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Accidentally called a guy that went to Brown “that Brown guy”. Room got awkwardly and uncomfortably quiet. I didn’t realize why until several FOREVER seconds later.

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My previous neighbor was wheelchair bound. Elevator was broken early morning. I got out of my apartment and see neighbour silently cursing the elevator. I looked at him and the elevator and said "oh , I am gonna take the stairs" and left.
Took me about a week to realize how it must have looked from his side

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We had a dinner planned with the client, but hadn't agreed on the venue.

The day of the dinner, client suggested a restaurant in the hotel they were staying in. I had been there before and it wasn't remarkable. Also, I had planned to take them out to a fancier place than that. In the spur of the moment, I said rather passionately, "Not that restaurant! The food isn't great and neither is the service".

Turns out that the restaurant had changed its theme since I was last there. It is now fully staffed by people with hearing and speech impairments and customers have to order food through hand gestures.

Ended up looking like a complete tool.

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Omg!!! 🤣

Said very loudly "ugh, I can't stand Africa! No!" Just as a colleague from Nigeria walked by, then shook his head and walked off.


Context: this was at team kareoke night and I meant the Toto song, which another colleague really qanted to sing together (if you listen closely the words dont make sense, it gets stuck in my head for a week, and i can barely sing so sound like im a dying cat on the high notes).

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Sorry bud. Stuck in my head now too 🤦🏻‍♀️

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