Ever had an embarrassing brain-dead moment?
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Had one yesterday at work, first time for decades.... I was in a fairly important meeting and the CEO asked me an off-topic question that I should have known the answer to.
God knows why....but I suffered complete brain fade for what felt like ages....... I had tunnel vision, I could hear the birds tweeting outside and my colleagues shuffling their papers embarrassedly. I was so far gone I couldn't even bluff a convincing answer.
Eventually (after what seemed like a decade) I recovered and left the meeting for 1 minute to get a report I had prepared earlier which answered what he wanted exactly.
But jeez, I still cringe at the thought...will I ever recover? Or should I start looking for another job now?
God knows why....but I suffered complete brain fade for what felt like ages....... I had tunnel vision, I could hear the birds tweeting outside and my colleagues shuffling their papers embarrassedly. I was so far gone I couldn't even bluff a convincing answer.
Eventually (after what seemed like a decade) I recovered and left the meeting for 1 minute to get a report I had prepared earlier which answered what he wanted exactly.
But jeez, I still cringe at the thought...will I ever recover? Or should I start looking for another job now?
Not quite as bad, but the wife went into a petrol station and wanted to ask if they had a cashpoint machine> Cue inexplicable and total brain fade...
"Thanks, oh, and do you have a, er, er, sorry, er a box, you know, that you get money out of, oh what's it called.."
"a till?"
"No, on the wall... a cash box"
"ah, a cash point?...no".
"Thanks, oh, and do you have a, er, er, sorry, er a box, you know, that you get money out of, oh what's it called.."
"a till?"
"No, on the wall... a cash box"
"ah, a cash point?...no".
The worst is when someone says something to you and you have absolutely no idea what you just said. At work yesterday a customer said to me "you type quickly!" to which I replied with a generic "hahayeslolihavenoideawhatyoujustsaid", while she continued to stare at me waiting for a proper answer.
So I had to ask her to repeat herself, making it patently obvious that I had replied to something I didn't hear.
So I had to ask her to repeat herself, making it patently obvious that I had replied to something I didn't hear.
My whole day is spent working on a reporting system that I now know backwards, yet my brain seems to have sprung a leak when it comes to the name of the function that calculates the cash balance. Every time I talk to my boss the conversation will inevitably turn to this, and every time I will flap about like a freshly caught fish when half way through the sentence I realise that the two words I need to make it have any meaning have taken a holiday.
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
Alfa numeric said:
My whole day is spent working on a reporting system that I now know backwards, yet my brain seems to have sprung a leak when it comes to the name of the function that calculates the cash balance. Every time I talk to my boss the conversation will inevitably turn to this, and every time I will flap about like a freshly caught fish when half way through the sentence I realise that the two words I need to make it have any meaning have taken a holiday.
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
EXACLTY the same thing here. But I struggle to remember "Inventory Turnover"
ZesPak said:
Alfa numeric said:
My whole day is spent working on a reporting system that I now know backwards, yet my brain seems to have sprung a leak when it comes to the name of the function that calculates the cash balance. Every time I talk to my boss the conversation will inevitably turn to this, and every time I will flap about like a freshly caught fish when half way through the sentence I realise that the two words I need to make it have any meaning have taken a holiday.
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
It's called working capital. It's not even as if it's hard to remember...
and yes I did have to look it up when I wrote this...
EXACLTY the same thing here. But I struggle to remember "Inventory Turnover"
Yes, a few times this morning whilst on the phone to some suppliers ... I had difficulty saying hello, who I was and where I was calling from! 
It took me a couple of attempts to get the correct information across to the person on the other end - I must have sounded a bit 'special'!
Fortunately I played it down due to the fact that my caffeine levels were dangerously low
Still quite embarrassing though ...
It took me a couple of attempts to get the correct information across to the person on the other end - I must have sounded a bit 'special'!Fortunately I played it down due to the fact that my caffeine levels were dangerously low
Still quite embarrassing though ... I'm shocking, it happens quite often to me.
Twice this week.
First "Where are you? Can you give me your address please?"
Me "erm on the road, erm near the pub thing, behind the long red brick wall"
This guy lived over 100 miles away from me. I had to hand the phone over to someone else to tell him.
Second
I'm trying to set the carburettor in a lay-by in the old racer. A guy walks up to me and says "Nice car, what are you doing?"
Me "I'm turning this(points) to move the thing so the carb is, the pin needle thing jet for the fuel"
Him "is it your car?"
Me "Yes, its an old car"
He walked off.
Some times I think the talking bit of my brain just shuts down, and I'm left with a screen saver.
Twice this week.
First "Where are you? Can you give me your address please?"
Me "erm on the road, erm near the pub thing, behind the long red brick wall"
This guy lived over 100 miles away from me. I had to hand the phone over to someone else to tell him.
Second
I'm trying to set the carburettor in a lay-by in the old racer. A guy walks up to me and says "Nice car, what are you doing?"
Me "I'm turning this(points) to move the thing so the carb is, the pin needle thing jet for the fuel"
Him "is it your car?"
Me "Yes, its an old car"
He walked off.
Some times I think the talking bit of my brain just shuts down, and I'm left with a screen saver.
I rang a really upmarket hotel to arrange delivery of a wedding cake. It's a big event, big location and a really good job to be doing.
They answered the phone and I couldn't tell them who I was and why I was ringing or what I was delivering. I had to put the phone down and try again.
They answered the phone and I couldn't tell them who I was and why I was ringing or what I was delivering. I had to put the phone down and try again.
Hawmaws said:
Had one yesterday at work, first time for decades.... I was in a fairly important meeting and the CEO asked me an off-topic question that I should have known the answer to.
I see your meeting and raise you an exam. The second A Level maths paper - I opened the page, and my brain went out the window. I seriously sat there for 2 hours wondering what the hell to do. Plus I am half Irish, so the odd brain dead moment crops up for me.........
I very often do the 'well, thanks for calling', then people tell me that no, I called them. Did I? I don't remember doing that?
I rather selectively have a brain like a ..... thing with holes in it, you know, round, with a handle, no not colander, smaller, lighter, sometimes plastic but they melt if you try to steam rice with them so you should always buy a metal one even though they're more expensive and make sure you buy one that fits over one of your pans or it'll never get used which defeats the object of buying it when nobody likes buying kitchen goods and if you do it's best to look at knifes as you'll use them much more than you think which reminds me.
I like steamed rice.
Where was I?
Welcome to my world.
Addled, tired, dyslexic, and quite possibly a little bit
I rather selectively have a brain like a ..... thing with holes in it, you know, round, with a handle, no not colander, smaller, lighter, sometimes plastic but they melt if you try to steam rice with them so you should always buy a metal one even though they're more expensive and make sure you buy one that fits over one of your pans or it'll never get used which defeats the object of buying it when nobody likes buying kitchen goods and if you do it's best to look at knifes as you'll use them much more than you think which reminds me.
I like steamed rice.
Where was I?
Welcome to my world.
Addled, tired, dyslexic, and quite possibly a little bit
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