June 13, 20241 yr Since we have threads on things that make you surly / pleased, what about one about embarrassing moments? I'll start... Early in my career, I had mad Excel skillz, and the company relied on me to link numbers from our working spreadsheet to the Owner's format with a whole bunch of rules, caveats, etc. We were in the bid room, I was seated in front of my computer with my boss, his boss, and the boss's boss standing over my shoulder watching me work my magic. The secretary had ordered Mexican food that day, and my stomach was grumbling. You know how sometimes multiple conversations just quiet down for a brief second? Yeah, just at that moment, I tooted, just a bit, but loud enough for the 3 of them to hear. My boss said "Okay, I think it's a good time to take a break", and the room cleared out. We all came back after 15 minutes once the smell had dissipated.
June 13, 20241 yr Shart thread is that way—-> Same thing happened to me in HS. We were on a school trip in CA, staying in a hotel. A group of us (guys and girls) were sitting cross legged in a circle, talking about whatever stupid HSers talk about. Despite my best efforts a squeaker got out. Brought down the house and I was humiliated. In retrospect, I should have just owned it. Later that night I did have a full make-out session with Natalie, who was in the group. Maybe that was her thing. Edited June 13, 20241 yr by nnm
June 13, 20241 yr I've spent the last 16 years reading and posting on surlyhorns and its predecessor.
June 14, 20241 yr I was romantically involved with aggy med student in 2001 in Temple, Texas. Leave Austin Go to Temple Romance aggy. mistakes were made.
June 14, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, Storm the Field said: I've spent the last 16 years reading and posting on surlyhorns and its predecessor. This is the embarrassed thread, not the why I am on the FBI watch list thread.
June 14, 20241 yr My prodigious appetite for alcohol has made me absurdly popular in many of my jobs but has also painted me as a loose cannon
June 15, 20241 yr Every once in a while when I park at the Rangers game the parking lot attendant will tell me "enjoy the game" and I respond with "thanks you too".
June 15, 20241 yr Author In high school, there was a girl named Dory who embodied a hairband groupie, complete with teased hair, leather jacket and tight, torn jeans. She was treated as an outcast and her social circle was a straight line. At a "beach party" along the Elbe river, we got to talking and apparently I tried hard to get into her pants, unsuccessfully. I don't recall much of it, but my friends made fun of me for the next few weeks.
June 15, 20241 yr On 6/13/2024 at 5:27 PM, Storm the Field said: I've spent the last 16 years reading and posting on surlyhorns and its predecessor. I don’t even want to do the math
June 15, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said: I have the habit of saying “good morning” to people no matter the time of day. I said this to a cop when I got pulled over at 8pm. I was actually completely sober. But he certainly made me prove it with the sobriety test.
June 15, 20241 yr On 6/13/2024 at 7:27 PM, CoTex said: I was romantically involved with aggy med student in 2001 in Temple, Texas. Leave Austin Go to Temple Romance aggy. mistakes were made. Shoulda gone the other direction and found me a “fashion merchandising” or “nutrition and diet” major at SWTSU.
June 15, 20241 yr Author When I was grade school, one of the girls got sick right before her birthday party. Her parents told us it be rescheduled in 2 weeks after she got better. I'm going to pretend that English was my second language (it is, but by then, I was fluent in English), but 2 weeks later, my dad drives me to her house. Her mom answered the door and asked why I was there. "Uhhh... isn't Natalie having a party?" "Ummm no, she's still sick, we said we'd reschedule AFTER she got better." Thankfully my dad hadn't left yet, and I did the walk of shame back to the car.
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