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Oops, embarrassing things can be pretty unnerving, especially when 'impression' means everything. When embarrassing things happen you want to do an Ostrich act, hide you head in the sand and never see a living soul again. Or you wish you could drop dead. But non of these things happen. So hey what do you do. Live with it, laugh it off, make a joke.... Or better still, share the episode with the rest of the teens and call it 'The most embarrassing thing that happened to me' Here are some embarrassing stuff that happened to teens... Irate Grandpa This is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me. We recently installed caller ID so that we can know who is calling us before we answer the phone. The thing is that sometimes it shows that a number is "unavailable" not giving the name or number - especially when people have "blocked" their number. One day the phone rang, the caller ID said the number was "unavailable" and I thought it was my sister. I picked it up, and said, "hello?" No answer. A little louder, "hello?" I must've said "hello" about 50 times but never heard an answer. The phone rang about 5 more times that night - each time with the same result. When it happened again, I yelled at the top of my lungs "QUIT IT!" Then I heard a familiar voice on the other end say, "next time your father wants to talk to me, tell him to call me!" It was my Grandpa from Nuwera Eliya and he just about never calls! I was so embarrassed I just about cried. He didn't talk to us for almost two months after that. (if u wanna know, he's talking to us again.) now if that isn't embarrassing, I dunno what is. -Repentant Ruvini The Gift My best bud had moved to Kandy an for her birthday, we decided that everyone going to her party would chip in and buy one big gift. So we got this huge boom box and it was my job to bring it to the party. Well the day came and I arrived and remembered I left the present at my house! The problem was that I had travelled from Colombo, 72 miles away! Now all of her other friends make fun of me and accuse me of STEALING! It was horrible. - Thushara Smelling Bee I was so excited that to have won the spelling bee in my class - it meant that I was going to compete with winners from the other classes for a Rs 1500 gift certificate. When the big day finally came I was on stage in front of the whole 7th grade. Unfortunately, I had eaten baked beans with dinner the night before. I was doing perfectly fine at first, but then I had to spell "mononucleosis" (Ew!) and I was stuck. The whole room was silent. Suddenly, I let out the loudest fart ever! Everyone laughed. I would have pretended nothing happened, but my beet-red face gave me away. Then it happened again! I could have died. I won the spelling bee, but I lost my dignity. -Tiffany Soooo completely humiliated
Inshira I love you Ever since I can remember my family has said "I love you, bye,' when hanging up the phone, leaving the house, etc. Well, I was in the grocery store getting some stuff one day, and when I started to walk out, I absentmindedly said to the cashier, 'Love you, bye.' To this day everyone that was in the store, including the cashier, teases me! I get embarrassed every time I go there! - Alyssa Face Down One day my absolute best friend and I went to the beach We sat beside these really hot guys to show off our gorgeous bodies. Then we decided to run into the water and as I was running I looked back to see if the two hotties were watching us. Next thing I knew, I was face down in the sand. I must have tripped on a shell or something. How embarrassing! -Melani The slimy booger I was just barely getting over a cold, and I was still sneezing and coughing. It was almost time for gym class, and I ran into the locker room to change. While I was in changing I began to sneeze. I sneezed four times and the second one was HUGE!!! When I was done blowing my nose, I ran to the gym. When I got there, there was a guy I knew and I went up to talk to him. When I got there, he started laughing! I couldn't believe it. I ran to the bathroom and saw a huge, slimy booger drooping down my face!! I was so embarrassed; I didn't go back to gym. -Reannah |
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In
the oh so sophisticated adult world they call it 'Faux Pas' - a nice
Frenchified terms that camouflages all things that make one go 'Oops, I
didn't mean to do that.' But in the teen world, where there aren't any
soft tones and grey shades to soften the darker shades of reality, we just
call it plain 'embarrassment'. And embarrassing things happen. Often. And
when you least expect it. A bit like Murphy's Law, it usually happens when
you want things to be perfect, especially when you want to impress some
one or when you try your utmost to be impressive.
I
was out to dinner with my family. While my parents were paying the check
my brother and I went outside to wait. All of a sudden, I felt a major gas
pain. I figured it was only my brother there, so I let one go. And boy did
I! It was so loud and smelly! My brother began to laugh really hard. I
didn't see why it was that funny, so I asked him why was he laughing so
hard. He pointed behind me. There was an old lady and her son, who was
about my age, laughing at me, too! I was sooo completely humiliated, I mad
a beeline dash to our car. I bet I ruined their appetite!
