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What odd or inappropriate things have you or someone else done when first meeting someone?

For example, when being introduced to a person for the first time, you would not want to:

wink or bat eyelids

itch

inspect the person's clothes

wipe your hand before or after shaking hands

look away during the introduction

reject a compliment

find their name to be strange or funny

say "I've heard about you" without elaborating

laugh unprompted

be silent

among other things.

Please don't be shy about sharing a faux pas you've either seen or done!

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  • 1 decade ago

    a guy asked me to dance at a bar i didnt hear him correctly and i said "oh across the street there is a bar with a clear dance floor. You can go over there and look up girls skirts"....

    i dont know what i thought i heard him say to prompt me to say such a thing but my friends later clarified what he said in a fit of hysterical laughter

  • 1 decade ago

    On a date one time, while eating dinner........

    I bit into a tomato, and it squirted on her by accident.

    Ooops, those cherry tomatoes are slippery little suckers .

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