My Most Embarassing Moments

Age: approx. 12 years old
Humiliation Score: 3/5
Location: Nickelodeon Studios, FL
My family and I did this walk through behind-the-scenes tour at the end of the day when we were all tired. We got to see the sets of a few Nickelodeon shows and sample new products. There was one product that the tour guide passed around in a bowl so people could touch it. I think the stuff was either called Smud or Gooze and was a watery/slippery texture. I wasn’t really paying attention as it was the last part of the tour, and when the bowl came around to me I put my fingers in and went to put it in my mouth. The tour guide exclaimed “What are you doing? That’s not edible!” I was old enough to know better.

Age: 5 years old
Humiliation Score: 2/5
Location: shopping mall
My mom never used to take me to the mall because I would do all the normal child things: hide and seek in the clothes racks, stand on the end of the shopping cart, whine about wanting treats or to go on the mini-carousel rides. This particular time, my mom and I were on the down escalator, and I had decided to sit whilst I waited for it to descend. Somewhere near the bottom, my mom noticed and grabbed my hand, but by that point my dress got caught in the escalator and a whole group of teenagers snickered at me.

Age: 17 years old
Humiliation Score: 4.5/5
Location: The small town grocery store, where I worked as a cashier
This woman that my parents knew and who knew me came through my check out line. She was a plump brunette woman and had two daughters with her who were helping carry the groceries. She asked how my parents were and what I was doing that summer. I responded politely and asked if she had summer plans. She mentioned that she had the summer off, so I inquired, “Oh, are you a teacher?” to which she replied “No, I’m 8 months pregnant - I’ll be on maternity leave.” I hadn’t even noticed she was pregnant! The next time she came in to my work, I didn’t want to ask about the baby in case it was still unborn! The woman said to me “So, I had a baby boy,” in a tone that hinted she knew what I was thinking. I felt so bad!

Age: 15-16 years old
Humiliation Score: 4.5/5
Location: Internetland
My best friend Meagan and I were IMing with our friend Simon, whom we both happened to have a crush on at the time. We ended up having a keyboard war and she accidently hit CTRL + V and I hit CTRL + Enter right after, which pasted my most recent journal entry and sent it to him. The entry went into humiliating detail about my crush on him and made working with him the next day really awkward! [Pat, I know you’re going to comment on this one!]

Age: 20 years old
Humiliation Score: 2/5
Location: Residence at Humber College in Toronto
One day after having a shower, I returned to my dorm room to find my crappy 13″ TV missing! I ended up reporting the missing TV to Residence Security over the phone as I stood in my room in my towel and ended up going down to the front desk to report the missing TV in person and ask for a new room key. My friends burst out laughing behind me - they had hidden my TV as a joke!

Age: 8 years old
Humiliation Score: 2/5
Location: Photography Studio
We were getting family portraits taken to surprise my grandmother with on Christmas Day. I have 11 cousins - some older, some younger than I and they were all there. When it came time for the photo of my brothers and I, the photographer said “Say ‘I hate cheese!’” to prompt us for the photo. I yelled “I hate YOUUUUU!” which made everyone feel awkward for a moment or two.

Age: 10
Humiliation Score: 3.5/5
Location: School bus
For some strange reason, I decided to wear a shirt and tie on my first day of school in fifth grade.  But not a cute girly shirt and tie- my dad’s shirt and tie!  The clothes swam on me and given the bizarre fashion choice I had a few kids approach me and say mean things

Age: 9 years old
Humiliation Score: 3/5
Location: Classroom at school
We were doing some sort of comparison graph in school that would plot everyone’s weight and height. We knew about this a day in advance and I was really upset about it as I had just gone through a growth spurt and was taller than all the boys. I was weight-conscious even at that age! My mom wrote my teacher a note excusing me from the exercise, and when I handed my teacher the note, he read it out loud: “Mr. Carrol - Amy is uptight about getting weighed.” The whole class heard him read it and I ended up having to get weighed in front of everyone anyways.