Embarassing Moments from og Fog

[Quixotic1]

Okay, this is an important question, because some people are too embarrassed to talk about it.

What is (are) the most embarassing things that have happened to you because of not being able to think clearly or thinking too slow?

Quix

[Siddy1]

These are too funny for words. Just gave me my laugh for the day.

My bloopers come frequently but I never really own them.   The latest was yesterday and I still don't know why.

For some reason (unknown to me) I dialled the last number on my cellphone with no idea who it was.

Ring...Ring..............Ring Ring.........................

Reply:      "Hello"
Me:          "Hello"
Reply       "hello".
Me:         "hello, who is that?"
Reply:      "who do you want it to be?".  
Me:          "Well, I thought YOU called me"
Reply:      "No, you called me"
Me:          "Well your number is on my cellphone"
Reply:      "That's strange"
Me:          Yes, and it says you called me today, I think.
Reply:      "Nope"
Me           " Who are you anyway?
Reply:       "This is Jerry"
Me           "Jerry?     Jerry who?
Reply:      "Jerry's Home Repair"
Me:           Ohhhhh! Yes. Jerry!  How are you"?
Jerry:       " I'm O.K. but did you call me for something?  (sounded a bit annoyed)
Me:          " Well I called you because I thought you called me. Sorry about that. Glad   to hear you are okay"  
Jerry:        "Okay, bye"
Me           " Sorry, Bye"

This guy Jerry had been to our house and did a tile job for us but did not clean up afterwards and I wouldn't pay him until he did. It took him two days to clean off the thinset and grout to my satisfaction. He knew I would never use him again so how embarrassing is that?   I could have choked. My husband laughed his a*** off.

I've also said "bye, love you" to a complete stranger on the phone and  that is definitely very embarrassing.

Oh well, it's being so cheerful that keeps me going......

Marcie

[Quixotic1]

Mine was not so much an embarassing moment as a frightening moment.  It was when I was having trouble in medical practice from the cog fog of the vertigo, which is actually from mental fatigue rather than diffuse mental slowing.

I had had a hellish night on call with a C-Section at 1:30am, one t 3:30 am nd one at 7:00am.  With essentially no sleep I was called to a STAT C-section for 35 week old premies who were supposed to have mature lungs according to the lab test on the fluid. One of them was not mature and went into respiratory distress.

I was taking care of him, when his O2 saturation began to drop rapidly.  I saw it happen, but had no "alert" in me to respond to it as an emergency.  There was nothing.  It wasn't like I didn't know what to do.  I didn't even recognize it as a problem.  An alert nurse began bagging the baby's O2 back up, I turned and passed the care of it off to a colleague and went home, where I slept the next 24 hours.

I left practice becasue of that event and still break out in sweats thinking about it.

On a lighter note, I misdialed a lady recently (which I hate to do) and began to apologize for bothering her.  She said, "Oh, it's okay.  I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."

Quix :))

[Rena705]

My biggest cog-fog screw ups have to do with who people are and their names.  My hubby and I were in Walmart about 2 months ago and I noticed that hubby was talking to a woman and she came over and said hi and asked how I was doing?  I responded that it was day to day and I asked if she was still working at the hospital? (meaning the auxiliary hospital I  used to work at)  She looked at me with a blank look and then it dawned on me that she is a friend of our friends...not the woman whom I worked with at the hospital!  I was soooo embarassed especially since this woman didn't know about my "brain farts" and what they were due to.

I hate that this cog-fog make me forget people's names the most.  I find it very embarassing that you can't remember someone's family member name the most because I think that they expect that a person would remember their son's or daughter's name and it has caused hurt feelings at different times.

Rena

[Sunnytoday]

This has been wonderful to read... it made my day! :) I'm 20, and going through the scariness of trying to find out what is "wrong" with me and this has been good to see that others deal with the cog-fog too!

I've forgotten my own phone number sooo many times, and have had to turn to a friend while at a church youth party and ask "what's my number?" so i could call home.

I also have forgotten my extended family members names and my friends will give me the strangest looks because I don't know how to explain that I simply can't remember dates, names or what I did yesterday!

Just recently I called somewhere and instead of asking for the person I wanted to speak to... I asked for MYSELF and the person on the other end laughed so hard she couldn't speak for a long time. Thankfully she recognized my voice and was able to explain what was going on to a totally confused ME!
~Sunnytoday~
(undiagnosed)

[Quixotic1]

LOL!!  Sunny, that's Good!

I just noticed:

???        og Fog   ????

[mokibear]

I think my scariest with cog (og lol) fog is leaving the stove or oven on. Hubby is constantly checking after me to make sure it is off. This is something I've never done in my life and even when I'm sure I did turn it off, nope it's on. So either I have a ghost in the house or my brain decided to leave the premises.

The most embarrassing was just the other day with my sister. She dropped off some perennials here that she said I had ordered. I wasn't home when she came by so hubby took them and was just going to plant them when I came in. There was a bill of $30.00 owing and I flipped saying I had never ordered them and what the heck was she thinking.

Of course I got right on the phone and proceeded to tell her off and asking her why she would think that I wouldn't say anything to her when she proceeded to tell me that I had ordered them a few months ago to help support their local park renovations. I indignantly told her that I'm sure I would remember doing such a thing and that I may have blank moments sometimes but this I wouldn't forget. She came over and low and behold it was my writing on the order. I still don't remember doing this but the perennials are now in the flower bed. haha

Moki