21 People Share The Most Hilariously Mortifying Moment That Will Haunt Them Forever

Get ready to feel some serious second-hand embarrassment.

Jesse

• Published in News
• December 18, 2024

We’ve all had those moments—those soul-cringing, face-flushing, “please let the ground swallow me whole” kind of moments. Whether it’s calling your boss “Mom” during a meeting, waving enthusiastically at a stranger who wasn’t waving at you, or forgetting a coworker’s name for the fifth time, embarrassment is a universal experience.

But here’s the thing: while these moments make us want to crawl under a rock, they also make the best stories later on. And trust us, nothing bonds people faster than sharing tales of mortifying mishaps. So, we’ve rounded up twenty-one of the most embarrassing moments that people can’t forget as long as they live.

These stories will make you laugh, gasp, and maybe even feel a little better about your own awkward moments. Because let’s face it—there’s something oddly comforting about hearing someone else’s cringe-worthy tales. Why? Because it’s not happening to you this time. 

So, grab a coffee (or a pillow to scream into) and settle in for a wild ride through the Hall of Shame. Because if there’s one thing we all need, it’s a good laugh at someone else’s expense—and a reminder that we’re all just human. Buckle up; it’s about to get awkward.

1. Somewhere out there, a group of innocent kids now think Peppa Pig moonlights as a demon. Good luck explaining that to a therapist

It was 2017. I was at the peak of my mental illness and was severely depressed/anxious. Somehow I'd gotten a job as a kids' party entertainer. This was the middle of Aussie summer and my boss had sent me off to do a job by myself. 

I was booked to do an hour of face painting then pretend to leave and come back dressed as Peppa Pig so I could take some photos and dance to a song. First half went great .. all the kids were sweet I said goodbye and went to my car to get the costume and a CD player she's given me. I put on this budget shein looking Peppa Pig costume and when I put the head on I realised I couldn't see a thing. 

I walk back in and within 5 steps I completely bodied some toddler being held by his grandpa coz he wanted to say hi .. they both fall to the ground baby starts crying. I go to apologize before realising I have no idea if Peppa Pig talks or what she sounds like because I did zero research. So I'm just walking around this party making random high pitched "ohhh" "weee" noises. I'm catching glimpses through my mesh nose holes of all these kids looking up at me super confused and scared. 

All the kids are running away from me and crying so I'm just making noises walking to the area I'm supposed to dance in. I go to turn on the song but I can't see the cd player and I have these massive gloves on. So instead of the first track I've hit track 4 and started dancing .. this insane techno remix to the Peppa Pig theme starts playing. I have no idea how to dance around children so I'm just flailing my arms around wildly in the middle of this party completely alone and all these kids are just staring up at me terrified. 

Some of the parents try to get them to dance (doesn't work) but it's just dead silent besides this song and me still making weird high pitch "ooohh" noises because wtf else am I supposed to do. This remix seems to go for like 8 minutes it just doesn't end and it's 40 degrees so I'm dripping in sweat..and kids are screaming at this point. It FINALLY finishes and the parents realise I'm starting to pass out so they have to lead me out of the house while the entire party are crying and staring at me. 

As I'm walking out I catch my reflection in the window. When I yeeted the old guy and the baby it pushed a huge dent in the side of this giant felt Peppa Pig head. so the whole time these kids were looking at some weird deformed elephant-man version of this beloved character making deranged pig noises..Not one person asked for a photo. But I just know somewhere, footage of this moment exist..

2. “He definitely scored a lot of aura points for having an amazing sense of humor”

This is like the time at work where I stated I was so hungry I could eat my arm off, meanwhile my coworker had only one arm. He stated "that's what I did" keep in mind this is my first day there lmao.

3. True love is when you pee on his rug, but he defends your honor by blaming it on the dog

I met a boy during the first week of university and fell in love instantly. We dated for 2 months... then broke up. I was heartbroken. But we stayed friends. And 2.5 years later, we got back together. I was ecstatic. 

A week later we went to one of his friend's 21st birthday parties. It was my first time seeing his friend group in 2.5 years, and I was nervous. I drank. A lot. I don't remember how I got home. 

Next morning, I'm in his bed. I look over smiling and go in for a cuddle. He, just staring at me, asks, "Do you remember what you did last night?" "No?" "You peed on my carpet" "Ha, no I didn't" "Yes, you did. Go smell the rug." I laughed, thinking he was joking. 

Then I peeked over the bed... and saw a wet rug and a pile of towels. He tells me I had woken up at 3am, walked to the end of the bed, squatted down, and peed on the carpet. While he watched in shock yelling my name. He proceeds to tell me I had shook, climbed back into bed, and fallen back asleep. All while he sat there in disbelief and proceeded to clean up my mess for 40 minutes. 

I sit in shock, hearing his mom upstairs making breakfast, and wonder... how is he going to explain the piss-scented rug to his family? This boy is going to dump me. AGAIN. I need to get out of this house. I get in my car, break down in tears. I can't call anyone because I'd have to admit what I did. Hours later, no word from him. I am absolutely distraught. 

Then he calls... He blamed it on the dog. I'm in the clear. His family thinks I'm normal. We got married 2 months ago, 8 years after the incident. I haven't peed anywhere other than a toilet since that night.

4. Cue the eternal shame

One day, I was at church and service had ended so everyone was standing around talking. I heard something speaking in a robotic voice behind me. I was in a silly goofy mood and I yelled "what is this, an alien invasion?!" 

It was in fact, not an alien invasion. it was a 90-year-old man with throat cancer. He had a voice box. 

Please make it stop. I think of this literally every night before I go to bed, and sometimes on my lunch break at work. I cannot escape it. God forgive me.

5. Telling someone in a wheelchair to take a seat is the kind of foot-in-mouth moment you’ll replay forever

I told a patient in a wheelchair to take a seat and he looked down at his wheelchair and said, “Done.”

6. This one’s haunting the storyteller to the grave.

When I noticed a little kid lying on the ground and moving his limbs like he was having a tantrum so I said "aww, looks like someone needs a nap" and his dad said "Nope, Cerebral Palsy". That will haunt me til the day I die.

7. Criticism doesn’t get more personal than this.

When someone came up to me on the subway and asked if I liked the book I was reading and I told them "No, it's the most self-indulgent, overwritten drivel I've read in a while. The main character is so unlikable I keep praying a meteor falls on her or something just so this book can end". When the person asking was in fact the author and had based the character on herself.

8. Proudly announcing your fart… to the wrong man? Time to book plastic surgery, get a fake ID and move to a new continent.

My husband and I were shopping at the grocery store, looking at produce. I let out a silent raunchy fart. I turned to my left & told my husband "I farted" with the biggest grin on my face. My husband was actually on my right side. And I was staring at a black man holding a lemon with the most confused expression. My husband is a pale white man.

9. Plot twist: you’re the villain.

I asked a guy buying flowers at a Safeway “uh oh what did you do wrong?!” He was getting flowers to put on his wife’s grave.

10. This would make a comedy thriller for the ages.

After I soaked my hair in oil, I saran wrapped my head. I went down to the garage to get a drink out of our garage fridge. I put way too much oil. It dripped everywhere. The path became an oil slick. 

Suddenly, one of our cats jumped out, frightened me, and I went FLYING on the oil. I slammed into the door and passed out. I woke up in complete darkness. (The lights were on a timer.) I panicked. I didn't know where I was. My phone was dead. I tried to stand. My legs were completely asleep AND I was covered in oil. 

I tried to run the door, I slammed into many things, knocking them over, making tons of noise, screaming. I finally got to the house door. I opened it and set off the house alarm. (My family had gone to bed and set it.) I tried to type in the right code. (I didn't because I was so confused.) I make my way as fast as I can to my room. 

As soon as I get upstairs, the FULL burglar alarm starts blasting. I had never heard it before. My Dad jumps out in front of me, only in his underwear, wielding a titanium baseball bat. We both scream. He's pissed. He turns off the alarm. I go to my room lay down a towel. Lay down my Saran wrapped head for slumber. 

15 minutes later, I hear noises coming from the door below my bedroom. I look out the window. 3 men in all black with flashlights. Trying to pick the lock. I HAVE to wake up Dad AGAIN. WE'RE BEING ROBBED. Turns out it was the police checking out the alarm trigger. They were already in the neighborhood due to a waterline break. My Dad is PISSED. 

By this time, I have to be up in an hour. I don't sleep. I listen to the winter storm outside. My head soaks in the oil. When it's time to wake up, I run to the bathroom to rinse the oil out of my hair. Because of the waterline break, there's no water. I go to school with a Saran wrapped head.

11. Imagine going to get groceries from the store only to get farted on by a stranger. On purpose.

My dad walked backwards into who he thought was my mom at target and farted on her, except that it wasn’t my mom at all, it was some poor random lady.

12. And that’s how the legacy of ‘Crow Gate’ began.

My third day of college, I decide to bring my longboard to campus and skate from class to class so that I can get around quickly. I stop at the dining hall and get mac and cheese and broccoli to go. I get on my longboard and start cruising through the main quad. 

It is Seattle. it is always raining. The giant brick square I have to cross is getting slippery. but surely I can make it! I attempt to push off and immediately slip and fall, kicking my longboard at least 100 feet away. My tote bag falls off my shoulder.

All of my school supplies are dirty and wet. I smash the back of my head on the ground and throw my container of food 10-15 feet into the air as I fall. The cardboard container opens midair and rains mac and cheese and broccoli all over me. 

It is passing period and there are 40,000 students at my school. Hundreds of my fellow scholars have witnessed this. People are asking me if I'm okay. A really hot boy is chasing down my longboard. I'm not badly hurt but I'm so embarrassed.

I start laughing hysterically until I can't breathe. As I hyperventilate, the sky above me darkens...a MURDER OF CROWS DESCENDS UPON ME AND BEGINS EATING THE MAC AND CHEESE AND BROCCOLI. One lands on my HEAD. 

I am now wet, crying, hysterical, covered in food, and being attacked by dozens of crows. People are audibly gasping. I cut my losses and pick up my tote bag and literally run away. Someone gives me my longboard back and I sprint back to my dorm, while recording a voice memo to send to my new group chat of college friends. My friends find this hilarious and refer to the incident as "crow gate". 

For my birthday, they put the voice memo over a trap beat and blast it in the car. A few times I meet mutual friends and they already know about me because they've heard the voice memo.

13. “Tried to fake sick to skip school. Ended up with a tumor diagnosis. Life is full of surprises.”

One time I really really didn't wanna go to school. So I told my mom I was hurting REALLY bad so she would let me stay home. She asks about my symptoms and I make something up on the spot. She proceeds to tell me to get in the car and that we were going to the hospital because she 100% sure appendix burst. 

Knowing I lied I was freaking out in the car and was scared I was gonna get in trouble for lying. After getting tests done in the hospital I decided to tell my mom I lied about not feeling good she was so upset at me that she said "u better HOPE something's wrong with u". The doctor comes in and tells my mom "you might wanna sit down". He tells my mom that I have a tumor. He says it has teeth, hair, and can have EYEBALLS. Hospital trip well spent.

14. Small world

Once I started seeing a therapist and spent the first several sessions ranting about my terrible manager. On the 4th session I noticed a photo behind her desk, my manager was her daughter.

15. The alpacas were definitely judging you guys, too.

The time I went to the zoo with my mum and we were looking at the alpacas and they were making a funny noise that we started to repeat back to it quite loudly. Turning around to see a disabled man in his wheelchair making the noise and his carer standing next to him looking at us.

16. These are the kinds of regrets that keep one awake at night.

Dude I worked as a cashier and this guy said he was buying groceries for his son and I said "wow and what’s he doing while you're here". He said ”dying of cancer”. I can never forget that experience.

17. Dignity: fully lost.

I once meant to ask a patient at my EYE CLINIC to take off their glasses but I was looking at their shirt when I said it so instead I said “take off your SHIRT”.

18. Excuse me while I climb into this hole I dug for myself.

I said congratulations to a couple cause the doctor said the ultrasound looked good. They were there to make sure the miscarriage didn't cause any permanent damage.

19. Was that a dog!? Nope. Just Grandma wailing at her son’s funeral. Timing? Impeccably awful.

When my stepdad's dad died we all went to his parents' house after the funeral. I heard this really weird noise and said LOUDLY “was that a dog!??” It was not a dog it was his mom upstairs wailing.

20. Her husband, with one arm (the left one), probably wanted OP to give their mouth instead.

I was a house cleaner and was hired by a woman to clean her place (which was gorgeous) when I walked in I said “I’d give my right arm to live here” her husband had one arm…. His left arm.

21. Moving to a new planet is the only fix for this. There’s no other way.

One time a customer was talking to me and I didn’t hear what he said so I just laughed it off, and he repeated that his dog died of cancer.

Embarrassing moments might haunt us, but they also remind us to laugh at life—and ourselves. If nothing else, they make for fantastic stories. So, next time you trip, spill, or stutter, embrace it. Who knows? You might just make someone else’s day a little brighter.

Jesse