The Most Embarrassing Real Life Moments

These Redditors have mustered up the bravery to divulge their most embarrassing tales, and some of them are so awkward—you’ll feel like disappearing.

From terrible first dates to embarrassing doctors visits, these uncomfortable moments fulfill all expectations: uncontrolled sweating, bright red blushing, and complete humiliation.

So Much for Privacy Settings

I was interviewing for a big promotion at my old job. I had put in the time, the hours, and the effort for this promotion, and I had been passed up a few times, so I was sending out resumes while trying to get this promotion. I go through the first interview, and everything seemed great.

They invited me for the second interview. I was so excited. Flash forward two days, and I go in for the interview. The interview is with the regional and site managers.

Everything is going great, they are asking me, “What are your priorities, goals, etc.”

At the end, the site manager changes his posture and says, “Would you say that you’re a loyal employee?” Taken aback, I say, of course, I’ve been here almost two years, etc.

And like a shark circling his prey, this dude turns his computer monitor around, and shows me my PRIVATE Facebook posts that I posted that I was in the market for a job in the same field. Now, there’s no way he could have seen this, as it was a friends-only post.

Someone I work with had to have tattled on me here. He then proceeds to read them to me out loud, not only the posts about my job search, but personal posts about my health situation and questions that I didn’t bring up to anybody other than personal friends.

I look at the regional manager and this guy won’t look me in the eyes, he is shifting, obviously uncomfortable.

I tried to say that I was looking just in case this promotion didn’t work out, as I am a college student paying my way through school, but he kept interrupting me and saying, “Loyalty is key.”

He then tells me, “We will think about it,” and points toward the door. The regional manager kind of coughs and goes to shake my hand, but by that point, I was already out the door.

So I said “Thanks anyway,” and then proceed to have the most uncomfortable walk back to my desk—I was wearing heels for the first time in like a year so I stumbled on my way out the door—with coworkers asking for the details if I got the promotion. I didn’t get the job.

I think the whole thing was just an “in your face” type deal. I went on to get a promotion in a different department. I worked there for about another year and a half, and then I moved on to work for Netflix, actually.

So, it all worked out! That manager was unfortunately promoted to regional, but the replacement manager was much nicer and not a huge jerk.

Story credit: Reddit / nessabessa34

Chump Change

About a year or so ago, I was standing in line at the grocery store, waiting to pay for my small grouping of items. The man in front of me is elderly, maybe late 80s or early 90s. He has finished his transaction and is trying to get his wallet out of his pants to pay.

Now, this guy’s clothes are about two sizes too big for him, so everything is kind of hanging off of him. Because of his advanced age and loose clothing, reaching into his back pocket to retrieve said wallet is proving to be extremely difficult.

He seems to lack the strength and coordination to both maintain his reach and grab the wallet from the very deep and loose back pocket of his old man pants. This goes on for, without exaggeration, five solid minutes.

Picture a grocery store with lots of people trying to get dinner and whatnot, and everyone is basically on hold while this guy tries and tries to get his wallet out, to no avail. Now, here comes the horror. Old man, WITHOUT A WORD TO ME, points his rear end at me and just looks into my eyes.

I realize that HE WANTS ME TO GET HIS WALLET OUT FOR HIM. The realization hits me and I am frozen. There are like 10 people in line behind me all watching this happen, and who want to get home in time for Jeopardy. I start to do nothing, but then realize that this dude is genuinely looking for help.

So, I reach into his back pocket to try and retrieve the wallet as quickly as possible. This is when I realize what the real problem was. The dude has a Costanza wallet x 10. It’s huge. And heavy.

I am trying to get a grip on the thing and I cannot get it past the loose fabric of the deep pocket, and more folds of what I realize are HIS OLD MAN FLOPPY BUTT FLESH. I swear I tried for like 30 seconds to get the thing, and couldn’t. But it wasn’t even over.

At this point, I turn around and see the horror on some people’s faces, because to the untrained eye, I am a dude sticking his hand down a poor old man’s pants. In a grocery store. In broad daylight.

It’s at this point that I give up and tell the guy “Sir, it’s all good your stuff is on me.”

I cram my card into the machine and pay for his stuff, which is only like $12. He thanks me and shuffles out of the store while I pay for my stuff and slide off to my new life as a predator of the elderly.

Story credit: Reddit / WhatsUpBtch

Flowing With Emotion

A woman was eight months pregnant. A guy brings her in for Valentine’s Day and has the mariachi band sing their love song. He pulls out the expected ring and she says yes. Things looked perfect! Only spicy Mexican food is perhaps not the best choice when your eight months pregnant.

She hurriedly shuffled to the restroom five times. The fifth, she…didn’t quite make it. It’s a tiny community, so I met them years later at a wedding party. I walked up and introduced myself. I mentioned I had met them years ago. “I was there years ago when y’all got engaged.

The emotions were just… flowing that night?” The husband laughed until he cried, the poor wife just covered her face in shame.

Story credit: Reddit / TheLightningCount1

Sounds Like A Cool Dude

While working in the hospital, a very attractive female in her mid-20s came in with her boyfriend complaining of abdominal pain. Part of the work-up required a pelvic exam and bimanual exam (that meant putting two fingers into the patient’s cervix).

I offered to have a female perform the exam but she said it was ok if I did it. A chaperone was present but her boyfriend demanded to watch as well. Now, I’m a professional but the whole situation got really weird. The patient’s boyfriend stood across the foot of the bed from me.

He stared me directly in the eyes with a scowl the entire time I performed the bimanual exam. It made for a very uncomfortable situation for all—but it wasn’t even over. After the exam, the boyfriend pulled me aside and told me that he thought he knew why his girlfriend was in pain.

He claimed to have “[bedded] her harder than ever” the previous night. I have no idea why he felt the need to say that but I assume it was because he was trying to prove something. It was the strangest encounter I’ve had with a patient or their family.

Story credit: Reddit / ERdoc987