Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 4:32 am on Aug. 16, 2006 In Sociology class, we were talking about some "social rules" and behaviors. Things like "no talking in the bathroom." Some situations are very awkward when unusual things happen that deviate from these norms. I'm finding this subject so much fun. Post some awkward situations that you have experienced, or can think of in relation to this. Here are some examples: Whilst dining at "hooters" with my parents, we were being served by an attractive, busty young lady. I thought it would be polite to avoid looking at her chest, as the uniform was somewhat revealing. In an attempt to be polite, I wanted to use her name, but realized that I didn't know it. I also realized that her name tag was on her chest, of which I could only make out a blur...I said to her: "How is your name pronounced?" She replied: "Alex..." (true story) Here is another straight out of the textbook: I am waiting in an office for an appointment. A secretary sits at the desk. I shift in my seat and the leather upholstery makes a sound that could be mistaken for a fart. I therefore shift in my seat again, two or three times, making the same sound deliberately in order to demonstrate that I have not inadvertently farted. The secretary looks up inquiringly. She may just be thinking that I am uncomfortable. She may, on the other hand, be thinking that I have farted not once, but three times. -- Posted by Hyacinth at 4:41 am on Aug. 16, 2006 Quote: from x FENRIS x at 9:02 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 I am waiting in an office for an appointment. A secretary sits at the desk. I shift in my seat and the leather upholstery makes a sound that could be mistaken for a fart. I've done that. No-one ever believes i didn't asctually fart. -- Posted by canon at 1:13 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 Lots of these social situations require common sense and respect to figure out.  What amazes me is the number of people that have no consideration for anyone except themselves.   I hope all the students are paying attention in sociology. -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 6:27 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 Quote: from canon at 10:13 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 Lots of these social situations require common sense and respect to figure out.  What amazes me is the number of people that have no consideration for anyone except themselves.   I hope all the students are paying attention in sociology. I guess it's 'cause lots of this stuff is so mundane. People don't really think about it because they do it everyday, and it's just sort of a habbit to act in a certain way. I actually thought it was quite ironic that I only got a couple of replies. For those who viewed the topic, but didn't reply: Ha. Ha. Ha. A practical of awkward social moments! -- Posted by Spasty at 8:54 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 This isn't awkward or anything, but notice how every time you're at a restaurant, the moment you get your food, you will move your plate. Everyone does it. As for the awkward, we watched Romeo & Juliet (the old one with nudity) in English class, and at the nude seen, most of the guys hands got off their laps and on their desks, where everyone could see them. I've done the chair thing before, too. I act like I'm really uncomfortable and make the noises over and over. -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 12:12 am on Aug. 17, 2006 Quote: from Spasty at 5:54 am on Aug. 17, 2006 As for the awkward, we watched Romeo & Juliet (the old one with nudity) in English class, and at the nude seen, most of the guys hands got off their laps and on their desks, where everyone could see them. That's a good one. I like that. It's like "not playing with myself. Not playing with myself." People are strange. -- Posted by bdfhjl at 5:11 am on Aug. 20, 2006 I have awkard moments daily, One time after swimming in school for first period I forgot to bring underwear because I just wore my swimsuit to school. So my butt got all wet from swimming and you could see it under my pants! And during passing period this guy gave me this look like it was trying to surpress from laughing. It sucked. -- Posted by hawaiinchuck at 10:09 am on Aug. 20, 2006 At school, in the guys bathroom. I was peeing, and this guy next to me (who was also peeing) sad to me this "You know, sometimes i find it fun to squeeze it a little when i'm pissing, want me to show you how?" To that, i zipped up as fast as i could, and punched him straight in, the f****** face. If any guys reads this, he knows exactly why i did what i did. -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 4:56 pm on Aug. 21, 2006 I have thought of another one... You message a mod in relation to a functional or technical issue on LiveWire, and they reply with a nice, but brief reply (possibly due to being busy). The question is whether to thank them for their reply, knowing that this will take up more of their time, or whether to not reply, and to perhaps not show appreciation for their reply. -- Posted by Misutsu at 11:49 pm on Aug. 21, 2006 When I'm nervous, I screw up my wording a lot, so it's pretty embarrassing. Oh, and the no-talking-in-the-bathroom thing...I do that. >.> -- Posted by bdfhjl at 6:06 am on Aug. 22, 2006 hahahaha yeah fenris something like that always happen to me, like to I waste there time more?   And also, this one time I was chewing gum in the cafeteria and the gum fell out of my mouth but I was by myself so it was like, do I pick it up and put it in my mouth and pretend it didn't happen? Do I pick it up and throw it out? Do I just leave it there? -- Posted by Rainbow Blight at 7:03 am on Aug. 22, 2006 Quote: from x FENRIS x at 12:12 am on Aug. 17, 2006 That's a good one. I like that. It's like "not playing with myself. Not playing with myself." People are strange. Heh, that reminds me of something in 10th grade English class.  One of the girls announced "Did you know that if you masturbate a lot your hands turn green?"  Half the guys in the class looked at their hands and everyone else erupted in laughter. Another time, we were all on a field trip and one guy received a call from his father saying that his mother had died in a car accident.  He tried to play it cool for the rest of the time, playing sports and stuff with everyone else.  He said to someone jokingly, "You kick like a girl!"  The other guy spontaneously responded with, "Your mom kicks like a girl!"  That pretty much ended the game. -- Posted by phragit at 7:28 am on Aug. 22, 2006 There is no akward situation I've encountered that I didn't learn to deal with through Seinfeld of Three's Compony. -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 12:49 am on Aug. 23, 2006 Those are some good ones. I especially like the one about the Mother...that would have been >very< awkward. It's true that Seinfeld is very good at analysing this type of thing. It prides itself on being "a show about nothing" when it's actually just that it shows great attention to detail. That was an area of study. Another one might be this: Whilst waiting at an airport for a colse friend, or family member that has not been seen in a long time, the person disembarks, and comes into view. They smile, and you smile back. There is however, a great deal of distance still, between you and them. Do you maintain the smile and eye contact for an extended amount of time, or do you look away? -- Posted by boothy at 12:55 am on Aug. 23, 2006 Awkward social moments? Well for me the really annoying moment is when you are at some family event (Grandmother's birthday perhaps) and people come upto you and know your name, and a lot about you, start talking to you in depth, but you have no idea who these people are! I have about 30 relatives who do this to me (I'm not sure if they are family friends or relatives) and I don't have a clue who they are, or their names. -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 1:00 am on Aug. 23, 2006 Quote: from boothy at 9:55 am on Aug. 23, 2006 Awkward social moments? Well for me the really annoying moment is when you are at some family event (Grandmother's birthday perhaps) and people come upto you and know your name, and a lot about you, start talking to you in depth, but you have no idea who these people are! I have about 30 relatives who do this to me (I'm not sure if they are family friends or relatives) and I don't have a clue who they are, or their names. Hahaha, so true. -- Posted by Rainbow Blight at 4:22 am on Aug. 23, 2006 Oh, another one.  I'm in an elevator going up to the top floor of a building.  One other person, some higher-than-thou foreigner is talking on his cell phone very loudly.  We stop at the third or fourth floor, a waiter accidentally drops the food he's holding so I'm holding the door open for him to get in.  The other guy pushes me away and closes the door, hitting the waiter and knocking him down while we argue on whether to keep going up or to help the waiter.  The guy was really mean and impatient and he pretty much forced the door closed.  I had to ride up with this asshole for the next few minutes, all the while the guy yelling on his phone at the top of his lungs about "dumbass waiters interrupting his business."  That was awkward, and we exchanged dirty looks the whole way. Turned out we were going to the same bar :( -- Posted by boothy at 6:27 am on Aug. 24, 2006 Quote: from Rainbow Blight at 12:22 pm on Aug. 23, 2006 Oh, another one.  I'm in an elevator going up to the top floor of a building.  One other person, some higher-than-thou foreigner is talking on his cell phone very loudly.  We stop at the third or fourth floor, a waiter accidentally drops the food he's holding so I'm holding the door open for him to get in.  The other guy pushes me away and closes the door, hitting the waiter and knocking him down while we argue on whether to keep going up or to help the waiter.  The guy was really mean and impatient and he pretty much forced the door closed.  I had to ride up with this asshole for the next few minutes, all the while the guy yelling on his phone at the top of his lungs about "dumbass waiters interrupting his business."  That was awkward, and we exchanged dirty looks the whole way. Turned out we were going to the same bar :( You shoulda just stepped out the elavator at that point and helped the waiter, but that's me saying it when I've had time to think lol. The guy sounds like a royal cunt, though. -- Posted by Rainbow Blight at 8:07 am on Aug. 24, 2006 Yeah, I tried to help the waiter but the foreigner on the cell phone was trying stuff me back in because he was "in a hurry."  Jesus, man has no respect for his fellow man these days. -- Posted by boothy at 8:14 am on Aug. 24, 2006 Did he physically try and pull you back in? If he did, depending on his size lol, I would have turned around and swung at him. The guy sounds a real idiot. -- Posted by Rainbow Blight at 8:25 am on Aug. 24, 2006 I would have fought too, but he would have resisted and we would've arrived at the bar all over each other, probably earning us a trip to the police station.  The foreigners here are REALLY belligerent, they think they own the world, them and their fancy goddamn cell phones. -- Posted by iloveto at 6:35 pm on Aug. 24, 2006 Quote: from x FENRIS x at 9:02 pm on Aug. 16, 2006 I shift in my seat and the leather upholstery makes a sound that could be mistaken for a fart. I therefore shift in my seat again, two or three times, making the same sound deliberately in order to demonstrate that I have not inadvertently farted. I thought I was the only one! I do this.. Alot. -- Posted by bdfhjl at 9:38 pm on Aug. 25, 2006 I love this topic, I think I'll be stalking it alot. Okay this one has to of happened to us all at some point... your in a car with a parent and the radio goes to commercials, it's for fake boobs or worse a strip club! Do you pretend you don't here it and hold all movements till it's over so no attention is brought to you. Do you try and talk over the commercial hoping that maybe they won't hear it or you can both pretend you don't? Or do you switch the station as fast as you can confirming that you heard it and you know what it's about? -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 3:27 am on Aug. 27, 2006 Quote: from bdfhjl at 6:38 am on Aug. 26, 2006 I love this topic, I think I'll be stalking it alot. Okay this one has to of happened to us all at some point... your in a car with a parent and the radio goes to commercials, it's for fake boobs or worse a strip club!   Do you pretend you don't here it and hold all movements till it's over so no attention is brought to you. Do you try and talk over the commercial hoping that maybe they won't hear it or you can both pretend you don't? Or do you switch the station as fast as you can confirming that you heard it and you know what it's about? Haha, I like that one. I thought of another... You are having a great day. Smiling and joking with random people. After exchanging jokes, and compliments with someone, you continue walking along with a large smile, only to be met by a gaze of someone who is frowning quite hard. There is eye contact. You are smiling, they are not. Do you maintain the smile until you pass? Do you change to a frown? Do you break eye contact? I think the "frowner" can be classed as a "social murderer." -- Posted by boothy at 6:32 pm on Aug. 27, 2006 Silences. Argh. I hate them. You are talking to someone who know, who you generally get on with but aren't amazing friends with. You come to the end of the subject you are discussing; and it hits you. That huge, obvious silence. When has it gone on too long? If you say something really generic and typical, is it obvious that you are feeling uncomfortable with the silence too? It's annoying as hell. -- Posted by bdfhjl at 6:19 am on Sep. 2, 2006 Oh my god yeah silences! This is an amazing class your taking fenris, is this a high school course or a college course? -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 9:06 am on Sep. 2, 2006 Quote: from bdfhjl at 3:19 pm on Sep. 2, 2006 Oh my god yeah silences! This is an amazing class your taking fenris, is this a high school course or a college course? Haha, thanks. It's a college course. -- Posted by KeiraOasis at 10:49 am on Sep. 2, 2006 *laugh* Silences are annoyin' as hell. But preferable to loud violent acts... Ah stranggled J.D. in public once, an' ah don' recommend doin it again, except fo' in enclosed spaces *grin*. De guards were nearby an' ah had to be restrained. EKK! De fucker then started playin' up that ah was serious. *shakes head, pityingly* -- Posted by Sparkplug at 11:36 am on Sep. 2, 2006 I've had my share of akward moments. For example, I was in a bathroom stall, and all of a sudden this guy in the stall next to me goes "Hello?" I'm just sitting there thinking he's talking to me so I manage a "Ummm....Hi." The thing I didn't realize, was he was on his cell phone when he said Hello and was not talking to me at all. Now that was akward! And another one was when I was sitting in a hot tub at a public swimming pool when air bubbles trapped in my swimming suits pockets escaped and caused bubbles on the surface of the water, giving everybody else in the hot tub the impression that I had farted. Freaking emberassing! -- Posted by x FENRIS x at 7:15 pm on Sep. 2, 2006 Quote: from Sparkplug at 8:36 pm on Sep. 2, 2006 I've had my share of akward moments. For example, I was in a bathroom stall, and all of a sudden this guy in the stall next to me goes "Hello?" I'm just sitting there thinking he's talking to me so I manage a "Ummm....Hi." The thing I didn't realize, was he was on his cell phone when he said Hello and was not talking to me at all. Now that was akward! And another one was when I was sitting in a hot tub at a public swimming pool when air bubbles trapped in my swimming suits pockets escaped and caused bubbles on the surface of the water, giving everybody else in the hot tub the impression that I had farted. Freaking embarrassing! Wow, those are great! You is good. I've thought of another... Standing at the train station, I am minding my own business when I meet the gaze of someone giving me a harsh gaze. A sort of aggressive stare. I break the gaze and look around unchanged. Not wanting him to think that I have backed down, I spark a cigarette, and return to meet his gaze. After the first puff, I take it out, but drop it, plashing lit pieces all over myself. After panickedly putting out any possible fires, and returning to my smoke, I must now avoid looking in his direction, but the train will be quite a while to arrive. Pages: 1 2  Next