Dumb and Dumber.

“Hi, Sajith here. A techie guy”.
Ooops! What was that? I didn’t mean to say it this way. Now he is giving me a “Oh yeah! Here is one dumb ass in our room” look. All heads turned towards me. Should I introduce myself again or should I not. That would be unintelligent of me again. Shit! What a fucking good introduction.

Wikipedia says:
Embarrassment is an emotional state experienced upon having a socially or professionally unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or revealed to others. Usually some amount of loss of honour or dignity is involved, but how much and the type depends on the embarrassing situation. It is similar to shame.

How embarrassing was that? This was how I once introduced myself. It all happened when our office took us for a technical – business meet. We representing the people from R&D had to meet the business and marketing guys and then it all happened. Introduce yourself. I wanted to showcase myself as one of the guy who is from a technical field unlike most of the people in the room comprising of business and marketing people. Something like I should have said “Hi, Sajith here, representing the people from XYZ, R&D” or a plain "Hi, I am Sajith" would have been decent enough, ended up saying “Hi, Sajith here. A techie guy”. My colleagues still tease me with that incident to the extent that my Birthday cake once had “Happy Birthday, Techie guy” written on it. How embarrassing!

Well it happens sometimes! Thing I would remember going ahead, feel embarrassed again and smile over my foolishness. Meanwhile I can see a scornful smile on your face.

[P.S. those who had witnessed this flop show of mine. "Maaf kar dhe yaar... hotha hai" ;) ]