What's something really embarrassing you've done at work?

gailc

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I've done the mis-match shoe thing, the lean back and tip the chair over. Last yr one of my co-workers and I were counting vehicles at a dealership and we both (about 15 min) apart slipped on ice on fell down between the trucks. I lost my PDA and had to crawl underneath one to rescue it!! Also working outside counting vehicles in the winter I've had VERY BAD hair days, face cold, clothes wet from snow/ice/rain.
 

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Originally Posted by captiva

Ouuu! I know, I know!!! Once I had a long flowing skirt on (like a broomstick skirt, with a slip of course, went potty and stuck the back of the skirt in my hose. I walked through my department with my back side showing
I'll bet you got employee of the month that month Chris!!
 

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I work in an office where the guys travel most of the time, so I am alone A LOT.

One day, late in the day when I was washing dishes, I *thought* I was totally alone. So I'm standing at the sink waiting for it to fill and burping my BRAINS out. Burp, belch, buuuurrrrppp... I mean really letting my burps carry and project and seeing just how much gusto I can put behind each burp! Cuz I'm great at that sort of thing.

So around the corner comes John, one of the guys who has an office in the back. He had come in through a side door and I didn't know he was there.

He turned the corner, smiling, and said, "are you uh, okay Steph?"

So from now on, before I burp, talk to myself, or sing at the top of my lungs, I make SURE I am alone!
 

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I was having one of those eternally long days at work, and thought it was 4th period, not 3rd. I went into my 4th period class's room, and started to teach. I did notice that one of my colleagues opened the door, said "Sorry!", and made a quick retreat. At the end of class, the kids told me that they actually were supposed to have Mr. W. for the 3rd lesson. He was as bad as I was - he looked around till he found a class without a teacher, and taught my actual 3rd period class. He thought he'd missed some sort of important schedule change.
Another time I was searching the Internet for a German article about airline insolvencies to use as a test, and found something "quite similar" to a text I'd used in class (which was in my locker at school, while I was searching at home). I copied it, and gave it to my class. They started reading it, and I got quite a few furtive looks. I had the file from my locker with me then, and when I compared the texts, found that they were exact - they were printed in different newspapers, but were from the same press agency. I told the class, "Hey, the texts are from different newspapers, so we can use them - but I expect all 'A's' and 'B's'!" At least there weren't any grades below "C".
 

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Originally Posted by darkeyedgirl

I work in an office where the guys travel most of the time, so I am alone A LOT.

One day, late in the day when I was washing dishes, I *thought* I was totally alone. So I'm standing at the sink waiting for it to fill and burping my BRAINS out. Burp, belch, buuuurrrrppp... I mean really letting my burps carry and project and seeing just how much gusto I can put behind each burp! Cuz I'm great at that sort of thing.

So around the corner comes John, one of the guys who has an office in the back. He had come in through a side door and I didn't know he was there.

He turned the corner, smiling, and said, "are you uh, okay Steph?"

So from now on, before I burp, talk to myself, or sing at the top of my lungs, I make SURE I am alone!
OH my! That sounds like exactly something I would do!!!
 

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When I was still working as a body piercer, it was a busy Saturday, and I got my paperwork out of order. This gorgeous guy came in to my booth, and I told him to remove his shirt and lay back in the chair. His girlfriend started freaking out, yelling at me about having him take his shirt off to get his ears pierced. I had gotten the next guy's forms, and he was having his nipples pierced. We all had a good laugh when I told her what happened, but I could have cheerfully crawled under the rug. I'm glad I always had them have one last look at the forms before I ever touched anyone.
 
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These are so funny!! I am in hysterics.

I forgot a good one. When I first met my bf I was hopelessly doe-eyed about him and was really quite dreamy at work. One time we met for a quick lunch and then I went back to the office. The first thing I did was walk into the filing cabinet (which my office junior thought was pretty funny) but then after that, she was sitting on my wheely chair, and I was sitting on a normal chair. I spend most of my day whizzing around my desk area on my chair cos it's so much easier and more fun than getting up (lol!). Well, I went to take off, forgetting I was on a normal chair, and of course I moved and the chair stayed put, and I literally managed to throw myself onto the ground. It was so embarrassing I don't think anyone stopped laughing for about three days!!
 

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One night when I was really too tired to go to work, I got dressed and didn't pay a lot of attention to how I looked. When I got to work, my co workers pointed out that I had my top on inside out.
 

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I work in a nursing home and I had showered dried and dressed one of the residents and pushed (in wheelchair) her back to her bedroom and was looking in her draws and she said what is taking you so long, what are you looking for and I said your socks, I cant find the matching pair to any of them,thats when she said, well you wont dear, Ive only got one leg. I was so embarrassed I could have dropped through the floor, she spent the rest of the day telling every one and laughing.
 
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