Wednesday, September 26, 2012

15 Minutes of Shame


                                                     
I think I caught the perfectionist flu too. I have been trying to get a post here but I type and then think it’s not good enough so I either save as draft or discard completely. I finally decided that I’m not a perfect person and nobody expects perfection from me (I hope I’m right about this).

Anyway, I have a story today.  Here’s what I will probably call my most embarrassing moment ever. So enjoy.

Me: Story story
Reader: Story
Me: Once upon a time
Reader: Time time

I have this pair of pants (trousers) that I love very much. It’s not short; not dragging on the floor, has pockets, belt hole, very corporate and quite fitted too. I love to wear it with my jackets because my jackets are fitted so all the fine figure 8 (coughs) will arrange well when I wear it with a jacket (I wear jackets once in a month). There’s just one problem with this pretty pants: I ALWAYS forget to zip it up. Please put emphasis on ALWAYS. It has three buttons and so by the time I button it up, I would have forgotten the zip. Thankfully, the zip is kinda hidden so even if I forget to zip up, it doesn’t show.
On this lovely afternoon, I was tired of gawking at my computer screen so I stepped out and had to go to the rest room and as usual, I forgot to zip up. I got back to my desk just in time for one boss to give me something to do so I kept standing up, sitting down and walking around to finish this task.
This is the painful part: There’s this fresh bobo in my office; good looking, friendly to the ladies and all, very charming and witty, very handy with all the six packs (Ahem, I’ve seen him wear fitted tee shirts); I finished my task about 15 minutes later and went to sit at my desk and Mr. Fresh sends me an IM that read “Babe how far na? You wan kill us? Try arrange your zip na”. Choi, I wanted to die! Most of my work is done walking up and down and standing over tables trying to do one thing or the other (techie woes) and so I tried to recall how many offices I had walked into in the 15 minutes and how many GUYS had seen me or more aptly, the kind of guys that had seen me in the 15 minutes of shame and that was when depression set in. I’m serious.
I’m not sure if it was the fact that I forgot to zip up or the person that “discovered it” or the people I had contact with in the 15 minutes and I’m not sure what they saw or didn’t see that caused the depression, but I lost the will to keep working that day. I was just quiet and subdued for the rest of the day. I was tempted to ask the guy if it was that obvious, but I respected myself. Why add further insult to my injury?
Anyway, I know it will never ever happen again. Lai lai God forbid. There is no way I’m forgetting to zip it up ever again. My 15 minutes of shame will probably stay with me forever. I was embarrassed. Things don’t embarrass me like that (spent far too long working around guys) but this one was different.

Reader: Laughs, shakes head, feels sorry for me and even remembers a similar situation they have been in.

Me: This is the end of my story. I’m thinking of ditching the pants sef; I’ve had it for a while now or what do you think?
If you want to laugh at me, please feel free. I laughed at myself after the depression phase passed.
This story happened this week. I’ve decided to wear skirts for the rest of the week since I never forget to zip up my skirts. Lol.

Have you been in a similar situation or in worse? Please gist us.

Massive shout out(s) to my new followers. You guys rock!!!

Enjoy the rest of the week. God bless you.

27 comments:

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  2. Lmaooo oh lord. I have tears. I have a question though. Were you wearing granny panties? Even if you were, you gave them eye candy noni. *dusts ur shoulder for you*

    Pele. Not sure what I would have done in your place but I bet depression would never be it. Swag all the way lol. I exhausted my embarrassed meter eons ago.

    Now leme go & laugh properly hehehe

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    1. Thanks very much.*sigh* Don't stretch a muscle while laughing o, please.

      Thankfully, I wasn't. It would have been worse with granny panties o (with the fresh bobo ehn) Lol. Swag with the people I work with? No o; your best bet is to just sit down jejely.

      Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. Hilarious, no doubt. *Reminding myself to re-read and laugh some more later on.

    But seriously, such things do happen, just keep your head- don't quit wearing the pretty pants. ALWAYS check yourself before leaving the rest room, 'nuff said.
    Cheers.

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    1. *Congratulates self for making you laugh*

      Choi, you have no idea how careful I have been since it happened...it can't even happen again. Never.

      Thank you for stopping by. God bless.

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  4. Oh goodness!!!!!!oh no!!!so embaraassing and so funny..I know am nt meant to laugh but girl!!!!u were funny hands down!! I feel fr u about the whole depressing thing bt its over aiit?ure a big gurl now and big gurls.Dnt cry.tanx fr stopping by my blog &running away..LOOL

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    1. Haha, thanks. I still can't believe it happened to me. Feel free to laugh o.

      Lol, run away? No now. Thank you too.

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  5. This is so funny, I can imagine ur enbarassment but ur lucky the guy told u codedly, in my office some blocks away from yours, I am very sure some guy (bobby to be precise) would say something like "hw far babe u want to kill us" out loud..lol
    Nice Blog babes..*wink* I'l def be dropping by regularly

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    1. Haha, if someone does that to me, I probably won't talk to d guy for a while. Lol.

      I'm curious as to who this my next door neighbor is though. Please give me a lil insight.

      Thank you. Hope to see u here again soon.

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  6. Lool.

    Funny enough, a male friend of mine has told me to zip up before, and I don't think I was embarrassed. Maybe I am weird

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    1. U said "a male friend" not a colleague. Normally, it won't mean much to me but this was diff bcus of who the guy is.

      Thank you for stopping by.

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  7. Awww...it can be so embarassing but thank God he coded it or else...ummm
    It was funny but all the same,ure now good to go.and we still love u al d same hunnie..
    Don't knw what I would hv done or felt if it were me tho.prob worse than u

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    1. Lol... Thank you o... I'm still grateful it was coded because I have no idea what I would have done if he said it out loud.

      Thanks for stopping by.

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  8. Loool@d introductory part..story story..once upon etc..when last hehehe
    Oh goodness!!twas funny bt quite embarassing and d good thing abt it is dt u can laff it off now weneva u rememba..shrieeek**looool..dnt knw how I wud hv felt tho

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    1. Lol thanks jare. Glad it's over :D

      Thanks for stopping by.

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  9. Hahaha!! But your title is false nau!! It was more than 15 mins. LOL! Sorry dear yeah maybe u should ditch the pants.

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    1. The 15 minutes was the time I was walking up and down with my zip down now. Lol.

      Finally, someone agrees I should ditch the pants.

      Thank you and thank you for stopping by.

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  11. blessings....
    Don't over think it, just go with what you feel and any given time you are infront of the computer. It can be one line or two or even a paragraph or 3, this be and it will come.

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  12. This is funny... But I doubt I would be embarrassed sha, just alil weird. This my first time on your blog.. Nicee

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    1. I'm still worried at my embarrassment sef. Lol.

      Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate.

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  13. Lol, sowi.

    It happened to me almost 2 months back, I was supposeD to be in church for a meeting and was running late, I can't say for sure if my zipper wasn't pulled up when I left the house or it pulled itself down while I was in d bus

    But when I got down from the bus trying to take a bike, I noticed some hungry stares I became uncomfortable and checked my self only for me to see my zipper opened. Holy peter! U can't imagine d speed I used to sharply pulled d zipper up and boned, jumped on bike n started laughing.

    After the laugh, I was counting the no of people I saw from my estate gate to d b/stop. Arghh. All those bobos and security men...double arghh. And that was the last day I wore the pants.

    I see it and just fling it, like I'm saying to it "stewpid pant, u jes embarassed yasef"

    I still actually laugh out loud when I remember

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    1. Lmao! *rolling* I actually had tears when I finished reading this. Oh Lawd! Lol @ "those bobos and security men*. *sigh* the thing pain me no be small. Really stoopid pants. Lol.

      Thank you and thank you for stopping by Dayor.

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