Embarrassing Moments

I was walking down the stairs of our apartment complex with a very full basket of laundry. There was a guy at the bottom who politely stopped to let me down before he went up. When I was about 5 steps from the bottom I tripped- a pair of Kurt's athletic shorts and some socks flew out, luckily I caught myself before more clothes or I fell to the ground. In my embarrassment I apologized to the guy who said "I'm just glad you caught yourself" as he picked up the dirty socks and shorts (ahhh! he really didn't have to do that). My response? Well, it went something like this "well, I've tripped (I think I said 'done this' now that I think about it) before, I guess I've learned from experience".

Geez Louise. Why do people, including myself obviously, say strange things when embarrassing moments happen making them even more awkward? In the words of the tootsie pop commercials- the world may never know.