The Awkward Moment

A red flushed face and a false smile are classic signs of embarrassment. Most Arrowhead students are more than familiar with this feeling. This week  seniors Pete Manne and Adam Mihojevich, and junior Regan Lyons share their most embarrassing moments.

“A good thing to remember is that people don’t remember everything. What’s in the past stays in the past,” says junior Katie Schroeder.

Pete Manne, an Arrowhead senior, says humiliating experience happened to him during a fourth grade tornado drill. Manne says he was in the bathroom, and in midst of defecation, tornado sirens abruptly shrieked. Under his teacher’s order, boys went to the girls bathroom, and girls went into the boys bathroom. Before Manne had a chance to finish what he started, the bathroom was crowded with girls.

“I walked out of the stall to a bathroom crowded with girls. And if that’s not bad enough, I had created quite a stink,” says Manne.

Senior Adam Mihojevich says his most humiliating moment happened at a ski hill in seventh grade. Mihojevich says he saw his crush at the hill. But the five-minute ride over a beautiful snow covered hill ended up in embarrassment, says Mihojevich.

“I was standing with the girl of my dreams, waiting for the chair to swoop us up, and then it hit me. I mean literally hit me. The chair came around and ran me right over. The next thing I knew I was flat on the ground and my crush was gone,” says Mihojevich.

Junior Regan Lions says last year, her sophomore year of high school, she tumbled down the stairs in the presents of her homecoming date.

“My date did not know what to do, so he just stood there holding a bouquet of roses. It was awkward,” says Lions.

There are two types of people in this world, says senior Dillon Steiner, those who dislike humiliation, and those who humiliate themselves to make others smile. “I’m am the second option,” says Steiner. “I humiliate myself all the time to make my friends laugh.”

Chan  Bhati, a foreign exchange student says he was most embarrassed when he broke the ceramic fruit basket at his host family’s house. Chan said he was too ashamed to tell anyone about the incident, so he threw it away.The next morning, the mom of my host family questioned the disappearance of the basket, and asked if he had seen it.

“I then admitted to breaking the basket, but I was embarrassed because it was my first day being there, and I had already labeled myself as the mischievous one,” says Chan.

According to Psychology Today says, one of the best ways to deal with embarrassing moments is by confronting the situation. In most cases, Psychology Today says, the best way to confront a situation is through humor. Laughing at the situation might help relieve you and your friends from that awkward moment.

“One way I deal with embarrassment is just by laughing it off,” says junior Lori Martello.