I made myself look like an idiot today... :(

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Today while doing office aide work, me and a fellow office aid were given forms to hand out to various classrooms. The other aide asked me if I had all 100s. I thought he was asking me about my grades, so I replied "I make all As and Bs". Then I was informed that by "100s" he had meant the 100s hallway. I felt like such a dumbass.

Has anybody else done something at school to make themselves look like complete idiots?

I've done so, many times.

OMG, like a bajillion times. No worries

Don`t worry about it-its just part of Aspie life...

Well, in Year 8 I looked at the wrong day on my timetable and went into the wrong classroom and sat down in my usual seat. I looked around and was thinking, "Hey, where's my friend? These people aren't in my geography class...what the hell's going on here?" then it slowly dawned on me where I'd gone wrong. I just had a laugh about it and went to the right lesson. I felt bloody stupid, though

The best thing in that moment and although proven difficult is to smile and walk away, even the best of people make the same mistake, its okay. Been through that myself quite a lot.

Wow who hasn't made a fool of themselves at school at one time or another. I remember once calling out to someone for ages only to find out that they weren't the person I was looking for.

I do it all of the time. I have just learned to laugh at myself and move on.

A couple of years ago, I was helping a christian youth event by driving one of the buses that transported the kids to various event venues. During the driver's break, one of the other drivers asked if I was a born again christian. Without even thinking, I blurted out "No, I am just a driver."

My last ex used to make fun of me for sounding like Kronk from Emperor's New Groove, because this happens to me so often, my automatic response now is just to say:


Oh. RrRrrRrrIiiIigGgGghHHhhtTt...

I make myself look look like an idiot very frequently. Almost every day with my girlfriend.

On the bright side, I've seen even NTs do this don't worry.

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that's kind of adorable. anywho, i tend to make things awkward by asking the person for a clarification of simple questions that they probably only asked cause it's normal for small talk. i am horrible with small talk or answering simple questions because i tend to distort them into something slightly more complicated/confusing/unnecessary.

I make myself look like an idiot alot of the time

This week I went into school through the main entrance, where the headmasters office is, and where parents and new people sit if they are waiting to speak to him or something, so you have to be on your best behaviour there and not slam the door, or make the school look bad. So, i saw there was a prospective new student and their parents sat on the bench, so I quietly opened the door and went in to go up the stairs, only to find my bag was hooked around the door handle. Instead of turning around to unhook it, I proceeded to walk backwards and forwards like a robot hoping it might fall off- it didnt, so then i had to spin round and unhook it, and slink off upstairs extremely embarrased, as the other people had been watching this the whole time