I'm collecting great stories to share with my class (I teach presentation skills).
Thanks for your help!
2006-09-04 16:21:26 · 8 answers · asked by KCspeaker 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
in highschool this guy was giving a speech on stage and he was that nervous he vomited on the first row of people.
2006-09-04 16:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in highschool I was giving a speech on how to play the flute. I was demonstrating the differnce on how to play a high C instead of a low C (you use the same fingering, but hold your lips in a different shape) and, for the life of me could NOT get the high C to come out! I was horrified! I sat 3rd seat (out of 6) in the flute section of my high school band and there were some other band members in the class at the time!
2006-09-04 16:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was one of the members of the Board of Directors for a national association. At a meeting for the entire Association, a member stood up and voiced his very biased opinions about everything from "soup to nuts," using very gross vocabulary in an extremely boisterous manner. My reply, instead of being aggressive, was to try to calm him down with empathy and sympathy, all the while being very cool, calm, and collected. The crown couldn't believe it! I totally won them over using cool, common sense!
2006-09-04 16:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mispelled "RFP" (request for proposal) as "RPF" on a flip chart while giving a presentation to some engineers. As a technical writer, I'm always embarassed when I make a spelling error, but the embarassment this time was particularly acute.
JMB
2006-09-04 16:31:46 · answer #4 · answered by levyrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During a sexual harassment class, the woman giving the class (a friend of mine) popped a button in her shirt, didn't notice it had happened, and gave the entire class flashing her boob to a room full of about 50 or so male mechanics. Not one of them said a word, I finally had to get up and pull her aside.
2006-09-04 16:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by cynthetiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 6th grade i was doing a speech about Jesus being born and while trying to say Conceaved i said 'Constipated'. the look on my teacher's face was priceless; she couldn't stop laughing.
Another time i was in college and trying to teach my class Japanese - no one got a word i was saying.
2006-09-04 16:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by Kai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend and I were candidates for a inter-collegiate competition. She for Declamation and me for Poetry. She delivered it with her heart, crying and shouting to the highest tone of her voice (story line have this segment) when she acted on the part of bowing, I saw a sticky greenish liquid coming out from her nose and extended it at around 1 foot and hang on there (she has running nose/cold by that time). Thanks to her quick hands, she sobs on her face with the hands wiping it out!
2006-09-04 16:34:39 · answer #7 · answered by rossorte 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In highschool the vice principles fly was open.
2006-09-04 16:22:40 · answer #8 · answered by Eldude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋