Have you ever said something tragically tactless in front of several persons ( or just one ) ? What happened?

Question

I mean :especially because we are not aware of something, or because we do a judgment mistake.

A few years ago, I was working in a new company, and at that time was ( I admit it) full of prejudices about gays... One afternoom, I was drinking a coffee with a few workmates, and we were talking about all kind of things ( as everyone does at office ), and those guys were laughing because a customer apparently was apparently interested in me. I just said something like " Oh I don't have any problems with gays, but I would never accept to have gay friends or even gay workmates".
One of my workmates became red like a tomato, and his eyes looked like shiny and wet...He stared at me like a wounded heart, and left the restroom...
I never supected him being gay, because he just didn't look like a gay...I felt guilty, and of course then I talked to him and apologized...
And that changed my views about many things, and I suppose I "grew up" thanks to stupid mistakes like this one...

Edit Slick Rick : Yes, apparently thousands and thousands of men have done the same mistake as ours...

Answer 1

Yeah, Similar. I was working at a large design consultants and some people had got it into their heads that I was gay. anyway after a while my boss came up to me and asked me where I lived I told him and he said that's near the Blue Anker pub, 'Yes' I said, 'but I don't go there because its full of gays (or something worse), and I am always accidently walking into gay bars in London only to run out again', I mentioned a few other words that I can't repeat on YA,
A few weeks later I was made redundant as it turned out my new boss was gay and had taken offence at my comments.

Answer 2

Yes. Just see how I should be called Blundering Ayran, instead of this nick:

During the first year of university, I had a small group of friends (or so I thought) that I used to hang out with. One day, when we were talking about a girl in our class, I told to a guy, jokingly, "Treat her well, she has a house we can use for a party." The strange thing is, I am neither a party person nor an opportunist one. This "friend" didn't take much time to go to the girl and tell her what I said, and of course, she confronted me. I can't tell you how ashamed I felt. I couldn't talk to the girl again.

There are certain advantages to growing up. You tend to think before you speak. I am cursed with the ability to remember all my blunders and feel ashamed for all of them. I mean, always. I try not to blunder any more, but I can't say I am 100% blunder-proof.

Answer 3

I was hired by my company a five months ago to be a buyer. Now I am in training. It is a family owned company and the owner/big boss is the father and the manager is the son.
A few days ago I was invited by my manager to the Head Office, I was relieved and excited because they hadn't been training me much and I was getting anxious. They don't take anyone to the head office so it was a promising privilege.
There I saw the Owner/Father, he was telling his son how good he thinks I am going to be at the job... and then says "I can't wait to get my hands on her!" It sounded so pervy that I burst into laughter. No one laughed.
I still think it was really funny.
I guess they'll fire me next month by the stories told here.

Answer 4

My gf and I are co-workers. One day we felt like playing hooky, so we called off...her using the bedside phone, me using my cell. The system records the time of your call (which in our case, was within seconds of each other), and our supervisor didn't like the way that looked. "How could you do that?", she wanted to know "Easy," I said, "she used the phone by the bed and I used my cell." "No," she said, "I mean how could you two call off at exactly the same time like that. That doesn't look good." Still being the smartass, I said, "You gotta understand. I rang the doorbell, and she answered in the little green teddy that was cut down to here (indicating my chest), and with that red hair hanging down, what would you have done?" She gave me a glare that would have melted titanium, had been made out of titanium, and stalked away. About five seconds later, the reason for her response hit me. The woman was a lesbian. D'oh!!! At least, when I apologized about ten minutes later, she was gracious (I was grovelling), and now (several months later) we both laugh about it.

Answer 5

Yes, on the first day of the secondary school...

I didn't know any of the teachers...and in the first break a female teacher came into the class. She asked a girl to give her lunch to her. After she left, I told the girl how rude that woman was, and how it was so wrong to do that...the girl said "it's ok, she's my mom and she's a teacher here".

I was like "hmm well oh hmmmm ok!"

Answer 6

On my lunch break today, I was in a jewelry store just "window shopping" and the employee asked me if i knew any strippers. I said no and i asked him why he asked me that. He said that he bet he could go to the strip club and upcharge the drunk strippers. i just left the store, AMAZED at how stupid people are.

Answer 7

1. Once in a formal reception a lady was introducing herself as the discendant of a noble family, named Kalainci. When she introduced her to me, underlining her nobility (saying "of the well known and noble Kalainci family) I said : "But ofcourse, well known, obviously because your grandfather repaired all the pots of the Greek province". Everybody was stunned...
(Kalainci is a common greek surname of turkish origin, declaring a certain proffession).

2. Recently a client of mine was telling me about her wanting back her husband who is cheating, beating her, living partly with another woman etc. Then she asked my about my opinion.
Before members of her family and my personel I answered:
"Honestly madame, your are an incurable idiot".

3. Walking with my dog, an ungly lady gets "scared" from the pavement across the street, and says something unproper.
I answer: Don't be afraid mrs, he won't eat you, goats are not among his prefferences...

And many more...

Answer 8

I was at work talking about my chief with another colleague. We hated her. she is a horrible person.
i was angry at her so i started saying " that wicked witch doesn't stop ordering us" after seeing the face of my colleague i turned left and saw her at the door.
She called me to her room and asked what was all that about. I explained her all she listened to me and the next day she came to work as if nothing has happened and continued in the same way.(nobody liked her)

Answer 9

I asked my boss who is the idiot-gerizekalı- walking around in the office as if he is in his fathers range- babasının çiftliği- .

He told me the idiot is in fact walking around in his fathers range..That was his son...

FYİ: "Sorry, Sir" doesn't work in that situation :)))




I got fired a month or so later.. I still wonder why :D



Meanwhile, J. Charles, you are so very reported , like totally REPORTED!!!

Answer 10

yes, lost the friendship.