A Guide on Playing Off Embarrassing Moments in Life
Soooooo…a few weeks back I got the call that my car was ready at the shop. Excitedly I zipped over to my favorite gas station, the one with the fast pumps, to put gas back in the rental car.
Used to stepping DOWN from my SUV, I believe it was the awkwardness of the lower vehicle combined with my dangerous flip flops that caused the following scenario to occur.
Getting out to pump gas
My flip-flop gets caught and I tumble out of the car
It was in slow motion to make sure all saw...
Laying flat on the ground between the pump and my car.
If you ever find yourself in this predicament, this is the point where you attempt to look like you were checking a leak under your car and are lying on the ground completely on purpose.
Then stand up, check for bloody knees, and proceed to pump gas as if that did not just happen. It’s all in the execution of looking purposeful.
A quick glance around made me think I had actually gotten away with it. I was on the end pump, and no one seemed to be paying attention. I began pumping gas and lowered my sunglasses onto my face like no one would recognize me. My knees were burning as they were scraped and a giant bruise was already blackening on my palm where I caught myself.
Then I heard it…
“Are you OK?”
Turning to look behind me, I see a pleasant looking gentleman sitting in his car where he had been putting air in his tires.
I turned and did a wave while saying, “I’m fine thanks!”
SHOOT! Well I was until I realized someone had seen it.
CREDIT FOR MY STICK FIGURENESS: I snagged one of my 6 year old’s drawings of me after giving up on her ever drawing the figure I requested for this article. My artist on staff is unreliable, especially when sitting next to a pumpkin full of candy.
Ever fallen out of your car?
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Yup! I hate when something like that happens! You almost got away with it, too LOL.
At least you weren’t seriously injured…although…
…sometimes you might rather have the physical injury than the pain of mocking laughter following you everywhere you go for the rest of your days.
When I was in college, if something like this would happen, we would run over an ask if they were ok.
If they needed help, we would of course help them, but if they made the mistake of saying they were ok, then we would proceed to laugh at them and haunt their dreams with our classless braying.
next time maybe you can turn it into a roll/spin maneuver so it looks like you meant to roll out of the car, although checking for leaks was a great try!
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I feel your pain. I was staggering around at work today with an awful headache and tripped over my own feet a couple of times. Dick Van Dyke with a migraine—not a pretty sight.
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We would be dangerous walking down the same hallway.
Having fallen out of my bed more times than I can remember, I get a free pass on auto-ejection.
Glad you were not seriously hurt.
When someone asks where the bruise came from, tell them, “the bartender, of course.”
While she scratches her head, change the subject
Cheers,
Mitch
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Luckily I was wearing capri pants with 3 layers of rolled up material at the knees which acted as temporary football padding and took the brunt of the scraping.
Unfortunately it was a fumble.
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I cannot quit laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I guess you haven’t read the report, Melinda, that identifies flip-flips as being just below the bathroom in causing serious injuries. Word of warning: never EVER wear flip flops in the bathroom, it may cause a special anomaly to open up in your sink drain and suck you into another dimension.
I loved the part about checking for leaks under the car – I can just visualize that: “Nope no leaks under there, sure glad I checked it though.”
Our pick-up truck sits high enough that getting in and out of it is a simple side-step maneuver. When I drive my Mom somewhere in her car or we take a rental on a long trip I have a hard time getting out of it because it’s like climbing up out of a hole. I have yet to try simply rolling out onto the pavement – but if I do, I’ll definitely remember to inspect for leaks while I’m there. Thanks for the tip (and I hope your bruises heal quickly).
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I wear flip-flops 98% of the time so I’m practically a certified professional. Problem is this new pair has some heel to it…which I wear the other 2% of the time and can’t walk in…thus I have no idea what I was thinking buying them except I’m like an inch and a half taller which is cool…unless I’m on the ground.
The face-down drawing made me laugh, and so did the suggestion to check under the car for leaks. That’s exactly what I would do. I almost always pull the wrong lever at the gas station and end up opening the trunk instead of the little fuel tank door. I always open the trunk lid and pretend I’m doing something in there, as if anyone is paying any attention or cares that I’m an idiot. Also, I smash my hand on a doorknob every single day of my life. Let’s start a Clutz Club.
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We can be co-Presidents of the club. I feel like Charlie Brown most days.
If I change my name to Grace, I wonder if that would improve.
Hi!
It is so embarrassing to fall down from a car. Thank you for making it graceful through this post
. Once I had fallen down from my car when I did not notice a stone lying near my foot. I fell on my face. It was so uncool!
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I fell getting INTO my car just the other day. Luckily it was dark. Now no one will ever have to know… oh… wait.
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I can say that I have never fallen out of a car well not at least from what I can remember. LOL. Glad to hear you are ok but if I did ever fall out of the car I would have done the same thing but when the guy asked if I was ok I would have said “yeah I just rolled out of my car to check to see if I had a leak because I thought I did” then act like the conversation never happened.
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I was staggering around at work today with an awful headache and tripped over my own feet a couple of times.Glad to hear you are ok but if I did ever fall out of the car I would have done the same thing but when the guy asked if I was ok
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Hi Melinda,
You are so funny and I can totally understand everything you just said! I didn’t fall out of the car, however I did get hurled off of the back of a golf cart. I felt the same way, if only no one actually saw it. But dozens did and, of course, I was asked to repeat the performance so that they could video it and You Tube it!! People are sooo funny! I too escaped with only a few scraps and bumps and my wounded pride. I do love the stick figures, very cute.
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Yeah I did. But it wasn’t my car and I was incredible drunk and it was night as far as I remember. For some reason I just opened the door (the car was parked) and felt like a rock. Good times…
You are so amusing and I can totally understand every little thing you just explained! I didn’t fall out of the vehicle, however I did get hurled off of the back again of a golf cart. I felt the exact same way, if only no a single really noticed it. But dozens did and, of class, I was asked to repeat the functionality so that they could video clip it and You Tube it!! People are sooo amusing! I way too escaped with only a few scraps and bumps and my wounded pride. I do really like the stick figures, very cute.
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I once fell off the staircase at the College I went to, and I mean it was a giant one, like the ones in old buildings. It just happened, I could not even realize what went wrong. I still have no idea how it could have happened, but by the time I realized that I lost the grip/balance the whole world slowed down and I was rolling and falling in slow motion. That was very weird! Anyways, when I reached the bottom (uh), I carefully looked around me, checking who might have seen me being such an idiot
. This was really embarrassing. And I can very much understand you, pretending that everything was alright while having burning knees. Hey, that’s what we do, right? We say, it is OK with us although we hurt ourselves. I wonder by what grade of injury we actually admit that we are hurt? 
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LMAO! I can’t count how many times that has actually happened to me. Just when you think no one is watching there is always some person that was right there to catch the whole scene on tape! My worst fall was getting out of a very expensive car at a Rock concert back in the 80′s. It would have been ok, had it been in the parking lot where cars were trying to find a place to park, but they dropped us off in front of everyone standing in line to get in. That is the spot where you’re actually suppose to look cool stepping out of a nice car, and no my black a– tripped on the seat belt and fell flat on my face. If I could have pulled my hair out I would have. Not only that, I was the only black person at the concert (at least it was for me when I was high school going to Rock concerts), but I was hoping to look cool. FAIL!
Thankfully no one laughed because I hit it so hard that I actually had people come up to me (more embarrassment) to see if I needed help getting up. After I was helped up (feeling more stupid) thankfully I had some backstage passes that got us outta there and that was the last time anyone saw me. I just hoped that anyone seeing me in my seats (front row…ah the good old days..) were now sitting in the nose bleed area.
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Such a funny post and I think it can make every body to laugh.
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Haha thanks for this! Gave me a little cheer up
I think we all have our own moments when we manage to fall “gracefully” I’ve got several which involve falling up stairs??!
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My would that be embarrising but funny at the same time.
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The title was so funny and gracefull that i could not resist my self to read this post, too funny!
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Ha – loved this one!
Loved your pictures too. Well described, and yes I’ve done it. What I did is I stood there giggling. It was embarrassing, but giggling made it more embarrassing which made me giggle more. I prefer the way you handled it.
Really a funny post … I never fell down from my car, although I fell down from my bike many times
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Good Lord! I fall down so often my husband says I am the opposite of a Weeble Wobble! Glad you were not seriously injured but sorry your ego is bruised!
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lol Funny accident! But you need to be extra careful next time or else you might get yourself injured! I can image you how you actually answer the gentleman who saw you tumbled down. Oh well, I hope you wouldn’t see him again in that gas station. lol
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Ouch! Fortunately I have not yet experience it. But I just remember when my fingers was stuck from the car’s door. I felt so idiot that time! Laughing out with myself. Moral of the story, always be careful and alert.
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The best part is always the recovery – when you try to act like what you just did was done on purpose.
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Fantastic images! LOL! This post really made me laugh. I liked the drawing.. haha! Happy new year!
It’s funny that I came across this post when I did. The other day I went out running. I was running laps in the round a bout in my neighborhood. Long story short, I tried to run up on the curb and trip on the curb. Can we say FACEPLANT
Ended up with a bit of a bloody nose and skinned knee. Sad thing is I was showing a client how to run correctly. Well, that WAS the intent.
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