whats the worst faux pas?

big brother 9big brother 9 Posts: 18,147
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What do you think is the worst faux pas? For me its got to be when walking down the street and you see someone you know and start talking, when you say goodbye to each other and you both carry on walking in the same direction.

Anyone got any others?
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  • foonkfoonk Posts: 4,012
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    Asking a woman who isn't pregnant when the baby is due!
  • GneissGneiss Posts: 14,555
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    Calling the woman you are with by the name of an ex.....
  • Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,580
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    Gneiss wrote: »
    Calling the woman you are with by the name of an ex.....

    Oooh! That gets my vote as worst! You'd be blackballed straight away if you did that to me!!! 😜
  • spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    not understanding faux pass ("folks pass") is the worst one ......
  • GneissGneiss Posts: 14,555
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    Safi74 wrote: »
    Oooh! That gets my vote as worst! You'd be blackballed straight away if you did that to me!!! 😜

    Sounds painful :D
  • kippehkippeh Posts: 6,655
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    Getting caught looking at cleavage when in conversation with a woman is a common one for me. :D
  • 3Sheets2TheWind3Sheets2TheWind Posts: 3,028
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    What do you think is the worst faux pas? For me its got to be when walking down the street and you see someone you know and start talking, when you say goodbye to each other and you both carry on walking in the same direction.

    Anyone got any others?

    That's not a faux pas.

    A faux pas is more a long the lines of asking someone how their mother is only for them to say that they died six months ago or something.
  • rupert_pupkinrupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975
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    I told a middle aged 'miss' that I thought they became a 'ms' at a certain age, she said 'CERTAIN AGE???!!?' and made a face that I couldn't describe

    I still don't know how that works
  • Safi74Safi74 Posts: 5,580
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    Gneiss wrote: »
    Sounds painful :D

    Oh it would be!!!😈
  • DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    My sister was a teacher in a British school in Slovakia, they all got invited to a party at the ambassadors house. She kept passing her empty glasses to someone she thought was like a house keeper, only turns out when they were leaving it was the ambassadors wife :D
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,279
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    spiney2 wrote: »
    not understanding faux pass ("folks pass") is the worst one ......
    Mange tout, spiney, mange tout...
  • davidsevendavidseven Posts: 3,336
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    Spelling faux pas as foe pah.
  • Pumping IronPumping Iron Posts: 29,891
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    Tell a bodybuilder he looks skinny
  • Janet PlankJanet Plank Posts: 10,223
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    I took my elderly mother to the ear clinic at the hospital as she was having difficulty hearing. The consultant stood behind her and whispered, getting gradually louder...and I said "Mother can't hear you, she is deaf". The look he and his nurse gave me made me want the ground to open up and swallow me.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,383
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    Does answering the door, in the early hours, to a police woman with yer todger hanging out of yer PJs count as a faux pas?
  • rupert_pupkinrupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975
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    LCDMAN wrote: »
    Does answering the door, in the early hours, to a police woman with yer todger hanging out of yer PJs count as a faux pas?

    Only if it was an accident. It wasn't an accident was it
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25,366
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    Calling your school teacher Mum.

    That's just the worst!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,182
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    Trumping at a job interview has to rank fairly highly :blush::(
  • SillyBillyGoatSillyBillyGoat Posts: 22,266
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    Gilbertoo wrote: »
    Calling your school teacher Mum.

    That's just the worst!

    I once called mine "grandma". :o

    Luckily, my teacher knew my grandmother played a big role in my upbringing so I think she knew it was a mistake and not an insult. :D
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25,366
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    My sister was a teacher in a British school in Slovakia, they all got invited to a party at the ambassadors house. She kept passing her empty glasses to someone she thought was like a house keeper, only turns out when they were leaving it was the ambassadors wife :D

    A few years ago, we hired a massive villa at the prestigious Royal Westmoreland Golf course in Barbados for a family holiday.

    After a round of golf, I strode up to the first person wearing a Royal Westmoreland shirt and cap to hand back the keys to my golf buggy……yep, it was none other than three-time major winner Vijay Singh….
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,182
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    Gilbertoo wrote: »
    Calling your school teacher Mum.

    That's just the worst!

    I would have thought if you were a female teacher you could forgive the mistake and find it quite endearing actually.
  • d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,431
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    Gilbertoo wrote: »
    Calling your school teacher Mum.

    That's just the worst!

    It's fine, it's the very definition of in loco parentis in fact!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25,366
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    I would have thought if you were a female teacher you could forgive the mistake and find it quite endearing actually.

    It's not the teacher that's the problem.

    "durrrr, Gilbertoo finks Miss Roberts is his Mum, bwahahahahaha!!!!"
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,182
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    Gilbertoo wrote: »
    It's not the teacher that's the problem.

    "durrrr, Gilbertoo finks Miss Roberts is his Mum, bwahahahahaha!!!!"

    Ah yes, well if it was in front of the whole class...children can be cruel to say the least :o
  • DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    Gilbertoo wrote: »
    A few years ago, we hired a massive villa at the prestigious Royal Westmoreland Golf course in Barbados for a family holiday.

    After a round of golf, I strode up to the first person wearing a Royal Westmoreland shirt and cap to hand back the keys to my golf buggy……yep, it was none other than three-time major winner Vijay Singh….

    Hahaha was he gracious about it?!
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