awkward moments at work...

grenade · 06-16-2014, 11:42 AM

So, today I wore my hair down because I was running late. A coworker I don't see on a regular basis and has expressed attraction to me in the past ( she has a man friend) notices my hair is down and squeals. I usually wear my hair up because it gets caught in/on stuff and is hot. So then, this coworker starts petting my hair. Then she runs her fingers through it like she's a stylist. Then she picks it up and lets it fall a couple time, saying "it's just so sexy." I'm in freeze mode. It was so awkward. All I could say was,"I'm going to pee now." I made a quick exit to the restroom.

Your turn. Share your uncomfortable or odd experiences in the workplace.

MsTinkerbelly · 06-16-2014, 01:19 PM

I take a LOT of medication, and because of them I'm a bit gassy

I was in my first week at the last place i worked, and my insides were begging for a private place to let go of some gas.

We had a lunch area with picnic benches in the back of a very large building, so at lunch i felt safe in going out the front door and taking care of my problem. Soon i had relief! Unfortunately, i didn't know the smokers slipped out a side door behind me to finish thier break.

I will have to say that the laughter was done quietly, and the snickers for the next two weeks were kept to a minimum.

but boy, was my face red!

RockOn · 06-16-2014, 02:34 PM

Couple or so years ago, a new developer was introduced to our area. Not on my team but he sat nearby. I let him get settled in for a couple of days, then went over to chat the following morning. Well, we started making smart ass programming jokes ... laughing and having so much fun. I don't remember how it came up but I said assembler programmers were always the strangest and weirdest people I had ever known. He was quiet for a few seconds ... then he told me his wife is an assembler programmer. I sat awkward and quiet a few seconds. There was not a shovel with a magic handle anywhere reachable ... impossible to dig myself out gracefully ... so I just said "oh" ... then I started making more obnoxious programming jokes and we picked right back up laughing ... I don't know what he was really thinking but I sure felt squirmy on the inside.

cinnamongrrl · 06-16-2014, 03:03 PM

oh my....yet another great thread Grenade..

few years back...I worked for the Department of Mental Retardation. I became friendly with an older lady that I worked with...

Well, she found out I was a lesbian and suddenly she had a thing for me. One night I was toileting a client. We had those nice big handicap stalls of course. So.....she comes in the stall as Im trying to get out and pinned me to the stall wall (ICK!!!!) and tried to kiss me!

I was grossed out and put out and just had to lay it down and tell her I had a girlfriend....which she already knew! It was just awkward from then on....

grenade · 06-16-2014, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsTinkerbelly

I take a LOT of medication, and because of them I'm a bit gassy

I was in my first week at the last place i worked, and my insides were begging for a private place to let go of some gas.

We had a lunch area with picnic benches in the back of a very large building, so at lunch i felt safe in going out the front door and taking care of my problem. Soon i had relief! Unfortunately, i didn't know the smokers slipped out a side door behind me to finish thier break.

I will have to say that the laughter was done quietly, and the snickers for the next two weeks were kept to a minimum.

but boy, was my face red!

I will confess that I had a similar experience. I was in an informal meeting in a small office with 3 managers of my company. I was speaking with great enthusiasm and one slipped out. Everyone was silent for at least 30 seconds and then one of them opened the door.

Mel C. · 06-16-2014, 09:03 PM

So...I was working in the science department at a local university and spilled a chemical. Unfortunately I was not wearing a lab coat and the chemical, that had a pungent fishy odor, got on my clothing. Later in the day, I was chatting with a colleague who I may have had a crush on and I notice her wrinkling her nose. I mentioned the chemical that I spilled and she said "Oh, I was wondering what that smell was." For some reason, I never managed to ask her on a date, me being fishy and all. :-/

Aryon · 06-16-2014, 09:34 PM

I drive one night a week for a Chinese Takeaway and the owner/chef is a hilariously funny guy. One night about 30 minutes before closing, we were cleaning up the kitchen area which is open to view from the counter and cash register.
We had the radio on and were singing along and generally acting the fool when Psy came on air singing 'Gangnam Style' ... there we were in the kitchen doing the dance steps to the song and singing loudly when 4 policemen walked in all serious.
"We've had a complaint", they said. Our faces went white and our jaws hit the floor as we stopped what we were doing and wondered if we should run out the back door.
All of a sudden the policemen cracked up and told us they had been stood outside looking in the window and decided to play the joke on us. Needless to say, from then on, we haven't danced around like fools to 'Gangnam'.

cinnamongrrl · 11-10-2014, 06:30 AM

soo...

]I was talking to a co worker who is veryyy\]=
young...

We were talking about incontinence and I mentioned that I do kegels to hopefully prevent that in later life.. She knew what it was. She said, "Ohhh that makes your vagina really tight? Guys like that.."

Ummm yeah..that's what they are...

Bard · 11-10-2014, 07:30 PM

a few years ago I was getting into my patrol car when I hear a BIG rip the inseam of my uniform pants split... and yes I had a partner that night

nekohl · 11-10-2014, 08:16 PM

The other day a client was making an appoinment and she said about my estetician " I need her to wax my lips and brow........... wait, let me reverse that, I need her to wax my brows and lip."

I giggled a little and then the client laughed. It went right over the receptionist's head. But then she got it when I mentioned something about a Brazilian.

CherryWine · 11-14-2014, 03:07 PM

I once accidentally sent a text ABOUT my boss, TO my boss. At work. When she was in the room across the hall from my office. It wasn't a nice text either, and I used her name in it.

I could overhear her talking to the other ladies about how inappropriate it was for the TV show "The Fosters" (about a lesbian foster family) to be on the ABC Family channel when children would be watching. This was one of the many things she was spewing about that day. She was on a tear.

So, yeah, I basically called her an ignorant prude and realized as soon as I pressed send who I had sent it to. I wanted to crawl under my desk and DIE! She immediately replied with "Yes she is!

"....sarcastic of course. She basically ignored me for the rest of that week (would not even come down to my end of the hall!), and then she finally got over it and pretended like nothing ever happened.

cinnamongrrl · 02-04-2015, 04:52 PM

For the second time.... I doused myself purty darn good with a shower thingy at work....two different houses mind you....

And I forgot to mention.... I nearly sarted my boobs on fire 2 weeks ago....yup. fun times...

CherryWine · 02-04-2015, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl

And I forgot to mention.... I nearly sarted my boobs on fire 2 weeks ago....yup. fun times...

Lol...dare I ask?

cinnamongrrl · 02-04-2015, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CherryWine

Lol...dare I ask?

Lol...well....

I'm short...I was leaning over the gas stove cleaning the cupboard near the stove...it gets greasy...all of a sudden I hear tickticktick...I've not had a gas stove of my own in forever...but luckily remembered the sound of the burner igniting...just in time to jump back. I did singe my shirt a bit but....the girls were unharmed

Bèsame* · 02-05-2015, 09:55 PM

well..I dropped my panties on the floor!!!

The beautiful panty table. You know the one. Three tired, perfectly fanned out. Colorized. Just so pretty you don't want anyone to touch it. Today, I thought there was just to much dark colors showing in the front. So I started to just twist the entire table, and bam. The leg under the table collapsed. In slow motion, I saw panties sliding off the lucite tiers. All on to the floor! Not pretty. And so not fun putting it back together.

Oh the life of retail

cinnamongrrl · 03-21-2015, 06:22 AM

My client totally tried to poach me away from my agency...and offered me $5 more an hour...

Not only awkward...but painful...sigh

cinnamongrrl · 04-03-2015, 05:46 AM

So...

I pulled up in front of my client's house yesterday..sat there for a minute texting since I was early (of course). A woman passed my car and walked through their gate, turned and smiled at me and I had the thought....

Why would she have company if she knew I was coming to clean??

I checked my calendar....sure enough; wrong house, wrong day. And surely my client saw my blazing blue car...

Away I zipped....to arrive 20 minutes late to my actual house. I am NEVER latr...

Luckily, they forgot it was my day and were not miffed in the least. .

Sigh.....I miss my brain

grenade · 06-21-2016, 08:26 PM

My bestie/co-worker has had an awful couple of days. Our employer has a strict policy in regard to driving company vehicles and tickets/wrecks. She had a fender bender over the weekend and has been beyond stressed over it. She was on the phone with her insurance company in a back office, with the door shut. I could see through the window, next to the shut door, that her face was contorting poltergeist style and her blood pressure was rising. I'm the office comic relief, or so I believed. I make a silly face and motion to smile. *No reaction* I begin to do a dance reminiscent of the girls in a Robert Palmer video. *Nostril flare* Tough audience, but I'm not giving up. I pull down the front of my dress and smash my boobs against the window with an exaggerated sexy face......

*Slight eye roll and chair turn*

That made things awkward. I walked away. Defeated.

06-16-2014, 11:42 AM	#1
grenade Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Full Flavor Femme Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,929 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,925 Thanked 8,058 Times in 2,121 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	awkward moments at work... So, today I wore my hair down because I was running late. A coworker I don't see on a regular basis and has expressed attraction to me in the past ( she has a man friend) notices my hair is down and squeals. I usually wear my hair up because it gets caught in/on stuff and is hot. So then, this coworker starts petting my hair. Then she runs her fingers through it like she's a stylist. Then she picks it up and lets it fall a couple time, saying "it's just so sexy." I'm in freeze mode. It was so awkward. All I could say was,"I'm going to pee now." I made a quick exit to the restroom. Your turn. Share your uncomfortable or odd experiences in the workplace.

06-16-2014, 03:03 PM	#4
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nekohl Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gone Posts: 446 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 632 Thanked 2,162 Times in 382 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	The other day a client was making an appoinment and she said about my estetician " I need her to wax my lips and brow........... wait, let me reverse that, I need her to wax my brows and lip." I giggled a little and then the client laughed. It went right over the receptionist's head. But then she got it when I mentioned something about a Brazilian. __________________

11-14-2014, 03:07 PM	#11
CherryWine Senior Member How Do You Identify?: lesbian femme Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Deep South Posts: 2,491 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,060 Thanked 10,014 Times in 2,182 Posts Rep Power: 21474847	I once accidentally sent a text ABOUT my boss, TO my boss. At work. When she was in the room across the hall from my office. It wasn't a nice text either, and I used her name in it. I could overhear her talking to the other ladies about how inappropriate it was for the TV show "The Fosters" (about a lesbian foster family) to be on the ABC Family channel when children would be watching. This was one of the many things she was spewing about that day. She was on a tear. So, yeah, I basically called her an ignorant prude and realized as soon as I pressed send who I had sent it to. I wanted to crawl under my desk and DIE! She immediately replied with "Yes she is! "....sarcastic of course. She basically ignored me for the rest of that week (would not even come down to my end of the hall!), and then she finally got over it and pretended like nothing ever happened.

02-04-2015, 04:52 PM	#12
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,661 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,228 Thanked 27,598 Times in 6,956 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	For the second time.... I doused myself purty darn good with a shower thingy at work....two different houses mind you.... And I forgot to mention.... I nearly sarted my boobs on fire 2 weeks ago....yup. fun times... __________________

02-05-2015, 09:55 PM	#15
Bèsame* Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femm Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: loved by many Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Closer to the waves Posts: 15,374 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,110 Thanked 40,937 Times in 10,727 Posts Rep Power: 21474864	well..I dropped my panties on the floor!!! The beautiful panty table. You know the one. Three tired, perfectly fanned out. Colorized. Just so pretty you don't want anyone to touch it. Today, I thought there was just to much dark colors showing in the front. So I started to just twist the entire table, and bam. The leg under the table collapsed. In slow motion, I saw panties sliding off the lucite tiers. All on to the floor! Not pretty. And so not fun putting it back together. Oh the life of retail __________________ kisses A kiss is a whisper in your mouth. Can I borrow a kiss? I promise to give it back.

03-21-2015, 06:22 AM	#16
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,661 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,228 Thanked 27,598 Times in 6,956 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	My client totally tried to poach me away from my agency...and offered me $5 more an hour... Not only awkward...but painful...sigh __________________

04-03-2015, 05:46 AM	#17
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,661 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,228 Thanked 27,598 Times in 6,956 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	So... I pulled up in front of my client's house yesterday..sat there for a minute texting since I was early (of course). A woman passed my car and walked through their gate, turned and smiled at me and I had the thought.... Why would she have company if she knew I was coming to clean?? I checked my calendar....sure enough; wrong house, wrong day. And surely my client saw my blazing blue car... Away I zipped....to arrive 20 minutes late to my actual house. I am NEVER latr... Luckily, they forgot it was my day and were not miffed in the least. . Sigh.....I miss my brain __________________

06-21-2016, 08:26 PM	#18
grenade Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Full Flavor Femme Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,929 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,925 Thanked 8,058 Times in 2,121 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	My bestie/co-worker has had an awful couple of days. Our employer has a strict policy in regard to driving company vehicles and tickets/wrecks. She had a fender bender over the weekend and has been beyond stressed over it. She was on the phone with her insurance company in a back office, with the door shut. I could see through the window, next to the shut door, that her face was contorting poltergeist style and her blood pressure was rising. I'm the office comic relief, or so I believed. I make a silly face and motion to smile. No reaction I begin to do a dance reminiscent of the girls in a Robert Palmer video. Nostril flare Tough audience, but I'm not giving up. I pull down the front of my dress and smash my boobs against the window with an exaggerated sexy face...... Slight eye roll and chair turn That made things awkward. I walked away. Defeated.