Unprofessional

I had just got hired to work at one of Houston’s biggest law firm’s for the summer and I was totally excited. Being that I had never worked in any thing professional besides a fast food joint, I had absolutely no clothes to wear to work. So I remembered that my older sister had bags full of clothes that she was throwing away out of her closet but they looked perfectly fine to me. I found a pair of grey slacks and a alright button down shirt to wear for my first day at work.

When I walked into the firm, I felt like I was well put together until after my first staff meeting of the morning. I walked in the only seat was the one closest to the big boss of the firm. I sat down and I begin to hear my pants rip…Talk about embarrassing! To make things worst I dropped my pen on the floor and when I reached to get it buttons popped off my shirt. So picture me with my chest all exposed, trying to hide it by writing notes to block the cleavage that was pouring out of my shirt. I wanted to crawl into a hole and just die!

The meeting was just about done and I thought that I was home free until the boss asked me to stand up and introduce myself…What do you do? Do I expose my chest for the entire firm to see and risk that being my first and last day or do I risk everyone behind me seeing the purple heart panties that I wore that day…Tough decision, I know.

So I stood up slowly as not to draw any more attention to the peep show that I was giving to the people behind me, with the note book in front of my chest and I introduced myself. As I began to sit down the boss tells me that I might want to excuse myself to call my Mom. What would posses him to say such a thing because I thought my introduction was perfect??? I couldn’t hold back the tears and I began to walk out of the meeting when he says, “You just need to tell her that you need a whole new outfit because that shirt and those pants in that condition are unprofessional.” I wanted to drop off the face of the earth as I thought I was getting fired.

Tack Meet Disaster

It was the biggest track meet of the school year and it was a close race the entire meet between my school and our arch rivals. After months of practice, it was finally time for me to run the 4×4. I was the fourth leg on the relay team and my entire team was counting on me to bring home the goal.

The race began and we were off to a great start, it happened so fast and we were in the lead. In no time, it was my turn to finish the race and I was so excited. I started running and totally not paying attention I trip on the track and take down the girl in the lane next to me. My team still hounds me about not only loosing but taking someone down with me.

Summer - Pearland, TX

What Stinks

 My church has Vacation Bible School every summer and my parents always make me go no matter what. Normally I would just throw on some clothes, never putting forth much effort for my outfit. To my surprise, there was a new guy in class and all of the girls were trying to talk to him. I looked like a total bum so I tried not to bring any attention at all to myself and I promised myself that I would step my game up for the next day. The next day, I rushed home from soccer practice, took a shower and started piecing together my outfit for later on that evening. Arriving at Vacation Bible School that night I was ready to put my bid in with the new guy because I was looking pretty hot. It just so happened that the A/C went out at our church and after sitting in my class fanning myself like crazy I realized that I had not put on deodorant. I tried to play it off but I was starting to smell and people were starting to notice. I ran out of class and stayed in the bathroom the rest of the night because I could not face anyone.

Erin - Atlanta, GA 

Never Again

My second semester of my junior year in high school and our school received the hottest guy that could ever transfer to our school. It just so happened that when his parents came to check him into to school was my office period so I was officially the first girl that he met from our school and being that he was so-ooo cute I had to make a good impression. While his parents filled out paper work, the Assistant Principal asked me to show him around the school. The bell rang and we began to cruise the halls and I was beginning to like him a little more than a crush. Well, I was totally into the conversation that me and the handsome transfer were talking about that I totally bumped into someone because I was not looking. It turned out that the person that I bumped into was my boyfriend and I was nervous and embarrassed that I forgot my boyfriends’ name. Once I got back on my feet I said, “This is Steve a new transfer to our school and I am just showing him around the school.” I began to try to introduce my boyfriend to the new guy and my mind went blank! All that would come out of my mouth was, “Steve, this is…this is…my boyfriend.” My boyfriend was so upset that I forgot his name that he broke up with me right then and never spoke to me again. Needless to say that nothing ever popped off with the new guy because of that but we are still good friends.

 Stephanie - Galveston, TX

Dance Off

Our schools talent show is like the biggest thing that goes on at our school since I attend a school that does not have any sports. My friends and I thought with all of the craze of America’s Best Dance Crew on MTV, that we should put together our own crew for the talent show. Our school already has a well known all guy dance crew that is in the talent show every year and as soon as they heard about our all girl crew the mess talking began. My crew and I began to practice everyday and we were positive that our crew would be the winner of the talent show. The day before the talent show the guy crew was talking so much mess during lunch that they started free styling. I guess the guys were so pumped and confident that they started doing flips and they ended up hurting themselves. The guys ended up getting disqualified from the talent show because of the disturbance they caused at lunch. Needless to say, we won the talent show and for the rest of the year the guys kept trying to make us do a dance off and we still won’t give them the satisfaction.

Lauren - New Orleans, LA

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• Eggs

My cousin and I were bored one summer at our Grandmother’s house and we had literally exhausted any and everything to do. We watched a movie earlier and there was a scene where these kids were throwing eggs at cars and my cousin and I were both cracking up on how the drivers were reacting to the eggs falling from the sky. So I thought it would be a good idea for us to play our own egg throwing scene on the cars that drove by and my cousin agreed. We stuffed our sweat shirts and pockets with eggs and proceeded to the end of the drive way to put our plan into play. Cars start to drive by and we start to throwing them and when the cars would stop we would start playing hop scotch. We got away with it for about 6 cars until our Grandmother yelled out, “Stop throwing my eggs at those darn cars!” We were in so much trouble to where we got a whippin’ from our Grandmother and our parents.

Alicia - Brooklyn, NY

• Timber

It was my first day of High School and the entire 9th grade class had to meet in the gym for an introduction of the staff and administration. My mother was running late that day and when I got to them gym there was no seating except for the very top of the bleachers. Being that I am deafly afraid of heights, I just knew there was no one I would be at the top of the bleachers until a teachers directs me to the very top. I was mortified and begged and pleaded with her to just let me sit on the floor but she would not hear it. I proceeded up the steps, praying every step of the way that I would not fall backwards; I made it to the top. The bell rung and it was time for us to go to our first class and I was glued to my seat. I had just made that journey up the steps and not even 15 minutes later I had to go back down the steps but this time in a crowd of people…I nervously got up and started to coach myself down the steps and after three steps, I felt comfortable that I was not going to fall until the boys behind me started pushing each other and one kind of fell on me. Having no sense of balance, I began to tumble face forward down the bleachers and I even took out 3 other students with me. I was so embarrassed that I got up and ran into the bathroom in an attempt to regain my composure but as soon as I walked in to class those same guys were in and my name was TIMBER for the rest of the year.

Janice - Houston, TX

•  The Tutor

Math is my worst subject and my teacher suggested that I got to tutorials provided by the school. Caring not to ask the details of the tutorials, I just showed up in the classroom that I thought it was in to find one other student. After of about 5 minutes of no one else coming into the room I asked the guy, “What time do tutorials start?”, and he said that it started right after school. Waiting and waiting some more, I realized that I had been there 30 minutes already and there was not a tutor in sight. The principal walks in and says, “I hope you two have learned your lesson and I won’t have to see you back in detention.” I began to sink in my chair as I thought I had been waiting there for a tutor when I really served my first after school detention.

Lisa - Atlanta, GA

  Blind Date

Some friends of mine from high school decided to hook me up on a blind date with this guy that they promised was perfect for me. They totally set everything up to my outfit and where all I had to do was show up at the restaurant. Overly anxious, I was on the phone with one of my friends when this guy that I have a huge crush on from my church walks into the restaurant. I spoke to him and he sat at a different table alone and I assumed that he was waiting on his girlfriend. After 10 minutes of waiting, I started talking to my church member and we really began to hit it off to my surprise. Both of our dates showed up after being 15-20 minutes late and we were forced to entertain them. Not feeling my blind date at all, I excused myself to the bathroom to call my friends to tell them that I would much rather be with my church crush than what they set me up with. As soon as I headed back to the table, my crush approached me and said, “Let’s get out of here,” I agreed and we both ditched our dates. My crush and I left, we went to my favorite restaurant and we went bowling and talked all night. It was the best date of my life and my friends still throw it in my face of how I ditched that guy.

Angela - Hollywood, CA

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· Sleeping On the Job

My best friend and I decided to have a sleepover one night because she was highly stressed with school and we thought a sleep over would do the trick to relaxation. Well, we are both spiritual and believe in praying about it and letting it go. That night we were in my room getting ready for bed and she said, “I have a lot to pray about, so please don’t disturb me.” So as time passed, 10 minutes to 20 minutes, I just thought that she had a lot to let go of. Well, come to find out she wakes up 45 minutes later with hurting knees and she asked, “Why didn’t you wake me up?” And I replied, “I thought you had a lot on your mind.” We still laugh about that to this day.

Ari  - Atlanta, GA

· Tampon to the Rescue…NOT!

So, it’s the day of Cheerleader Try-Outs and I started my cycle right before I had to go on stage to audition in front of the judges. Talk about nervous…A friend of mine recommended that I put on a tampon but I had never worn one so I was unsure of how to actually put one on. So after several attempts, I finally think that I have it right and rush into tryouts. My form was perfect and tryouts went excellent but afterwords, the coach pulled me to the side and said, “Next time, please wear shorts because we could see your tampon string hanging out during jumps…” Talk about an OMG moment!

Crystal – Newark, NJ

· Silent But Deadly

I use to work at the drive-thru of a fast food restaurant and of course we would always eat the food during down time. One day after snacking, my stomach was hurting so bad that I passed gas at the window thinking that no one would come behind me. As I was walking away from the window, my Manager comes up behind me and say’s “Why does it stink over here?” Trying to think on my feet, I said, “It’s probably the grill.” Needless to say, that was the day that I stop eating at that fast food restaurant.

Shelby – Dallas, TX

· Can We Say PJ’s Anyone?

At the end of the school year, one of my teachers invited all students that were in a club that she started to her house for a party. I was so excited because this guy that I really liked was going to be there. In order for me and my two friends to go to the party, my dad made us agree to get a ride home so that he wouldn’t have to come pick us up. My friend said that her mom would bring us back, so we were off to the party with our plan in place. We were having a great time with our classmates, but we were even happier to hang with the guys we had crushes for.

When the party started winding down, my friend went to call her mom to come and get us. The problem was that her mom would not answer the phone. My other friend’s parents would not pick up either. So I was left to do the unthinkable. I had to wake my dad from his sleep, ask him to come and get us, and drop them off at their houses before returning home.

“Be ready,” was his reply. Either those guys hypnotized me or the anger made him drive faster than usual because when the doorbell rang, I didn’t know it was him until I heard the voice say, “Hi, how are you? Do you mind if I come in? I want to see what is so good about this party that my daughter, who I told specifically before she left home to ‘get a ride,’ had to wake me out of my peaceful sleep to pick her and her friends up!”

I jumped up from my seat and headed for the door, hoping to get there before he could be seen but I was too late. As I rounded the corner, I saw him in a raggedy pajama t-shirt with a run going down the front like ruined pantyhose, the pocket half torn off, and a rip in the v-neck so that his chest hair peeked out from beneath the fabric. Aside from his pants being baggy and a completely different color pattern than his shirt, his moccasin-style house shoes were worn and not even all the way on his feet. I was mortified. I felt the heat climb toward my face turning my cheeks a lovely shade of red.

Shaun - Houston, TX

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