What Social Situations Make You the Most Flustered and Nervous,,

[Ammi]

...and why?

[Niamh.]

emmm, not a fan of having to make a speech or anything that involves being the centre of attention, not sure why, I've just never been comfortable with that sort of thing.

[MTVN]

Hate it when you're meant to be meeting someone at the pub or something and you turn up before they're there and you just have to stand around awkwardly waiting on your own, normally just pretend I'm texting

[Lee.]

Anything that involves lots of strangers.. I detest going on training courses with my work and not knowing anybody, then having to have lunch etc with them.

I hate eating in front of strangers too :crazy:

[Bollo]

emmm, not a fan of having to make a speech or anything that involves being the centre of attention, not sure why, I've just never been comfortable with that sort of thing.

Me too, and team building exercises / roleplay stuff to do with work, they just make me feel all cringy

[Samuel.]

Phone calls, for some reason.

[Marsh.]

I hate doing presentations at college, even the small 5 minute ones seem to last forever and my voice gets shaky. It took me a while to get used to the phone at work, I was fine answering it and talking to someone but when I had to make one myself I got really nervous for some strange reason.
But I do hate being the centre of attention. For example, going out for a meal with the whole family on my birthday and they all spend ages focusing on you and questioning. Hate it.

[Lee.]

Me too, and team building exercises / roleplay stuff to do with work, they just make me feel all cringy

Me too... god I detest roleplaying exercises in front of a room full of people!

[InOne]

I hate it when you're walking with someone in town and they see someone they know, awkwardly introduce you, then leave you standing there like a lemon while they gas away.

[CharlieO]

Meeting new people or seeing someone you know out on a weekend and you don't know whether to smile or hide.

[MTVN]

Being told you can take someone's daughters virginity is always a bit awkward as well

[Roy Mars III]

Being told you can take someone's daughters virginity is always a bit awkward as well

:(

[Lee.]

Eh??

[Niall]

Presentations or speaking in front of a group of people. I will do anything to avoid it omfg.

[Angus]

I have no problem speaking in front of large groups of people, (did it for years in my job as a resort rep and travel courier), but leave me alone with a person with whom I have nothing whatever in common, and I am a gibbering wreck:shocked:

[SharkAttack]

Normally I don't usually meet people, unless I already know them. ;) Anything involving the cell phone, as it breaks up frequently and leaves awkward pauses or running over the other person conversationally, speeches, waiting alone for someone in a residential area as others appear to think I'm casing the joint or something. http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp32/sharkattack_torrential/laugh.gif

[Doogle]

Can't think of anything tbh :joker:

[Josy]

I don't like the team/role playing kind of things.

[Kizzy]

Teambuilding deffo...having to be over familiar with strangers...its just not me. And Huggers, you know those people who insist on hugging...just gerroff!!!

[fruit_cake]

Phone calls, for some reason.

I hate it when you're walking with someone in town and they see someone they know, awkwardly introduce you, then leave you standing there like a lemon while they gas away.

these two.

[Black Dagger]

Phone Calls.

I very rarely pick up the phone when it rings, unless I know it's a family member, if the home phone rings I get somebody else to answer...

[King Gizzard]

All of them..prefer being a hermit

and agreed with lucas I hate phone calls..

having to ask for stuff in general really. When I can I do stuff over the internet...which is about 95% of stuff

[Sarah.]

Every social situation you can think of.

:(

[Kazanne]

I hate packed shopping malls etc,dont like going places on my own and job interviews,speeches are scarey,lol.oh yes I hate mobile phones and phones in general.

[Ammi]

I hate packed shopping malls etc,dont like going places on my own and job interviews,speeches are scarey,lol.oh yes I hate mobile phones and phones in general.

..I used to hate answering machines but I love them now....you can't shut me up

[Kizzy]

oh yeah, mobiles im one of those weirdos who thinks they fry your brain, so if i have to ring the kids i make them put it on loudspeaker....haha

[Pyramid*]

Probably those work related role play sessions; biggest load of utter pish, in a completely contrived situation: always tutored by a person who is a trainer, who usually has no idea of how these situations work in reality - they only work on the 'theory'.

[King Gizzard]

Being in shops and the staff always asking if you if you want any help, I know that's what ithey're there for, but I'd really just look for myself thankyou very much...some do it as soon as you enter the shop..they should be there to be approached not have to come up to you

[MTVN]

Being in shops and the staff always asking if you if you want any help, I know that's what ithey're there for, but I'd really just look for myself thankyou very much...some do it as soon as you enter the shop..they should be there to be approached not have to come up to you

Yeah I hate that as well, sometimes I won't go into a shop if I see there's no other customers because I know it means I'll get targetted by the staff

[Kazanne]

..I used to hate answering machines but I love them now....you can't shut me up

I used to have Harrison Fords voice on my answer machine,we had such a laugh with it ,i must do it again sometime ,got one person once who was just ringing to hear the voice i think :joker::joker::joker:

[Ammi]

Being in shops and the staff always asking if you if you want any help, I know that's what ithey're there for, but I'd really just look for myself thankyou very much...some do it as soon as you enter the shop..they should be there to be approached not have to come up to you

I know...I always think when I say 'no thanks' they'll say...'well, **** off out then'

[Angus]

..I used to hate answering machines but I love them now....you can't shut me up

Yes, there's a lot to be said for something that can't answer back and doesn't interrupt you!:hugesmile:

[King Gizzard]

Never go into Hawkins Bizarre, too many staff for a small shop full of stupid gifts that you don't even need help with anyway

[Me. I Am Salman]

oh yeah, mobiles im one of those weirdos who thinks they fry your brain, so if i have to ring the kids i make them put it on loudspeaker....haha

That's actually not that weird at all you know. It hasn't been proven that microwaves from mobile phones cause no long term harm at all, well that's what I learned in Physics anyway lol.

[Ammi]

Yes, there's a lot to be said for something that can't answer back and doesn't interrupt you!:hugesmile:

..LOL, I never have a problem talking to objects..humans are a bit more tricky

[CharlieO]

Being in shops and the staff always asking if you if you want any help, I know that's what ithey're there for, but I'd really just look for myself thankyou very much...some do it as soon as you enter the shop..they should be there to be approached not have to come up to you

:worship:

In Singapore they literally follow you round on your tail. If they do it I have to leave.

[mizzy25]

i cant think of anything offhand and normally i cant find anyone to help me in a shop im weird lol

[Pyramid*]

Being in shops and the staff always asking if you if you want any help, I know that's what ithey're there for, but I'd really just look for myself thankyou very much...some do it as soon as you enter the shop..they should be there to be approached not have to come up to you

That's one of the things that's guaranteed to almost make me turn 180 degrees and walk back out: literally being accosted the second your toe hits the entrance doors.

I'm sure I read somewhere that it was the one thing that most shoppers hate, and ranked in one of the highest reasons for the shopper to not purchase from that store and go elsewhere.

[Patrick]

I have Aspergers, so literally every social situation is awkward - unless I'm drunk.