Real Life People Who Colossally Messed Things Up
We all make honest mistakes from time to time, after all, no one can always be perfect! But sometimes our little mistakes have a way of happening at the worst possible time, ruining relationships and bringing future possibilities down with them.
And usually in those times, there’s a crowd of people just waiting to watch you fail in real time.
Whether you messed up some math while you were calculating a customer’s order or you failed to report a correct inventory to your boss, you can be sure that in that moment you were probably being watched by somebody who will snitch on you, further increasing your unease.
These real people shared their stories of little mistakes that messed up their lives in a big way, so you can live through their emotional terror without having to experience it for yourself.
And who knows, maybe you just might learn a thing or two about how to avoid such an embarrassing moment in the future.
An Honest Mistake
We went to a movie. During the movie, she got up to go to the bathroom. After she left, I thought I could run to the bathroom myself, and be back before her (for some reason, I thought it would be rude to leave her alone).
When I came back to our seats, she was already there but I didn’t give it much thought. I hung out at her place for a bit afterward, gave her a kiss goodnight, and went home thinking that I just had a pretty nice date.
A week later, after she wouldn’t return any of my calls, I asked our mutual friend who introduced us what the deal was. Turns out that when I went to the bathroom, I accidentally walked into the women’s room. I peed in the stall next to her, and she recognized the boots I was wearing.
She was totally freaked out. When I finally got a hold of her and tried to explain myself, she told me she was moving to Turkey to get back together with her ex-boyfriend.
It Must Be a Mistake
So, I work in a workshop, and we often engrave stuff for customers. This particular guy wanted a really nice wooden jewelry box for their wedding anniversary with a custom message he emailed me. For some reason, he chose to give the box to his wife at the workshop.
Not the most romantic place I can think of, but whatever. The guy’s wife starts to look confused and tear up: “You don’t remember the date?” Guy turns pale, looks at me with a deep stare, says: “No, I’m sure it’s a mistake.” Me: “No, I’ve copied it straight, can’t be wrooon…waaait a minute, oh my god, it’s my fault, I’m so sorry, I will redo it right away, no need to pay, please accept it as a gift…” Wife gets angry a bit at me, but they leave with a different box and the correct date.
But that wasn’t even the best part. Guy comes back next day and pays triple the original price without a word. shwowmyst
There Was Nothing We Could Do
I’m a nurse, but I was working in the ER when a guy came in for a scratch on his neck and “feeling drowsy.” We start the usual workups and this dude’s blood pressure absolutely TANKED. We scrambled, but he was dead within ten minutes of walking through the door.
Turns out the “scratch” was actually an exit wound of a .22 caliber rifle round. The guy didn’t even know that he had been shot.
When the coroner’s report came back, we found that he’d been shot in the leg and the bullet tracked through his torso, shredding just about everything in between.
There was really nothing we could’ve done, but that was a serious “what the heck just happened” moment, and for a good while we thought we had made a fatal error.
Let Me See Your Papers
My uncle is a deputy sheriff, and one time, he was at an airport speaking to my aunt over the phone in Spanish. Once he was done with his call, some nearby Karen who overheard him went up to him and started demanding to see his green card.
This was a huge mistake on her part. My uncle decided to mess with her and said that he didn’t even know what a green card was. He told her he had never even heard of it before. She became more and more upset by the minute and kept demanding to see it.
He messed with her more and then eventually went, “Well, I don’t have a green card, but I have this,” then brought out his wallet and showed her his badge. She immediately walked away while my uncle just kept laughing at her.