Embarrassing situations, when remembered, require nothing but a smile. Photos.com
Expressions of embarrassment vary from one face to another, and from man to woman, and differ between people’s cultures and customs, and their usual expressions in apologetic situations. It also relates to the extent of a person’s sensitivity, his quick wit, and his ability to deal with the situation in which he suddenly finds himself.
Every one of us often goes through unenviable situations, some of which are embarrassing, some of which are touching, and some of which he does not wish would happen even to his enemy, but they are not left behind if they remain in the memory more than smiling, and there is no doubt that these situations are linked to people or… Places or events that we try to avoid the next time we encounter the same situation, person, or incident, such as discovering in the taxi that we forgot our wallet, or stepped on our fingers. Our colleague, or we spill coffee on our clothes or the clothes of others, but when we apologize to the other injured party, we absorb his anger tactfully, and the situation often passes peacefully, but we still keep these situations in our memories; Because it is related to the feelings that affect us in those moments, such as shame, confusion, sadness, or… and other moments of varying impact that are difficult to forget.
Alarm clock trick
Employee Nada Obaid went through an unenviable situation. On her first day at her job, she set the alarm to wake up at the specified time, which was six in the morning, but the alarm did not wake her up at the same time, because she simply programmed it for the evening and not the morning, and she says about this situation: “ I did not notice it until 10:30 in the morning, and I did not believe it. I thought it had broken, but unfortunately it was, and the reason was that I did not notice that I had put it on in the morning, not the evening.”
She added, “This was the first day of work, and I was unable to come on time, which made my boss have a bad impression of me, but over time I proved to him that I was the opposite.”
Purchase without money
As for Abeer Youssef (a housewife), she went shopping one day, and after she bought what she wanted, she went to the accountant, and after he counted all her belongings, it became clear that she had not put her wallet in the bag, which prompted her to apologize for not paying. Abeer explains by saying: “It was an embarrassing situation that I went through. I wasted my time and effort shopping for more than an hour, and in the end I could not find my wallet, which made me apologize to the accountant for not paying.”
She continues, “But now, I make sure more than once that I do not leave the house to go shopping without my wallet, and I always make sure that this situation does not happen again.”
Walking barefoot
Ahmed Khaled says about the unenviable situation, “I always go to pray in the mosque near our house, but I decided to change the mosque, and when I finished praying, I searched for a long time for my shoes and did not find them, and I was sure that someone had taken them.”
He added, “This day was very hot, and I had to walk on the sidewalk to the car, and as soon as I got home, my feet were swollen from the heat on the sidewalk.”
Inverted cloak
Kholoud Al Mansouri (student) talks about the situation she went through by saying, “I was late for my lecture at the university, and I rushed to change my clothes so that I could catch the lecture in time, but I wore my abaya inside out, and I did not notice it until my friend alerted me.”
She continues, “I was embarrassed by this, and I went to the bathroom to flip the abaya to its correct position, but after this situation I kept in mind to repeatedly check my external appearance before going anywhere.”
Car key
As for Maryam Al Dhaheri (an employee), the situation was different when she said, “I went shopping in one of the centers, and after more than three hours of shopping, I looked for the car key in my handbag, but I did not find it. I searched in the stores I went to, but I did not succeed in getting it.” I told my brother to bring the other key after I was desperate to get it.”
She added, “When I arrived at the car, I was shocked that the key was inside it, and some of the lights were working, to the point that the car’s battery had died, and we resorted to recharging it until it worked. It was an unenviable situation, as I waited a long time until I found the key, then recharged the battery.”
Case of expulsion
Abdul Rahman Nasser (student) remembers the embarrassing situation his friends put him in, saying, “I always put my friends in embarrassing situations, but this time they all agreed to play a prank on me. I often came late to lectures, and they all told me that the exam would be in a hall other than Which we mean for the lecture.”
He continues, “And indeed, the next day, I went to the hall, and there was no one in it, and I went to the lecture hall, and no one was there either, and I did not arrive at the examination hall until half the time had passed, which made the proctor expel me on the pretext of not adhering to the time, and the lecturer did not agree to retake the exam.” I have nothing but an official apology.”
Coffee spill
Musa Muhammad (an employee) talks about his experience in such situations by saying, “I once went to get coffee, and my colleague asked me to bring it to him, and after I brought it, I stumbled on my way to him and spilled it on him, and his clothes were dirty with the hot coffee.”
He continues, “We had an important meeting to attend, but he could not attend until he went to his house to change his clothes and return to the office again to attend the meeting, which made me embarrassed for him, and I apologized to him all the time for what happened.”
Card mortgage
Hussein Ibrahim (an employee) says about the situation that he will never forget and will always remind him to take his financial precautions, “I went to one of the petrol stations to fill the car with petrol, and I asked the worker to fill it completely, and when I paid, I found only 40 dirhams in my wallet, and I was supposed to pay 100 dirhams, and I did not.” The worker accepted to withdraw from the credit card, which made me put my ID card as a pledge in order to bring the amount to him.”
He continues, “After this lesson, I learned to put a spare amount of money in the car in case any emergency occurs, and to always take precautions in such situations, and I advise everyone to constantly make sure that there is a wallet in case of payment.”
Car tire
Reem Issa (an employee) remembers the funny situation that she and her friend went through by saying, “We were in the car heading home from work, me and my friend, and the person in the other car was lowering his window to talk to us, and I was determined not to lower my window and talk to him, thinking that he was someone.” Opposite youth.
She continues, “But it later became clear that the car’s tire was punctured, and I stopped at the nearest place to make sure, and indeed it was, and the person who alerted me to that stopped and helped me replace the car’s punctured tire with a new one, and I thanked him for this kind initiative on his part, and whenever I remember the situation I laugh at myself a lot.” ».
