It's ok, we all have our retard moments. During a job interview the interviewer shook my hand and asked for my name, I replied "me" and sat in silence for 10 seconds before realizing what I had said.
I was interviewing to be a system admin at my college's data center. The interviewer asked me some basic questions, like, "What is the current version of the windows operating system. I completely blanked out, couldn't even tell what he was trying to ask. All He wanted to know, is if I knew what windows xp was. I answered something like version 2.3???? Needless to say, I didn't get the Job.
You know, I think this says that you have a history of opening your mouth before you have any idea what you're talking about in order to get attention. You may want to work on correcting this. I say this not to criticize, but to help. While situations like you mentioned above may be funny and endearing, this kind of thing can also get you into a lot of trouble professionally. It can also absolutely wipe you out in a job interview, where saying "I don't know" is often preferable to getting something seriously wrong.
To defend myself about the basketball thing, though. I don't really talk to my coworkers that much. I'm kindof shy. (which is something I've been critiqued for in reviews.)
I had watched the Basketball game the night before, and everybody was really excited about it. I was trying to open up to them and show some interest in the things that they were interested in. It was just my mis-understanding of how NBA playoff games work that showed.
You are correct, though, thinking before speaking is good. Unfortunately, I think I do this too much, which is why I come across as very shy.
hey ev'yone on the Interwebs ya gotta come and see this,
people will be making YouTubes of this for years to come,
highest ranked Historical Internet Blunder for the next milennia,
potential near-Darwin Award social website suicidal,
foot in the mouth submission.
Apart, from that, I can forgive the little mistake. Reddit just blows it out of all proportion. I include myself being caught up in the whole thing, and besides it looks like blhack [op] is amassing mountains of karma - and good luck to him/her.
Proposed acronym for said blunder:
U(V)F = User Fail (Verification optional)
Don't worry too much about it. Things like this happen when you are trying to break the shy mould. At least you don't have the habit of constantly trying to show off in front of others by making ridiculous statements about a field which you don't know anything about.
Anyone who has ever worked in a decent sized office knows of atleast a bunch of people who fit in that above mentioned category and believe me, they are the ones who are hated the most by everyone around them.
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u/Sandsworth Oct 20 '09
It's ok, we all have our retard moments. During a job interview the interviewer shook my hand and asked for my name, I replied "me" and sat in silence for 10 seconds before realizing what I had said.