Ever put your foot in your mouth?

[robbyr]

I have said "Yes Sir" to females before

Guilty also.

 

[prichard]

Guilty of most of these.

"When are you due?" check
Yes, sir or ma'am to wrong gender, check

 

[the old grind]

I have said "Yes Sir" to females before

Man, I haven't done that since ... yesterday. Jennifer was very understanding and didn't bat an eyelash.

 

[bunyip]

I have said yes Ma'am to male supervisors and not in error, generally bean counters who try to tell me how to do my job.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I witnessed a checker asking a lady something about her "Grandchildren" that she had with her. The lady responded, "I may look like their Grandmother, but I'm their mother". I was embarrassed and I wasn't even involved in the conversation.

 

[hawkeye08]

When I worked at Sears back in the 70s at the gas station part of the automotive center, I learned some regulars and usually made a bit of small talk. I noticed this man come in with what I thought was his mother (he looked middle age to me, the woman older than my grandmas). One day she wasn't with him, I asked about her. Found out she was his wife, not his mother.. He was pretty mad for a a week or so.. he laughed about it later with me. I thought I was going to lose my job or something.

 

[dragoneggs]

At a local pool sitting on the grass waiting for friends to arrive when this huge girl leapt off the 9' board creating a big wave, I commented to a scrawny little bloke stting close by 'she jumps in, the water jumps out', he replied 'that's my fiance'.
Couldn't dig my way out of that hole.

Well look at the bright side... at least he was scrawny and didn't beat the living snot out of you. :laughing:

 

[CobyRupert]

I wrote in my high school yearbook that me an my buddy use to do the "Devil's Triangle".
I told my wife and everybody else that it was a "drinking game" (it was! ...sort of ).

Ooops, turns out they can use Google.
Urban Dictionary: Devils Triangle

 

[tjkubota93]

I wrote in my high school yearbook that me an my buddy use to do the "Devil's Triangle".
I told my wife and everybody else that it was a "drinking game" (it was! ...sort of ).

Ooops, turns out they can use Google.
Urban Dictionary: Devils Triangle

If that was the first time, I think this was the second. Hahaha

 

[HillStreet]

I remember about 20 years ago I was having breakfast in a hotel. I was on one side of the buffet and there was a lady on the other side. I asked her if she was going to bring out more fruit. She did not work there, she was a guest just like I was. I was polite when I asked, and she was pretty cool with it.