'For a winter play... I offered to do the worm across the stage ': 25+ Moments of cringe that keep people awake late at night

We all have at least one moment in our lives that makes us shrivel up with embarrassment (and if we're being honest with ourselves, there's definitely more than one cringey mistake we look back on).

I used to be way more embarrassed when I made mistakes, but the older I get, the more mistakes I make. I'm getting used to it, I suppose. If you let you of your need to be perfect and impress all your friends, you have a little less cringe to look back on at night wondering, "Why did I ever say that?" At a certain point, you just have to embrace your mishaps, and realize that everyone makes mistakes, and most likely no one else recalls your worst moments except for you.

Something that gives me second-hand cringe is when people ask me for directions for things that are easy for me to point out. I can count on two hands how many times I have been asked, "Hey, do you know where the Freedom Tower is?" by tourists while living in lower Manhattan. Then I would wordlessly point to the very very tall Freedom Tower, which is easily visible from almost street surrounding it. Then, the tourists laugh at themselves and make their way to the monument. I hope I'm not embarrassing them on purpose, but, well, it is just right there if you're looking upwards.

Worse, though, is that I know I've given people the wrong directions by accident. I know I sent at least one dude off to the wrong train at Jamaica station when he asked "where the next train to Penn Station was." I directed him to the subways downstairs, when he may have been looking for the LIRR upstairs. I'm so sorry to that man---there are few fates worse than being stranded at Jamaica train station. Please know that I am also embarrassed, and lying awake at night thinking about what I've done.

Next up, this retail employee was forced to work all night long---because their boss insisted they could never tell customers that the store was closing.

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Posted by RemyMill