What social faux pas did you do today?

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Talking to someone online I knew in real life when I was a kid and then he told me I repeat myself a lot and ask too many personal questions.

I am a manager in a public utility industry. Last week, I attended a meeting on behalf of the company and most of the other industry people there were VP's and such. I have been in my job for 11+ years so they all know my name but I only met some of them face to face for the first time that day. The meeting we were in broke for "lunch on your own" so I packed up my stuff to leave.

One of the VP's from another company asked me if I'd like to join them for lunch. At first, I said yes, but I really didn't mean to. I didn't have any money to spend on lunch (other than a couple of bucks for McD's). So I said that I suddenly remembered an errand I needed to run and I left in a hurry.

Afterward, I was thinking about how that might get back to my company that I was unfriendly. I have been worried about it ever since.

My husband and his friend who was visiting for the weekend were talking and I was reading. The friend said something to me and I answered without turning around from my book, and when he kept on talking to me I kept on answering with my nose in my book, still reading.

He finally said something about the nice view of the back of my head and I realized he expected me to turn around and take part in the conversation.

was short to someone on the phone The phone is a necessary evil but should not be used for chit-chat.Do not call me and ask how to cook squash,I am not a cookbook.Plus I don't really know this person that well so I have no idea why they called me.They should google it instead.

Hmm when I went to go renew my driving permit. The women asked me for the form I was suppose to fill out and I did not know I was suppose to fill it out. So I just dropped my jaw open giving her a stunned, surprised look. I dont think that was so much a social mistake, I think that was more just being very socially awkward.

And at the internship im working at. My desk is near the office entrance, and my office holds plenty of manager meetings. I sporadically greet people. I try to greet people, but I dont always. Cause often Im in the middle of my work and the person walks in and I feel very awkward most of the time. I try to make it a point to greet people, but its not my main focus.

I have all sorts of social awkwardness/constant mistakes pertaining to greetings and spontaneous social contact for several reasons.
1) Slight delay in reading body language
2) I can be face blind, so I dont always recognize the person
3) I have auditory processing problems so when someone says something to me unexpectantly, Im not focusing on them so I dont know if they were talking to me and I dont always hear what they said right off the bat cause I was not focused on them nor expecting them to say something to me.
4) My abilities to interact spontaneously is limited, often hindered and Im constantly anxiety prone. I did not spontaneously interact as a kid very much unlike most children. I often stood in a corner and watched the other kids.

i think it is well to consider whether anyone else will be injured in any way due to association with me (after consideration).

I had lunch with a friend today. We talked about men and me being a sociopath. Two people joined us at the other end of the table, but we did not pay much attention to them. When we left I finally realised why the face of the man looked slightly familiar. It was my future boss-to-be.

Well... let's see whether he tries to get rid of me before I even started...

Not telling my boss about my "issues" has led to some awkward situations.

I work as a translator. Nearly all my assignments are written, yet once I was given a task to organize a few things for client who doesn't know any English. The process inevitably involved making a few phone calls. I calmed myself with the thought that at least I wouldn't see the other person- just hear their voice. But that calm didn't last for long...

Pure agony. That's how each call felt. My heart would nearly explode in the few seconds before someone picked up the phone, then I would sweat as if I was locked in a furnace while talking. I was mishearing words all the time and had to aks the other person to repeat what they said pretty often.

Well, in the end I did finish the assignment and arranged everything as the client wanted. It was quite an ordeal - but in the end, I felt that I had won a small (but important) victory over myself. And it felt really good