Today, my boss was telling everyone that he knew a guy who went to a college at which multiple people were shot and killed recently. Being extremely socially awkward and uncomfortable, I blurted, "That's awesome." Now everyone in the office is terrified of me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was leaving work to go home and ran into some people setting up an event in one of our rooms. In my socially anxious way, I told them they couldn’t use our equipment by saying my boss is a massive bitch. Turns out he knows my boss and disagrees. I hope he doesn’t say anything. FML
Today, I was talking to my boss and he said I was awesome. He went to fist bump me and I missed. FML
Today, a coworker at school yelled at one of our students to be quiet. The kid got pretty upset, so I went to comfort him. He held my hand for the rest of the class, telling me in vivid detail how he was going to kill my coworker. Now I'm afraid to look at him. FML
Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML
Today, my boss came into the office asked how I was doing and seemed totally normal and happy, then said, "I have to let you go. I heard some bad things about you." He wouldn't tell me what he heard, or from whom. FML
Today, I was talking to my boss at the end of an awesome internship. He said he was really satisfied with my work, and that he had considered hiring me. Turns out he decided not to because I smile too much, and it freaks him out. FML
Today, for some reason, I called my boss "Mum" in a meeting. To make it worse, I panicked and followed it up with, “Can I have a raise?” Everyone laughed except my boss. FML
Today, I was talking to one of my supervisors at my new job. He asked if I knew a professor at the school I recently graduated from, and I decided to babble on about how shitty of a professor he was and how much I loathed his class. He then looked at me and said, "That's my dad." FML
Today, my boss told me she had a nightmare where her life depended on me, and I let her die. Now I'm ridiculously paranoid that I'm going to get fired at any second. FML
Today, at work, I casually mentioned I was meeting some friends for dinner. My co-worker's response was, "You have friends?!" FML
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Top comments
Charmillionaire 13
Socially awkward and people are scared of you; I think that's quite the accomplishment.
Pyro_Wolf 17
Of all the things to say...that's what you chose to say?
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Comments (126)
Epikouros 32
On the plus side, now no one will dare to bully you for being socially awkward. Maybe you could explain you meant the original meaning of 'awesome', which was more like 'terrifying' than like 'terrific'.
Epikouros 32
(In reply to #9) He was probably thinking way too much. Plus what #11 said.
CaptainSaveAHoe 11
There is this odd little blue button that says 'reply'. What you do is click it on whatever comment your heart desires to reply to, type your reply, and press send. The more you know!
Bekll 31
'cause knowledge is power!
Epikouros 32
Chill out, comment nazis. My reply went wrong because it was blocked for being to soon after my previous comment. When I clicked "Spill the beans!" again, the link to #9 had disappeared. I couldn't delete it, but I had just enough time to add what I was replying to. I thought it would be boring to explain this in detail, but apparently it was necessary.
deathy94 14
At least you weren't mistaken for a special needs person.
unknown_user5566 27
Now is the time to ask him for that raise you've always wanted, and to get your crappy shifts covered by your coworkers.
FalconSam1414 19
What!? Why would THAT be the first thing to come out of your mouth? Did the filters in your brain break or something? YDI on this one.
daringtoride 27
Not necessarily a YDI. Like someone else said, some awkward people freeze up and others like OP blurt out whatever comes to mind and actually can't help themselves at times. My younger cousin is like that and I feel awful for her because she barely has any friends.
FalconSam1414 19
Oh sorry about that, I kinda forgot about that "socially awkward" thing whilst commenting. Though still "that's awesome" was not the best thing to blurt, socially awkward or not. Just my personal opinion...
Enslaved 38
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, You better run, better run, outrun my gun." --Scary world we live in! **When people say the wrong things, why can't they correct themselves right then and there? Ex: "Oops, what I meant to say was. . ."
mperniciaro 15
Should have apologized and said you meant to that that's awful. It could've worked.
DocBastard 40
You're like the idiot commenters here who say "No comment". It's much easier to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.
Metallica36176 16
Some people just don't possess that "shut the hell up" gene. (We're all guilty of it at SOME small point?) It said that OP "blurted" it, so maybe they just couldnt help it. I've never done it, maybe that awkwardly loud laugh but never a word/sentence. Sometimes I just don't understand people but I must say I love how you worded your comment and more people need to realize they really don't need to proove it.
ICastillo 25
The people who thumb you down are the idiots who put "no comment".
ICastillo 25
It's ok OP everybody messes up, it just makes you look like the next Ted Bundy.
onorexveritas 24
I'm glad I'm not socially awkward that bad. o.o sorry op
AnyaS 19
How nice for you.