chart board as I wrote. I was wearing a very short skirt and knee length leather boots. Imagine my embarrassment when the freestanding flip chart collapsed and I fell forwards on my knees. My skirt flew up at the back and I exposed my arse for the whole of the training class to see. My fall was greeted by complete silence. No one moved until I stood up and took a bow – then they laughed!

3. I rehearsed a new ice breaker for some training I was doing and the rehearsal went fine. The Ice Breaker was called Whats Inside and worked on imagining the other person was holding a box and you delved inside and described the items that you pulled out. It didn’t quite come out like that when I was explaining the theory in the classroom. It came out as ‘Can everyone see my box?’ as I’m holding my hands and arms out wide. ‘My box can be this big’ hands close together, ‘or it can be this big.’ Arms wide apart. ‘In my box you can put anything in it you want and if you put your hand inside……’ that was the point I caught onto why the whole of the training class had tears of laughter running down their face. I think I blushed from my toes and I have never, ever lived that one down.

4. Another embarrassing moment – I was invited out to a posh dinner dance type function. I was really pleased to be going as several directors from the states had come over and I was anxious to get my face known. After dinner they had speeches etc and then onto the dancing. The only thing was that the speeches had been so boring I had downed quite a lot of the free wine on the table. I was a little wobbly to say the least. My dress was the cross over type and made of silk. I hit the dance floor with some friends and was most impressed when I started to attract a lot of male attention. I thought I must look fantastic and my dancing must be really good. It wasn’t until I looked down I noticed that my dress had unwrapped itself slightly and I was exposing my very lacy bra which left nothing to the imagination!

5. I once spent an entire drunken evening talking to my new boss ( I didn’t know he was at the time) moaning about how I loved my old boss and I’d heard rumours that my new boss was a complete B*******. I was mortified when we had our staff meeting on the Monday to introduce us to our new boss and there he was!

6. I've just remembered this one after talking to some friends about using Sunbeds. Years ago I used sun beds during the winter months. They were the kind you laid down on and pulled the top down. The thing was supposed to switch off and then you'd push the top up and be able to get out. I was eager to go on the bed but the timer was broken so the lady gave me an alarm clock and I set it to switch off after 6 minutes so I'd be able to get out of the bed and then manually switch the bed off. It didn't quite work out that way as the top of the sun bed got stuck. The alarm had gone off and I couldn't for the life of me push up the lid. The gap wasn't wide enough to get out of either. I was reduced to shouting for help. In those days you were separated by curtains similar to hospital cubicles are so I was hopeful that there would be someone there to help. Imagine my embarrassment when the top is lifted and there stood the most gorgeous man I have ever seen in my life. He ignored the fact that I was starkers and had burnt my backside a bright pink colour and gallantly covered me over before helping me up. I was mortified and still blush scarlet every time I think about it. Jeez it's hot in here.......

7. Another one would have to be sticking myself to my car. The rear view mirror came off in my hand one day so I found out a tube of Superglue (I have put superglue in Room 101), got in the passenger side of the car and spread a little of the glue on the back of the adhesive sticker on the mirror. I positioned it on the windscreen and held for the required time. Thing is superglue runs if you put even a tiny amount too much on and it ran over my fingers without me noticing. Yes I was stuck with my right hand stuck to the windscreen. My parents thought it hilarious when they finally responded to the frantic honking on the horn. Eventually my fingers were prised away with a knife but the pain was excrutiating!

8. Had to come back and add this one in here. I was out walking my dog one afternoon a few years ago. He loves to chase squirrells and duly he saw one when we got to the local park. He shot off on his extendable lead which wasn't a problem at first until he ran out of lead and then started to pull me along with him. I was wearing flat heeled boots and jeans at the time and as I ran along after the dog trying desperately to pull him back (by this time the Squirrell is in a tree pulling faces at my dog) I failed to notice the huge pile of dog S*** on the grass, skidded in it, fell backwards in it, proceeded to roll in it as I tried to get up and when I finally got up was covered in it. By this time my dog was happily sitting beside me, tongue hanging out as he panted after his exertions. I got home and my mother wouldn't let me in the house without stripping in the garden before I went in!

I’m also famous for saying silly things

I once asked where the Korean war was fought.
I ring people at home all the time and ask ‘Are you in?’
At being told a joke about bulls and firemen (the punchline being that my bull doesn’t like the colour red) I dumbly pipes up with ‘But firemen don’t wear red’

I won’t go on but I think you get the picture.

Summary: I have said and done many embarrassing things - too many to list here.