Walking back in from a smoke break, I notice that we have a new person checking badges. As I approach I notice she has a lazy eye - no big deal. I smile and flash my badge, and, in typical friendly fashion, greet her.
Except my throat needed to be cleared, so the first bit was lost in a whisper.
So instead of “Hi” it came out “Eye.”
Mortified I fled through the turnstiles, afraid to turn around and see if she was glaring at me. And then an evil thought, which I am just too ashamed to type out, popped into my head.
I feel like I should buy her roses or something. :o
You can still save yourself. If she’s never talked to you before you just have to convince her you have an accent. Next time you see her say " 'ello. 'Ow are you?" Use references to 'artford, etc.
When I started at my current job, the CEO was an older British woman with stereotypically bad British teeth. She could have been on the cover of “The Big Book of British Smiles.” On my first day of work, as I was being introduced around the office, my boss brought me over to meet her. She graciously welcomed me to the company, told me how glad they were I had accepted the position, etc., and looking straight at her, I replied “I’m looking forward to getting some work to sink my teeth into.” Oops.