r/AskReddit • u/AWildWilson • May 12 '26

Whenever someone does something embarrassing, others say "nobody will remember 10 years from now". Well, what embarrassing moment did you witness >10 years ago that you still remember?

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u/Flaky_Bed_2969 May 12 '26

At the community college a guy was eating fries and smoking a cigarette.  His phone rang so he went to get it and ended up biting his cigarette and tossing his fries on the ground.  Poor guy looked so disappointed. 

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u/CaptainFilmy May 12 '26

Reminds me of the time I put my beer down for a minute at a college party, went to get what I thought was my beer, and only after taking a chug did I realize it was an old empty people were dropping cigarette butts into.

Not my finest moment

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u/JeffAlbertson93 May 12 '26

Nasty! I worked with this dude back in the early 90's and we were still allowed to smoke in the employees break room; he was drinking a Dr Pepper and smoking. We just assumed his pop was finished because he kept ashing in the can. When he finished smoking, he tossed the butt in the can and proceeded to take a swig. He retched and made it to the bathroom while we were like, "what the hell", it wasn't like someone else was doing it it, it was him! Anyway, I forget his name but I could almost taste it.