I overheard someone say "that was the most embarrassing thing ever!" and I started thinking of when I've felt truly embarrassed.
I recall one time when I was a teen. I was at a local McDonald's with my best friend Liz. We had been out shopping and goofing around and were now ravenous! This was just at the time that McDonald's introduced those character shaped cookies. The place was quite crowded and Liz was just in front of me. She ordered her food and at the last minute also ordered some of the cookies. She stepped aside to pay and I stepped up to order. So, I ordered my food and then ordered the cookies too. I nudged Liz with my elbow and in a seductive, joking tone I said, "Heh heh, I have cookies too!" It was then I realized Liz wasn't standing next to me anymore and I had actually nudged a strange man who now had a very frightened look on his face. Liz was waiting, with her food, behind me. She had seen the whole thing and was laughing her ass off! I was so embarrassed!
Another equally embarrassing moment was also brought on by me doing something completely idiotic. I was at Parkside and in a show. There were evening rehearsals and I would get there through the generosity of my best friend Scott. We were always doing such strange, goofy things that made us laugh. We made up this weird song on the way to school one night. It went like this (in a falsetto voice):
Mama...gimme a kiss, Mama....gimme a kiss, Mama....MamaMamaMamaMamaMama...MAMA!
That was it. And each time you sang it you got louder, screechier and higher! For some reason this cracked us up. So, one night on the way to school we were singing that song off and on. We got to Parkside and were headed toward the Comm-Arts Building. I was singing/screeching that song at the top of my lungs since we were the only two people around. Scott was in front of me and all of a sudden he started walking really fast. I kept dancing around and singing and screeching. When I got into the building, just inside the door, another student went past me and up the stairs. Turns out he was walking behind me the entire way from the parking lot. Also turns out that Scott knew he was there and that's why he started walking so fast. When I got inside, Scott was around the corner laughing so hard he was almost peeing himself! I was so embarrassed!! Acting a total fool catches up with me every single time.
Oh there have been other times too. Now that I think of them, almost too many to want to talk about! I'll leave you with these two and keep the rest to myself.
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