We’ve all been there. You can feel it as the words are coming out of your mouth that you’ve made a terrible mistake. You misread the situation. You made a Freudian slip. And now, you’re desperately wishing that you could go back in time or become invisible.
As painful as these moments are, they’re also inevitable. And something that might make them a little easier to swallow is bonding with others who are just as socially awkward. TikTok users have recently been recalling their most uncomfortable moments when they completely misread social cues. From making inappropriate comments in doctors' offices to turning job interviews into nightmares for everyone involved, these stories might give you serious second-hand embarrassment, pandas. But we hope you’ll find them amusing too, so be sure to upvote the ones that make you smile!
#21

Not really a social cue thing but I work in healthcare and I was actively looking for a patients second shoe for a WHILE and he just watched me search for it. Meanwhile one of his legs had JUST been AMPUTATED. Worst day of my life 😭😭
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41points
#22

I was getting blood drawn and i heard him say “make a face” so I laughed and like scrunched up my face…turns out he said “make a fist” .. so he could find a vein
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40points
#23

I went to pick up parcel from a newsagent containing some workout leggings - she asked what’s the name? I thought she meant the brand so I said ‘Sweaty Betty’ she was like oook. It says Jo on here though…. 🫠
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38points
#24

Not my story my husband. At the end of a conversation, his boss held his fist out for a fist bump. My husband grabbed his fist and opened it up, thinking he had a sweet in his hand or something 😂😂
38points
#25

Not the same buuut, In a job interview he asked what animal I would be and why I said on the spot a giraffe because I look down on people🙃 In my head I meant to say people look upto me… I didn’t get the job
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34points
#26

I waitresses at a club and a guy gave me a $50.00 to get him coke… I said sir, coke is only $2.50! 🤦🏼♀️
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32points
#27

I was getting injections in my very lower back and the doctor was cleaning the area, and actually wiped like in my cheeks and I blurted out ‘wow thought you’d buy me dinner first’ and he just looked
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31points
#28

No lie a girl I know at a job interviewed was asked what she would bring to the job she said.. ‘my coat, my lunch, my bag?’ HAHAHAHA.
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31points
#29

Said “hope to see you again soon” to a cancer patient when they were discharged for good from oncology because their cancer had been treated efficiently. I was on placement and got a write up for it 🙃
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30points
#30
I went for a run, there was a cyclist who put his arm out to signal turning right.. I thought he wanted a high five😅😳
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29points
#31

I was in a meeting with my head of department in my corporate job, discussing a project with a tight deadline. I said “we are really touching cloth with this project” … I didn’t realise what this actually meant, I had thought it meant we are running out of time. We had to end the meeting as everyone couldn’t keep it together from laughing so much
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28points
#32

Sat in the hairdresser’s chair, thought she asked me “when’s your party”…thought, odd, not having one, started banging on about being someone that isn’t fussed and prefers having low-key bday celebrations. 10 mins in she says “so down the middle yeah?” OH PARTING RIGHT GOTCHA, it’s been 8 years it still keeps me up at night
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28points
#34

Coworker opened a bag of crisps and offered them, she pulled one out I just casually ate it off her hand?! Why 😩
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26points
#35

My aunt was stressing about her kids running around, and I said “it’s okay, nobody’s dying.” We were at a funeral. Her HUSBANDS FUNERAL.
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25points
#36
When I was pregnant with my son I had a scare and my dad ran me to hospital and they said “is this dad?” And I said yeah because I thought they meant my dad and not the babies and then she asked how long we’d been together 💀🤣
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25points
#37

Someone told me they had recently lost their dog, I asked if they had put up missing posters… the dog had died
25points
#38

Someone asked if I could roll my ‘r’s I misheard it as rolling my eyes and kept rolling my eyes at the poor man as exaggeratedly as possible when he repeated the question
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24points
#39
1st day at a new job. Boss showing me around. 'and here's our gym' 'Seriously?! Oooh can I see?' Me breaking my neck looking into the break room while saying 'great idea for mental & physical health. Love that!' As Jim the employee walked out 🥸🥸🥸
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23points
#40
Flight attendant here, operated an overnight duty with two pilots I’d never met, the captain called me up to the flight deck, turned around, smiled and said ‘would I be pushing the friendship if I asked for a coffee?’ I completely misread his vibe and replied ‘oh that’s sweet but I have a boyfriend’. Dude literally just wanted a coffee. I’ve never wished to be ejected from an aircraft more in my life.
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20points



