Facepalm moments

El Guaco

The older I get the more I wonder how some people manage to survive day to day. Maybe I'm getting old and cranky, or maybe most people should actually think about what the eff they are doing before they do it.

Case in point:

A couple of weeks ago, my personal email got used for some work communications (because I don't have access to my work email from home) to alleviate some crisis. So a couple of people have my home email (gmail) in their contact book at work. So after getting some work emails to gmail the last few days, I politely replied to the coworker asking them to update their contact to use my work email. Said coworker replied to my gmail account to say that they would do that.




Anyone else care to share some recent facepalm moments?

Zombiemambo

What happened next

did you punch that jerk right in the face

deadlyrhetoric

Here's a good one: the past 25 years of my miserable life.

redhead

ok so is there some rule that images are not allowed to exist on the internet any more except in the form of fake motivational posters

ascot

Considering my infrequent visits to the forum...

This thread.

YaYa

all the stupid things in my life are perpetrated by me and me alone

El Guaco

Oh, I don't believe that I'm perfect, by any stretch of the imagination. But I find it funny/sad/annoying/frightening how often people in general can really make you doubt your sanity. I was just trying to vent, that's all. I figured other people wouldn't mind letting off some steam as well and we'd get some great stories out of it.

JoeUser

redhead wrote: »

ok so is there some rule that images are not allowed to exist on the internet any more except in the form of fake motivational posters

El Guaco

The OP has been demotivated! Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Abracadaniel

I did something similar and accidentally used my personal GTalk account to talk to a coworker, since we use Google Apps for Domains at work. He occasionally sends me messages on there instead but he's cool so I don't worry about it.

Peen

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Samir Duran Duran

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

mcp

You don't have access to work email from home?

That's silly.

Peen

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

Oh it wasn't a joke. I asked her if she could be more specific and she said she needed one on the history of wars, and countries, and the president.

This was a 9th grader.

Samir Duran Duran

Peen wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

Oh it wasn't a joke. I asked her if she could be more specific and she said she needed one on the history of wars, and countries, and the president.

This was a 9th grader.

So get her all the books. Problem solved.

Silmaril

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

Peen wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

Oh it wasn't a joke. I asked her if she could be more specific and she said she needed one on the history of wars, and countries, and the president.

This was a 9th grader.

So get her all the books. Problem solved.

or the Old Testament, and then smile at her knowingly.

T. J. Nutty Nub

Silmaril wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

Peen wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

Oh it wasn't a joke. I asked her if she could be more specific and she said she needed one on the history of wars, and countries, and the president.

This was a 9th grader.

So get her all the books. Problem solved.

or the Old Testament, and then smile at her knowingly.

War and Peace

Jordyn

Bacon-BuTTy

When I was in college, we were reading "An Inspector Calls" in English class. For those that don't know, it is set in the early 20th century and features a very illusive character who seems to be all knowing.

Our task was to put forward theories to the rest of the class as to who or what the illusive inspector might be. We were given one "Theory" each, and we all stood up in front of the class and gave our 7-10 minute speeches on why we thought, or did not think that the inspector was whatever theory we were given.

My friend stood up and said, without irony - "I do not think the Inspector was a time traveller because Time Machines were not invented back then" and sat back down.

SoaL

T.J. Nutty Nub wrote: »

Silmaril wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

Peen wrote: »

Samir Duran Duran wrote: »

OP facepalm moment was weak.

I personally never made any mistakes in life and won them all.

Peen wrote: »

I've got a million of these.

A recent one: A girl came up to my desk and asked me for a history book. I asked her what kind of history and she said "From the beginning."

Sounds like a joke or something.

Oh it wasn't a joke. I asked her if she could be more specific and she said she needed one on the history of wars, and countries, and the president.

This was a 9th grader.

So get her all the books. Problem solved.

or the Old Testament, and then smile at her knowingly.

War and Peace

star wars?

babyeatingjesus

I was playing Cribbage and the opponent's peg was 2 spots from the win, I had first count and needed 6, I was tired and played a 8 to make the total 21 and was met immediately with a king and a loss.

MKR

Went roaring down a hill on a bicycle (when I was little) and took my feet off the pedals to do a thing.

I was used to hand brakes. This one had pedal brakes.

So much pain.

Crashmo

I've told this before, but we were watching Saving Private Ryan in my 10 or 11th grade history class, and a girl leaned over and asked who we were fighting against

TheStig

babyeatingjesus wrote: »

I was playing Cribbage and the opponent's peg was 2 spots from the win, I had first count and needed 6, I was tired and played a 8 to make the total 21 and was met immediately with a king and a loss.

dang.

PiptheFair

babyeatingjesus wrote: »

I was playing Cribbage and the opponent's peg was 2 spots from the win, I had first count and needed 6, I was tired and played a 8 to make the total 21 and was met immediately with a king and a loss.

was your face red?

babyeatingjesus

hoo boy was it!

Klyka

Crashmo wrote: »

I've told this before, but we were watching Saving Private Ryan in my 10 or 11th grade history class, and a girl leaned over and asked who we were fighting against

Well, WE were fighting against Tom Hanks.

101

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

When I was in college, we were reading "An Inspector Calls" in English class. For those that don't know, it is set in the early 20th century and features a very illusive character who seems to be all knowing.

Our task was to put forward theories to the rest of the class as to who or what the illusive inspector might be. We were given one "Theory" each, and we all stood up in front of the class and gave our 7-10 minute speeches on why we thought, or did not think that the inspector was whatever theory we were given.

My friend stood up and said, without irony - "I do not think the Inspector was a time traveller because Time Machines were not invented back then" and sat back down.

hey I read (and watched) that for English, it was pretty good.

Arrath

I was walking down the hall from one panel to the vendor room (free loot!) at a conference and a guy walked past me, "Arrath" he said. I didn't know his name, so I just said "Morning!"

It was 4pm.

Brodo Faggins

Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »

When I was in college, we were reading "An Inspector Calls" in English class. For those that don't know, it is set in the early 20th century and features a very illusive character who seems to be all knowing.

Our task was to put forward theories to the rest of the class as to who or what the illusive inspector might be. We were given one "Theory" each, and we all stood up in front of the class and gave our 7-10 minute speeches on why we thought, or did not think that the inspector was whatever theory we were given.

My friend stood up and said, without irony - "I do not think the Inspector was a time traveller because Time Machines were not invented back then" and sat back down.

This is brilliant.

El Guaco

mcp wrote: »

You don't have access to work email from home?

That's silly.

Oh, it's on purpose. I could get access from home, but that requires one of those security fobs with the changing numbers, etc. The idea is that I can only be reached at home by phone in extreme situations. I don't believe in checking work email 24/7.

Hunter

I had an argument with a co-worker yesterday because he didn't think I had Copper data for him on some samples, and he specifically asked for it. So I went and checked my electronic report, and called him back to tell him it was there.

Five minutes later he calls again telling me I fucked up. I look again and read him the information off the report.

He was looking for Co

I didn't run Cobalt...I ran Copper, which is Cu. He told me I need to make my reports less confusing. I actually got a negative feedback because this clown doesn't know the periodic table. My boss threw it away and called the guy a moron.

Usagi

Ahahaha oh goddamit Hunter

Solar

I don't really have any of these personally, but a friend of mine works in a library and once a judge came in asking him for a book that he needed in the line of his work. Apparantly when asked about this book the judge replied that it "was blue, possibly yellow, maybe even both."

Yes, these people decide the future of criminals.

Hunter

Usagi wrote: »

Ahahaha oh goddamit Hunter

My life is a Dilbert cartoon.

Kusuguttai

one time i walked into a store and this lady was like 'come fuck me in the bathroom' and i was like 'yeah' and then she told everyone after that i raped her


people sure are idiots

A duck!

My favorite facepalm moment was back during the elections in 2008 where a very religious lady at work walked up to me and said "So who are you voting for?" I was mortified by this question because one thing you don't do at the state is get into those kind of discussions, so I just said I hadn't decided. She stated, "Well, I don't like either of them. I wish I could put God on the ballot" which she followed with a dreamy sigh.

Oh wait, that's not a facepalm moment, that's a vomit with rage moment.

iusehappymod

I went to the doctor yesterday. Not only did the Nurse think that 72 inches was the same as 6'2", but when I went into the doctors actual office, all the shades were down, the lights were out, and he was sitting in front of his computer watching Bob Dylan videos.

Actually that last part was kind of awesome. But then he asked me how many men I'd slept with.

Sars_Boy

So I was working at the radio station yesterday and the jackasss who had a show starts introducing Cee Lo's Fuck You. Bad enough that hes playing this song on our student radio station that does not allow for profane language right? It gets better.

"Gnarls Barkley has a new song out, only this time he's going by the name Cee Lo Green. Hmm, not quite as clever a name, but i like the song"

Also he played Owl City.

Caveman Paws

I'm usually pretty okay at job interviews. I took part in a mock job interview with my fellow classmates yesterday and I did a great job asking the questions.

I totally froze when the roles were reversed. I hate my brain.

Kusuguttai

cee lo green may be IN gnarl's barkley but gnarls barkley is a duo not a single person

this is what you will carve onto his face