“It was the most embarrassing chain of events Ive ever witnessed.”
We recently covered aReddit threadwhere people shared the worstsecondhand embarrassmentthey’ve ever felt.
This inspired members of theBuzzFeed Communityto share the most embarrassing things they’ve ever done or witnessed.
Here’s what people shared:
1.
She was tall and attractive, and people definitely noticed her.
A minute into the ride, she got diarrhea.
You could hear it.
It ran down her legs, landing on the floor, her ankles, and her heels.
There was nothing I could do to help her.
To this day, I can’t think of anything more mortifying."
Anonymous
2.
I zoned back in, thought she was asking for a fist bump, and fist-bumped her.
I wanted to run away to Peru and change my name."
“Years ago, I accidentally saw the dad of the family I babysat for stark naked.
He was showering in their downstairs bathroom because they were renovating their upstairs bathroom.
He forgot a towel and didn’t know his wife had let me in.
He got dressed, came back down, and we pretended it didn’t happen.”
lobster_lemon_lime
4. weapologisefortheincovenience
5.
And her skirt was 100% up around her head as she fell.
He looked over his reading glasses at her like, WTF?!
We got steaks and heard the people next to us mention they were vegans.
The piece of meat went flying right into the vegan’s lap.
She looked HORRIFIED as my ex was trying to apologize profusely.
I had to go to the bathroom to laugh."
Except she accidentally sent it to her son’s kindergarten teacher.
right in the middle of the fruit and veggie department, for all to hear."
After the initial shock, we helped him down.
We still talk about it five years later."
himalayall
9.
“When I was younger, I wanted to be a model.
We were running late one day, and when we walked in, the room was packed.
It was dead silent because the organizers were already talking to the audience.
My mom was walking so fast, on a mission.
It made the loudest noise, she screamed, and everyone in that room turned around to look.
The speaker stopped talking; everyone was looking.
“My mom is very religious and goes to church regularly.
During COVID, the church met over Zoom.
My mom was trying to lose weight during this period and had joined Jenny Craig.
She had taken a ‘before’ selfie in her bra and underwear.
This is a 60-year-old woman, mind you.
Nobody could figure out how to take it down.
Everybody in the church saw.
She wanted to die.
I almost died from laughing so hard.
“Back when I was a wedding photographer, I often went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.
At the restaurant, I had to sit at a crowded table.
Since I wasn’t taking pictures, I decided having a beer was okay.
I was already nervous since I didn’t know anyone except the bride and groom.
I cut a lime wedge and squeezed it into the beer bottle.
Her husband noticed her wiping her face off and said, ‘Honey, are you okay?
Do you want to move to another table?’
I felt a cold chill drop from my head to my toes.
I felt like my life and career were over.”
“I went to the movies with a coworker.
We were watchingMy Sister’s Keeper(his idea).
Someone put some ChapStick on that girl’s lips.'
Even scrunched down in my seat, I could see all the angry stares our way.
I wonder if he ever remembers this and cringes.”
“In nursing school, we worked on these mannequins that could be disassembled.
None of us jumped to her assistance.”
“I was invited to a friend’s Christmas party at her parent’s house.
They lived in an ultra-ritzy neighborhood, so pulling up was a bit intimidating.
Not one person asked if I was okay.
You could seriously hear a pin drop.
I picked myself up and joked about it but never forgot that odd silence.”
aya00303
16.
“My mother accidentally dumped a root beer float on a guy who was leaning out of his car.
My niece couldn’t finish her treat and my mom was trying to throw it away.
That story is now a family legend!”
crafty_gm
17.
“I went to pick up a wardrobe I had bought off eBay.
She said he had just moved out and went on and on about how great he was.
“I was at an Italian restaurant decorated with ornate light sconces on the wall.
A woman wearing an elaborate hairdo walked in.
It was a wig.
We both laughed.”
“I used to be an actor.
The whole production team stared at me wide-eyed at a table in the entrance room.
The worst thing was that I had to wait around for part two of the casting.
I did not get the part.
At least I left a lasting impression…on the door.”
trendyasteroid14
20.
I still sneezed quietly.
The floors were tile, and the ceilings were high.
I honestly don’t know how the class reacted because I just dropped my project and left.
Going back 10 minutes later was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life.
I didn’t make eye contact with anyone.
No one ever spoke of it.
Oh, and I learned shortly after that I was lactose intolerant.”
problematik
21.
I did a double-take because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
The look on her face went from happy to mortified in a second.
I was embarrassed for her.
Hopefully, she was too drunk to remember, but I doubt it.”
“My wife and I were buying a car at a large car dealership.
When we got to the front of the line, she greeted us, and we started ordering.
Her eyes widened, and she asked, ‘Are you British?’
Her accent was totally gone.
Turns out she was faking an accent for fun and didnt think anyone British would actually walk in.
She ran back to her manager, and we heard him cackling at her embarrassment.
I thought it was hilarious, but she was totally done for the night.”
“Picture it: a random middle school around 2005.
I am a new teacher excitedly watching the school’s big talent show.
A few kids had just done theNapoleon Dynamitedance in ‘Vote for Pedro’ shirts.
The crowd went wild.
She begins to strum and shakily sing ‘I’m Proud to Be an American.’
It isn’t good, but everyone is kind, especially for middle schoolers.
As this young lady begins to sing the chorus, she is overcome with emotion.
She begins to sob.
No one knows what to do because she keeps trying to play the guitar.
Nervous claps begin as the audience assumes the song is over.
Then we hear someone yell, ‘Keep going, baby!’
This compels the young singer to continue to sob-sing through the rest of the song.”
“It took FOREVER because she kept stopping to collect herself, wheezing with patriotic emotion.
It was a vicious cycle.
Claps began to turn to groans.
It was more than the kids could take.
FINALLY, she seemed to finish her song and cry-limp off stage as random shouts of ‘Yes!’
and ‘Thank god!’
Even she couldn’t believe what she put us all through.”
“I once had a job conducting door-to-door market research and was sometimes invited inside.
As soon as the front door closed behind me, I ran for my life.”
Im not squeamish, so I trucked off to the nearest bush to pee.
I felt something tugging on my shorts as I returned to the group.
Turning around, it seemed Id picked up a long, leafy vine trailing from my pants!
All three gazed out in the distance and didnt look back at me!
Turns out theyd seen it already and didn’t want to embarrass me!
It ruined the whole incident; those Canadians have way better manners than down here in the States!”
“When I graduated from high school, I had won a small scholarship from my countys PTA.
They had a meeting where I would receive my scholarship along with the other students.
I quickly got up, and my parents and I left as fast as we could.”
“I once went out to eat shawarma with a coworker I had a huge crush on.
I’m a messy eater, but I tried to do my best.
I died a little inside that day.”
He managed to get a car dealership that wanted them in their lobby.
After installing them, he rented a truck and a small lift to load them.
The machines were fully loaded with candy and drinks.
The cords got caught in the truck door and ripped.
Then, when he unloaded them at the car dealer, the lift flipped due to the overweight machines.
The machines crashed into the parking lot ground.
They shattered everywhere, with all the employees and customers watching.
He had to clean this up for about two hours.
Finally, he was able to leave after dumping the machines in the dumpster."
It was the most embarrassing chain of events Ive ever witnessed.
Oh, and he didnt have insurance on anything."
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
