The ‘Oops! I am so sorry’ moment.

Recently, my friend and I, we went to the college canteen to grab a cold drink. A lanky fair-skinned tall guy was standing very close to one of the stalls. Almost behind it. My friend politely requested him to give her a bottle of cola. Little did she know, that he was a student and did not work there. He was just fooling around near that stall.
The moment he revealed that, her hand flew to her mouth and a river of apologies started to flow.
‘Oops! I am so sorry!’
His friends who were standing nearby burst out in fits of laughter and so did we.

I’m sure that never in life will that guy stand so close to a canteen stall again.

Tip- Don’t try too hard to look cool. Such a backfire will leave your face red like tomatoes.

Well, these mistaken identity situations are very common.

I, myself, have walked into a shoe store and approached a man wearing black for a pair of shoes.
Turned out that he was a customer and i instantly apologised.
(Well, technically it wasn’t my fault because all the employees there wore black).
It was an unlucky coincidence for that guy I guess.

Tip- Wearing plain tee-shirts can be misleading for other people. Avoid.

This reminds me of the movie Confessions of A Shopaholic. In it, the leading protagonist, Rebecca Bloomwood gets mistaken for a waitress at a party because of wearing a similar dress by mistake.

Barack Obama was mistaken as a waiter and was told to get a drink at a party.

I genuinely respect those who respond politely and feel afraid of those who give a ‘you shall incur the wrath of Jesus for commiting this sin’ look.

I wonder if these ‘mistaken for staff’ people curse innocent people like me before they fall asleep at night.

Is saying sorry enough?

No idea. Let me know if you do.