Bloopers: If you bumped someone, what are you going to say?

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@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
August 3, 2012 10:59pm CST
I still laughing whenever I remember this question, it was a an assessment of an interviewer. I had this assessment for behavioral, the interviewer asked me this particular question, if you bumped someone, what are you going to say? I automatically said, "Ouch!" The interviewer laughed, she might be expecting that I need to ask for an apology and say sorry. I even smiled at that moment, thinking it is the normal for first reaction of a person to say it. Since I might got hurt or the other way around.lol
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Apr 19
@Shavkat lol funny! I'm pretty sure I would say sorry and then ask if I accidentally hurt them.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
20 Apr 19
I do agree that we need to apologize. If not, it will be big trouble. The bad manner I should say.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
7 Aug 12
Whenever I accidentally run into someone, I will always respond in one of two different ways. The first way that I might respond is to say "Excuse me." The other immediate response that I might make is to say "I'm sorry." Of course, this does not take into account the fact that I could end up getting hurt by someone running into me. If I did get hurt as a result of it, I would probably say "Ouch." I do have to admit that my pet peeve is when someone runs into you and then they go on like nothing even happened.
@roberten (3128)
• United States
5 Aug 12
That is a unique perspective on a familiar situation; my first thought would be to say excuse me. Funny how people can respond to the same or similiar situation so differently. Your response brought a smile to my face as well.
@tetris15 (539)
• Philippines
4 Aug 12
I think my first reaction would be to ask for an apology. But I still don't know, maybe depending on how much force I received from the bump, I could very well say the same thing as yours. I think the best part after the bump would be to look at the person's face and if it's something that pleases me, I guess I'll say something like, "Hey, how are you?"