At work, somebody with a deep smoker voice (i don't know how to say that in english, sorry) call me and I say "What can I do for you, mister ?". The voice responded : "In fact, I'm a woman, I have throat cancer". Even 3 years after that, I feel bad.

I was Target last week and saw a woman holding a blanket wrapped bundle with something black peeking out and wiggling. I knew right away she had a puppy in her bundle so I ran up to her and said, "can I pet it?" She said, "What?" I said, "Can I pet?? and pointed to the bundle in her arms. I reached my hand out for scritches and at that exact moment, I realized it was a baby in a panda hat and not a puppy. I had just asked this woman if I could pet her baby. I had to abandon my cart and leave the store.

I used to have to go through a customer survey with people. One question was “And how did you find us?” (ie internet search/yellow pages, friend’s recommendation, etc) and someone once answered: “yeah, you’re fine”

I was walking to my dad's car after school and walked up to a car and tugged the door handle the woman inside looked at me like I was a murderer I could not get away fast enough

This was not a good thread to read while drinking seltzer. Anyway, I have one. My friends went on the Ferris wheel so I stood at the bottom and waved at them every time they went around (we were 12). The wheel stops and this couple in the seat right below them gets off and walks past me. I hear the girl say “Why the hell was that random kid waving at us?” That still keeps me awake at 2 in the morning.

First 2 weeks in a new job a few years back: 1. Wrote asministrator instead of administrator in my email signature 2. Somehow shot a staple into my thumb instead of the paper I was trying to staple. Sat there and didnt say a word as I pulled it out and had to say something when my hand was bleeding. This was in my new job at the hospital :) 3. Whilst heavily pregnant at same job I answered the phone with "happy birthday" rather than hello and stating the team name

When I was 18, I worked in one of those one person diners you find in a random tiny town you might accidentally come across during a road trip. We hosted a lot of snow birds (people who go to AZ for the winter from cold states), so we were only open when they were in town. It was normal day, a group of 4 older people sits down at my table. They begin ordering and this man asks "what kind of potatoes do you have?" I thought about it, said I'd be right back, and ran to our walk in to see. When I got back I immediately said "We serve Idaho potatoes" and the whole table began laughing hard.. and I realized what an idiot I was.

I had just recently gotten my license and saw a good friend walking down the street. Slowed down, shouted his name and asked if he needed a ride. He was smiling and friendly and not at all my friend as he got into my car. Well, I was too embarrassed to explain so I have him a ride home....awkward.

My brother worked in a paint shop during the summers at school. He'd had a few people come in and ask for "striped paint" - a classic joke. A man came in and asked for Stride Paint (a brand at the time) and my brother made a *big show* of pretending to look, out loud in a mocking voice " where could it be" and putting snarky messages out on the PA system, before his boss came running over to inform the gentleman that it was on aisle 3. My brother all but medically died that day.

I work at a convenience chain and my coworker walks up and asks me about a product, a tube of sour candy gel. He says "do you know what this is?" I say yes. He says "Do you know where it goes?" I say "Uh yeah, it goes in your mouth." He looks at me incredulously and says "I meant what shelf does it go on." Oooooof

Our local Grocery store has a CSR/Bagger that is is wheelchair bound and always grouchy. I do my best to say something cheerful. He asked me if I wanted help out with my groceries. I smailed and told him Nah, all good I've been sitting on my ass all day. I laugh/cried all the way home.

Not me, but the wife... works within and organisation with differently able children. One day, due to a typo, instead of typing "kind regards", she typed "kind retards" to a client (g and t are next to each other on the the keyboard)... i helped her setup an auto-sig shortly after.

The time I'm up in a conference room near the customer service dept. just joking around and I yell out something like, "Yea I can walk around like I own the place!" Annnnd that's right when the company owner comes swinging around the corner in through the doorway....

In the early 90's I was working at a car wash, it was the last car coming through at closing time and I was at the end wiping the cars down to get the excess water off that the blowers missed. I finished wiping the car down and came around to the drivers window to send her on her way and collect a tip if one was offered. She was nice and we chatted for a moment, I glanced down and noticed that she was easily 8 months along in her pregnancy so I asked when she was due, her pleasant disposition immediately changed to that of a demon from the 9th level of hell and she floored it out of the parking lot, turns out she called my boss the next day and she was upset that I made fun of her being fat.

At a restaurant with some family. My Mom, my brother, and his husband. There was live music, it was loud. The waitress asked how we were, I said "I don't have a date" (she heard 'the onion rings are great') She replied "Good, Good" Only after the whole table just about fell on the floor laughing, did she figure out what I had said. We didn't see her for the rest of the night.

In 12th grade, I was sitting at a desk in the hallway. A girl walked up to me and introduced herself. I mistook her slightly extended hand and tried to shake it. I held on a second too long before figuring out that she wasn't shaking back. She left without a word. Oops.