I hate the "why didn't I say that!?" moment

rossyl · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:35

I hate that moment post conversation/argument/negotiation...where you think up a perfect comment/reason/sentence that would have aided your position tremendously.

I just had one, not that i think it would have made much difference to the outcome, in a salary negotiation. I now need to wait a year before the next time I have such a conversation and will prepare better next time!!

rossyl · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:45

Moses99p said:
The "why did I say that?!" moment is worse .

most certainly!

krooton · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:50

When in doubt, a 'yo mama' retort is always a winner.

crunchee · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:52

krooton said:
When in doubt, a 'yo mama' retort is always a winner.

yup minus some teeth of course

osc89er · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:52

L'esprit de l'escalier

Mr Jack · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:53

L'esprit de l'escalier is the fancy term for it.

(Yarg! Scooped!)

Cosimo · 5 Aug 2010 at 14:57

crunchee said:
yup minus some teeth of course

... and minus job.

Narziss · 5 Aug 2010 at 15:51

Moses99p said:
The "why did I say that?!" moment is worse .

Always having these moments at work. I even managed to send an instant message to my old boss calling him a **** after a meeting. I couldn't recall typing it, but there it was popped up on my screen followed by "sorry?". I apologised and said it was meant for a colleague I knew he disliked.

Greenlizard0 · 5 Aug 2010 at 15:53

I used to constantly be an arse with ze ladiez. I can sort of embrace it these days, rape jokes and all.

Vonhelmet · 5 Aug 2010 at 15:54

krooton said:
When in doubt, a 'yo mama' retort is always a winner.

Salary negotiations? Suggestion: Yo mama paid me more for my services!

Six6siX · 5 Aug 2010 at 15:55

krooton said:
When in doubt, a 'yo mama' retort is always a winner.

this. or "So's your FACE!"

Begbie · 5 Aug 2010 at 15:57

Moses99p said:
The "why did I say that?!" moment is worse .

Came in to say this!

Marky · 5 Aug 2010 at 16:05

Moses99p said:
The "why did I say that?!" moment is worse .

I thought the thread title was this - totally agree - I hate that feeling

FabienO · 5 Aug 2010 at 16:20

Moses99p said:
At a friend's pre-going out the other day, playing some quiz game thing with two of her housemates. The one I was with was reading a question for the other two, when I absent-mindedly corrected something she'd said (can't remember what).

Anyway, it then clicked that she has a speech impediment, which was why she'd said it wrongly . Not some crazy stammer, just some like rolling r's, I think (again, can't remember what ).

Hell awaits you!!!

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Watching some TV show at a party and yelled "No one likes her because she's fat!" with a rather rotund lady right behind me. I was a little drunk.

Marky · 5 Aug 2010 at 16:20

Moses99p said:
At a friend's pre-going out the other day, playing some quiz game thing with two of her housemates. The one I was with was reading a question for the other two, when I absent-mindedly corrected something she'd said (can't remember what).

Anyway, it then clicked that she has a speech impediment, which was why she'd said it wrongly . Not some crazy stammer, just some like rolling r's, I think (again, can't remember what ).

Ahhhhhh

Awkward

rossyl · 5 Aug 2010 at 16:37

Narziss said:
Always having these moments at work. I even managed to send an instant message to my old boss calling him a **** after a meeting. I couldn't recall typing it, but there it was popped up on my screen followed by "sorry?". I apologised and said it was meant for a colleague I knew he disliked.

Good recovery, from an awful situation.