One of my most embarrassing moments
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
March 21, 2016 10:46am CST
@Boiboing posted a discussion about an embarrassing moment someone from her office experienced. She ended it by asking if we have ever done something as embarrassing as the person she wrote about. I realized that my moment deserved it's own discussion, so here goes:
Picture this....
My then boyfriend and his 13-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter and myself went to Yankee Stadium for a game. This was back in the early 80's. You know I'm not a 'kid' person and my big responsibility was to take the little girl to the rest room. I was more worried about how to deal with her doing her business than I was with where I was going.
When I opened the door to the 'ladies' room' I couldn't figure out why a bunch of men were in there facing the wall....then it hit me - I was in the men's room. Of course they all turned their heads to look but thankfully they kept the family jewels facing the wall.
You see, there were two doors for each restroom. You were to enter through one door and exit through the other door. Unfortunately the men's room exit door was right next to the ladies' room entry door. Oh well, stuff happens!
I can honestly say I never went back to Yankee stadium again!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
We stopped going north of the Mason Dixon line in 08 - no more Yankee Stadium for me.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill A wise decision because they do not play the proper game of football anyway.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
@Asylum Yankees - that's a baseball team.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
21 Mar 16
Lol... been there and done that more than once! Now I stare at the picture on the door for a few seconds... to double check!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I try not to go in public if I can help it!
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill
Being such a big place you just got lost in the crowd then and no one noticed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
@Marcyaz I got lost in the crowd as fast as I could!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
That was my one and only time, but in such a big place, of all places!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
That's when you want to jump overboard right.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
22 Mar 16
That's pretty bad. My mother has really short hair. Many years ago we were in a public bathroom (I think in the mall) and a little girl said there was a man (talking about my mother) in here. She didn't say it really load though. My mother laughed about it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Out of the mouths of babes. Glad your mom laughed.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Ever since I used tease her by calling her daddy.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
I have done that too, I hate when the doors are close together and not properly marked. It does make for some embarrassing moments.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
It sure does and I am glad it hasn't happened again.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 I think the smell in there was more overwhelming than what I saw.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Yea nothing I want to see again either all those men lined up doing their business.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill .....I can only imagine. Ugh!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
It is funny now but it wasn't then for sure.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Ha-ha. I didn't go in the mens restroom but I had my hand pressed against the door about to go in then I realized it said Mens. 
@LeaPea2417 (40037)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Mar 16
Oh my, a very embarrassing moment happened when I was around age 13 and it was after Church. I had gone into the bathroom and when exiting,, I thought my skirt in back was out and flowing, but part of it was caught in the top of my panty hose , so the back of my underwear was showing and a few people I know saw it! I was mortified with embarrassment!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I think something similar has happened to others as well. I did it but at home.
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
22 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill I can understand, it would have been embarrassing.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@LadyDuck I had forgotten about it, or I really stuffed it way back into my memory bank.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I felt bad for the little girl, I didn't want her telling her mom that I took her to the men's room.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Mar 16
hahahahaa, Again, glad I was not drinking tea.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
If you choke I don't want to be blamed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
She survived. I know she's alive and well I've seen her photos on Facebook.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I think a lot of us have done that! I made the same mistake in Walmart once. I didn't pay attention to the signs. The good news is that no men were in there at the time, but when I saw the urinals, I pivoted quickly and raced out that door and into the one beyond! I ran into a stall and hid, even though no one ever knew. lol
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Mar 16
I wish the men's room at Yankee Stadium had been empty.
@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
21 Mar 16
I think many of us have done that and with the way things are going there will be a day we won't have gender specific restrooms
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Mar 16
That day can wait until after I die, I don't want a gender neutral bathroom experience!
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
I committed that embarrassing mistake once lol, i was so shocked and would not know whether I'd run or shout.
