tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post391424730984511264..comments2024-02-26T12:50:56.250-05:00Comments on Ellen Alive!: Ever Put Your Foot in Your Mouth?Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788611634245384436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-22701177762247707222012-06-24T05:58:46.563-04:002012-06-24T05:58:46.563-04:00In a multi-cultural society like the USA, where th...In a multi-cultural society like the USA, where there are people from all walks of life, issues, problems, and insecurities, there is bound to be the opportunity to make a blunder of oneself. I have committed a laundry list of such blunders. I will humor you with a couple.<br /><br />Someone asked me, "What would you think if someone gave you a $100 coffee gift card?" My response was, "It's a waste of money." To later find out that my Christmas gift was the $100 coffee gift card. Where's that hole in the parking lot? I need some crawl space, too. So, that blunder came so innocently, and I just did not see it coming at the time.<br /><br />email blunders - carbon copy, reply all, and not using spell check are some of worst things that could happen to the sender of emails. You would not think that the ending of a word would make a big difference, but "hello" and "hell" are really two different words. Starting the email with the salutation with the latter word can appear to the reader a bit "angry", nonchalant, or just venting in a passive-aggressive manner.<br /><br />There is an idiom for that from a different culture - a person with a chipped lip will find it offensive to be offered to drink from a chipped bowl.<br /><br />The fine lines between cute, acceptability, and tolerance can make or break a person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-13552691934146325642012-06-04T22:38:17.519-04:002012-06-04T22:38:17.519-04:00Hey, Wood - nice of you to drop in. I really don&...Hey, Wood - nice of you to drop in. I really don't understand the whole member/follower thing. If you don't "join" I think you can still comment.<br />I didn't want people to have to do anything except stop by, read and leave a comment if they wanted to.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788611634245384436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-49056390244347761292012-06-03T19:20:19.758-04:002012-06-03T19:20:19.758-04:00Hmmmmm.....I have spent most of my life extracting...Hmmmmm.....I have spent most of my life extracting my foot from my mouth. As I look up this page I notice that there are 43 members and only one follower...should I be in extraction mode already 8?(}Woodie Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278679489476551321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-72373818604110927372012-06-02T12:26:55.107-04:002012-06-02T12:26:55.107-04:00Jane - I'm sure it'll be a best-seller.Jane - I'm sure it'll be a best-seller.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788611634245384436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-30294328389087246312012-06-01T21:17:49.846-04:002012-06-01T21:17:49.846-04:00Oh Ellen........there are sooooo many. Tom swears...Oh Ellen........there are sooooo many. Tom swears that he is going to write a book with all of the stories. He even has a term for them.....he calls them "Janieisms"!Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-17624413308522640142012-06-01T14:00:36.044-04:002012-06-01T14:00:36.044-04:00Still working at it...no just kidding, I think he ...Still working at it...no just kidding, I think he was just so shocked that I nearly got him locked-up, LOL It was just typical me, but I have learned since to try and keep my foot out of my mouth for most of the time ;)Astrid Riedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050990747079764727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-10220705198345016082012-06-01T11:22:39.702-04:002012-06-01T11:22:39.702-04:00Stace - I'm sure if you think real hard you mi...Stace - I'm sure if you think real hard you might be able to come up with something . . . . or you're just not human - or a Brachman.<br />Astrid - how long did it take your husband to forgive you?Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788611634245384436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-45341110856282132862012-06-01T10:01:51.262-04:002012-06-01T10:01:51.262-04:00LOL you are funny!
I can relate to this terribl...LOL you are funny! <br /><br />I can relate to this terrible foot in mouth problem ...This is years ago, but it still lives on now and then. Years ago when I still worked for a boss we had our year end function at a nice little restaurant in town, much of the detail has slipped my mind, but after the evening came to an end and we drove home, we were stopped by the police...."Sir have you had anything to drink this evening?" My husband thought about the question... and I thought it took forever and I blurted out" Did you not have a bottle of wine!" Police responds before my husband can explain " Please step out the car sir, you will need to do a breathalyzer test.." Oh boy I knew there and then I was in trouble! I can't imagine what that policeman thought, but I felt like such a twit. <br />My poor husband, well he still loves to tell the story, LOL<br /><br />AstridAstrid Riedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050990747079764727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086370502417959569.post-78336229281634576502012-06-01T08:26:33.813-04:002012-06-01T08:26:33.813-04:00Yep, I think you might be the only one out there -...Yep, I think you might be the only one out there - I certainly never said anything to anyone anywhere that was the slightest bit offensive or embarrassing. No, not me.stacenoreply@blogger.com