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Do You Embarrass Easily?

Plaid Pants2 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:00:54 GMT

Normally, the answer for me is no, but sometimes something will happen that will make my face turn crimson.

Take for example what happened to me a year or so ago.

I was at work, interacting with the public, and I was gesticulating with my hands.

Out of the far corner of my eye, I saw that my supervisor was standing behind me, but I didn't realize how close he was.

Next thing that I know, the back of my hand hit something, and I hear him say, "Hey! Ho, be careful there!"

I turned around, and saw him covering himself.

I had accidentally hit my supervisor right on the zipper line of his trousers, with the back of my hand!

To say that I was mortified, would be an understatement.

My eyes got wide, I gasped in shock, and I covered my face with my hands.

Yes, I definitely apologized to him.

So, do you embarrass easily?

Re: Do You Embarrass Easily?

SaRina — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:24:26 GMT

In my 20's when I was insecure, yes, very much so.

Not now.

ETA: Although, I'm getting embarrassed just thinking about some of those embarrassing incidents in my 20's. :-D There were some doozies.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:21:22 GMT

Yes, plus I get my feelings hurt easily.... I am sensitive I guess.

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Mominohio — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:22:16 GMT

I'm like you @Plaid Pants2, it takes something rather extreme to embarrass me these days.

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blackhole99 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:28:44 GMT

I stopped being embarrassed after I got married at 23, I didn't really care what any body thought except my husband and I still don't. People feel the need to embarrass others because something isn't right with them. If you embarrass yourself then it's on you.

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Irshgrl31201 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:10:13 GMT

No, I don't embarrass very easily at all but there are some things that will embarrass me. One is being with a person who is rude. I want to die when I am with a person who treats people (in general) poorly especially those in the service industry like servers, bartenders, hotel staff, etc.. I immediately say something to the person I am with letting them know that talking to someone rudely in front of me will not be tolerated, I don't care who is around. As a matter of fact, I want them to feel embarrassed or ashamed for their actions

It doesn't really happen with people I am close to like friends but it has happened when I was with an acquaintance or someone I work with. I also want to die if that person is a bad tipper or doesn't tip at all. In those cases I add whatever their portion of the tip SHOULD have been and I let them know I am doing it too, so I can embarrass them. Many times they don't even have the sense to be embarrassed though but I do my darndest to try!!!

Re: Do You Embarrass Easily?

Irshgrl31201 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:12:17 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
Normally, the answer for me is no, but sometimes something will happen that will make my face turn crimson.

Take for example what happened to me a year or so ago.

I was at work, interacting with the public, and I was gesticulating with my hands.

Out of the far corner of my eye, I saw that my supervisor was standing behind me, but I didn't realize how close he was.

Next thing that I know, the back of my hand hit something, and I hear him say, "Hey! Ho, be careful there!"

I turned around, and saw him covering himself.

I had accidentally hit my supervisor right on the zipper line of his trousers, with the back of my hand!

To say that I was mortified, would be an understatement.

My eyes got wide, I gasped in shock, and I covered my face with my hands.

Yes, I definitely apologized to him.

So, do you embarrass easily?

Haha! Yes, that is embarrassing but truly an accident. Did it actually hurt him or just his and your pride?

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Irshgrl31201 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:13:08 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Yes, plus I get my feelings hurt easily.... I am sensitive I guess.

This surprises me to hear @SeaMaiden.

Re: Do You Embarrass Easily?

dex — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:18:02 GMT

I was meeting with a new neighbor.We got talking about local newspapers,and I told him to just stick with the free paper.The one you need a subscription for takes a whole week to print the same junk as the free one accomplishes in two days.Turns out he was the new editor for the paper I trashed.My face got red when he thanked me for the review and said he would work on improving the content.

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:15:58 GMT

If turning red in the face means being embarassed I guess I do....it is one of the two thing about myself that bothers me......I cannot speak in public in any sitting...my face turns red......I wish I knew how to fix it but at my age I don't see that happening.

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Preds — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:25:39 GMT

According to people that know me ...Never. Truth is, I can be, but I hide it.

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Moonchilde — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:28:03 GMT

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
No, I don't embarrass very easily at all but there are some things that will embarrass me. One is being with a person who is rude. I want to die when I am with a person who treats people (in general) poorly especially those in the service industry like servers, bartenders, hotel staff, etc.. I immediately say something to the person I am with letting them know that talking to someone rudely in front of me will not be tolerated, I don't care who is around. As a matter of fact, I want them to feel embarrassed or ashamed for their actions

It doesn't really happen with people I am close to like friends but it has happened when I was with an acquaintance or someone I work with. I also want to die if that person is a bad tipper or doesn't tip at all. In those cases I add whatever their portion of the tip SHOULD have been and I let them know I am doing it too, so I can embarrass them. Many times they don't even have the sense to be embarrassed though but I do my darndest to try!!!

@Irshgrl31201, I do the same thing when I'm with poor tippers and server-shamers. But I'm feeling annoyance/anger, not embarrassment, because I will not be embarrassed by my behavior, and the other people just pith me off.

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dex — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:28:47 GMT

@Preds could you start a online course to help those of us who are red faced keep it hidden.I hate being so obvious.LOL.

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Preds — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:33:25 GMT

@dex wrote:
@Preds could you start a online course to help those of us who are red faced keep it hidden.I hate being so obvious.LOL.

Jokes, sarcasm and "the look" will usually get me out of situations, @dex. LOL

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fourpaws56 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:34:41 GMT

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Moonchilde — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:35:38 GMT

Not nearly as much as when I was young. I used to be less embarrassed at work because it was a culture of everyone-for-themselves and who-can-make-everyone-else-look-baddest-so-I-can-look-best. It was like the office was a game and the winner was the one who could make the most people feel the most kwappy. So, embarrassment in that situation became a non-issue for me. Meh. I had good training for these forums 😜

Now? There are random things that will turn my face a bit red now and then, but not much.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:36:00 GMT

I don't think I embarrass easily but when I am embarrassed I feel it profoundly. I think that's mostly from a childhood with a mother who seemed to get joy from humiliating me in front of others.

If I do something that embarrasses myself, it's probably worse than when somebody else sets out to embarrass me, though. I think I've become a bit numb to that. But if I do something idiotic that causes me to feel embarrassed or humiliated at myself, I have a big struggle with that. (I start hearing that dialog about how stupid, etc, I am) It's quite visceral.

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Noel7 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:43:57 GMT

It's been a long time since I've felt embarrassed. When my daughter was little I used to tell her it was important to be able to laugh at yourself, I do that if I mess something up.

But, like @Irshgrl31201 I am easily embarrassed by others, especially treating servers poorly.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:42:43 GMT

Noel7 wrote:
It's been a long time since I've felt embarrassed. When my daughter was little I used to tell her it was important to be able to laugh at yourself, I do that if I mess something up.

But, like Irshgirl, I am easily embarrassed by others, especially treating servers poorly.

Oh yeah! I can totally relate to 'being embarrassed by the behavior of others'. Been there many times, especially when I lived in Europe and some of the stuff I would see/hear from the 'Ugly American' types was so embarrassing! Sometimes the way people act towards others can be about as embarrassing as it gets.

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Noel7 — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:46:22 GMT

Has everone had the news on in the last hour or so?

No need to discuss.