Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

always. i don't know how people who do this aren't embarrassed for themselves

Saying "Thanks!" inappropriately at the end of a conversation.

― Je55e, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 8:42 PM (Yesterday)

Lol I work with customer support, and a few times a day I finish a phone conversation awkwardly by saying thanks inappropriately, embarrassing stuff

I had a bad habit for a while of saying "Sounds good!" whenever I was finishing a conversation with a higher-up about work. Like, higher-up: "I think we should do x, y and z, can you get started on it?" Me: "Sounds good!" Sometimes it would just be really inappropriate, like at the end of a conversation about bad news.

Yeh, it's my customer service background and current work trying to make surly court clerks like me.

Yesterday it happened w/ a woman from the office upstairs while we were in the elevator. We were chatting about the full spectrum lamp she was carrying: Me: Nice lamp.
Her: Yes, it's very useful for difficult jigsaw puzzles. You can really tell the difference in colors.
Me: That makes sense. Incandescent bulbs are so orange.... Okay, thanks!

I wish I would just accidentally say "I love you" instead of "Thanks!" b/c at least it would be fresh.

I make an ass of myself in this way regularly, feel yr pain. I've even said thanks for talking with me :-/

my best friend is a well-liked, charming guy, and he likes to say "darling", but a few times out of habit, he's called me it by mistake, then been embarrassed. the faux pas is funny, even kinda cute, but him getting embarrassed then makes me embarrassed about it!

jesse that doesn't sound too weird to me. But in my land we say 'cheers then' as a way of saying goodbye and it also means thanks I guess?

haha that elevator dialogue is priceless

That olde english fiddle-di-dee accent that folky busker types put on when they sing. I guess they think it gives their music more authenticity, but it just sounds forced most of the time,

got an example?

innocuous thing that makes me irrationally embarrassed - SECRET SANTA AT WORK. i can perform on a stage in front of strangers but the thought of buying a gift for a colleague or receiving one fills me with dread.

people talking at concerts

sort of agree, but people getting annoyed by people talking at concerts is part of same issue.

maybe just "concerts".

haha yeah, "concerts" will do

all-time classic

http://www.theonion.com/article/concert-ruined-by-guy-enjoying-himself-1690

got an example?

I'm trying to think of an example of one that I've heard on record rather than just out in the street or as the warm-up act for something else. It's fine when people like Pete Seeger or Richard Thompson do it, but it's particularly bad when people over-do it as a matter of course. Especially if it's a folk cover of a contemporary song.

hehe, that article's great

"Sometimes it's like that," said Empty Bottle manager Bruce Finkleman. "Everyone at a show is standing there, arms folded, having a great time, and then someone decides to get crazy. It can kill an otherwise perfect night. Unfortunately, unless the enthusiastic fan breaks something, my hands are tied."

when someone's girlfriend compliments me on something related to my appearance in front of said boyfriend. and I don't already know either of them.

(I'm kind of ruff looking so fortunately doesn't happen a lot)

When I'm out at a store or whatever and a song that I don't like comes on the in-store play and it syncs with my walking tempo. Last night I was strolling through the grocery store at a brisk pace just trying to pick up a few things when fucking Life Is a Highway came on and suddenly I was in lockstep with the groove. I can't stand that song and started to feel self-conscious about people seeing me walking to the beat, so I slowed down. I had to stop, take some deep breaths, and slow my heart rate down so they weren't in sync with the music. It was frustrating.

innocuous things that make me feel like life is a highway

how's life, there's no shame in just admitting you love that song and want to do a little supermarket boogie

I get so worried that people will think I'm a-movin' and a-groovin' or something.

that happens to me too! i just feel repulsed that my personal rhythm is in sync with a repellent song, not embarrassed necessarily.

i did feel very irrationally embarrassed yesterday carrying my passion fruit chobani yogurt to the fridge at work.

How's life's way is not a highway.

I've got Life is a Highway stuck in my head. I really regret clicking on this thread.

Lech - I thought of you because there's this giant high-end deli/steamtable/ramen/smoothie/everything place near my office that has this ridiculous selection of yogurt, including flavors of Chobani I've never seen as well as all these small-batch brands that look like they were jarred by goat-herders in the himalayas, and we joked that they carry "limited edition yogurts."

lol -- yogurts is like waters
i thought of you recently bc i was hanging out with your friends! i did not feel embarrassed about it though.

It is embarrassing that people call the singer Bruce Springsteen "the boss"

what have you got against the proletariat

xp was it DW and/or BR?

both! carpooled with B, ran into D at the show :)

junior high-aged boys who are shit at skateboarding

entertainment reporters

Adults throwing temper tantrums, when no one wants to say anything and the tantrum-haver obviously isn't too embarrassed to behave like a toddler in public.

is this natalie portman - jonathan safran foer thing as painfully awful as i imagine y/n

i don't even know what thing you're talking about, but how could it NOT be?

y y y

I've come to the brink of clicking links to that like 4-5 times and have not been able to do it.

And my standards for clicking things are really low.

can someone give me a one sentence summary of what you're talking about?

Safran-Foer and Natalie Portman re-write the world in sepia-vomited emails and cast themselves as every character in Russian literature and it's full of contempt for children

also safran foer reportedly left his wife because of his unrequited love for portman

so they were florid pen pals and it ruined his marriage?
contempt for children?

i can't imagine the horror of my personal emails being made public
did they publish them on purpose?

nm i looked it up
now he is dating michelle williams? yikes. dude sounds like a jackass, she deserves better.

Oh no, not Michelle Williams! Agreed, she definitely deserves better.

i met a guy in a pub before who said he worked on a movie with natalie portman, like he was in some minor technical role and she was acting in it. and one day he decided to ask her out, and he did, and she said yes, and they dated for a while. then she kept turning up at his house at odd hours and his fairytale story just became an odd thing he wanted to end.

end of vaguely related anecdote.

i feel like would only not like Natalie Portman turning up at my house at odd hours if i hadn't tidied up recently

i hear a lot of those stories in los angeles localgarda

they dont embarrass me

theyre p funny actually like cute funny

o i worked w this dancer she worked with britney
yeeeaah i kno her we worked on that movie with george

translation

i took a 12 dollar dance class taught by someone who rehearsed w britney and was placed all the way in the back where no one can see her/him

and

i did a bit if production assistance ie i was a gopher when filming this movie