Fortunately for me, I don’t really get into situations that I think would embarrass me that much. That’s not because I don’t do embarrassing things, it’s just because I tend to overthink my actions, so that kind of prevents me from doing anything really, not just embarrassing stuff. But I do remember this one time where we were in the army and one of my friends, he was working at the hospital we had there at the barracks. And they were playing these jackpot games on their phone. I don’t know exactly how they’re called because I don’t gamble but he told me basically they were gathered around the circle playing and he was yelling to the guy like oh break the game which is like a slangish term for make more money and the chief of the whole army base happened to enter and even though everyone was immediately standing up and facing him quietly. He kept doing it because his back was turned and I think that was one of the most embarrassing moments I’ve ever witnessed. Just looking at him, the secondhand embarrassment was amazing.
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Fortunately for me, I don't really get into situations that I think would embarrass me that much. That's not because I don't do embarrassing things; it's just because I tend to overthink my actions, which prevents me from doing anything really, not just embarrassing stuff. But I do remember this one time when we were in the army, and one of my friends was working at the hospital we had at the barracks. They were playing these jackpot games on their phones. I don't know exactly what they're called because I don't gamble, but he told me they were gathered in a circle playing, and he was yelling to the guy, 'Oh, break the game,' which is a slang term for making more money. The chief of the whole army base happened to enter, and even though everyone immediately stood up and faced him quietly, he kept doing it because his back was turned. I think that was one of the most embarrassing moments I've ever witnessed. Just looking at him, the secondhand embarrassment was incredible.
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