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Asked by anon-249956 on 11 Mar 2020.
Question: what was the most embarrassing thing that has happened during your time at work?
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Sarah Carter answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I am from the US originally and even though I’ve lived and worked in England for six years, I am constantly embarrassing myself by not understanding certain phrases or saying things that don’t make sense (or are embarrassing) to people in the UK. It happens so often!
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Sarah Brown answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I broke a piece of equipment in the lab and cried because I was so worried that it was expensive and people would be annoyed with me! Turns out it was pretty common and no-one was too bothered!
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Beth Bartlett answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I accidentally put my cells in dry ice and froze them all when I wasn’t supposed to and ruined my experiment. My supervisor then told me the whole thing had cost £1200! It was my birthday though so he didn’t get too angry…
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Katrina Wesencraft answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I ripped my trousers at my work Christmas party and everybody saw my pants!
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Ioana Grigoras answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I was in a meeting with my supervisor once and I had an itch on my scalp, so I used the pen that I was writing with the scratch it. Problem is that the pen got tangled in my hair and I couldn’t take it out…My supervisor had to untangle it in the end.
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Sarah Clarke answered on 11 Mar 2020:
I once got dressed for work in the dark (I was leaving home super early so didn’t want to wake anyone). About 2 hrs into my morning I realised I was wearing odd shoes…I had exactly the same pair in black and brown and had managed to put one of each on. I had to stay like it all day as I couldn’t go home.
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Sophie Arthur answered on 12 Mar 2020:
I’m not sure how embarrassing it is but once I got locked in the dark room at work and noone noticed I was gone for a few hours.
The dark room is where I spent a lot of time developing photos of my experiments essentially. If you have ever watched a film set in the 50s for example and seen photographers developing photographs in a dark room with a red light, thats what I was doing
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Kate Mitchell answered on 13 Mar 2020:
I’ve given some really stupid answers to questions in job interviews – and then worked with the interviewers later!
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