What is the stupidest thing you've ever done?

Let an alcoholic move in with me. I thought an alcoholic was just someone who drank a lot. He also told me he didn'tdo drugs; that going to themethadone clinic was his relaxation. Lost a lot of money and was a royal pain to kick him out. A month later I am called by his little sister who I never met. He had intentionally overdosed and blamed me in his suicide note.  And beingso codependent at the time, I believed it was my fault.

Agnes

Oh dear lord.....

Bought weed at school

Bought weed in Criminal Justice class(ohh yea! I;m a bright one)

Got cought, with weed, at school, after buying it in CJ.

Believed every word that came out of someones mouth.

Trusted someone who I knew was unworthy of trust.

Allowed a BF to borrow my very expensive things(a Zune 30G and a HP camra)

Believed in love outside of family and animals.

.........there is more.......I'd probably get in trouble if I posted some of it, and some of it I forgot about LOL

misstrouble

Believed in love outside of family and animals.

 There is such a thing as that. Sometimes it just takes awhile and unfortunately you'll probably get hurt a lot before you find it.

 Most of my stupid things involve my very short job as a bank teller.

Let's see- I accidentally didn't get my cash drawer into the vault on time. The vault closes at a set time and the money had to be left out overnight. That alone was grounds for being fired.

I accidentally set off the silent alarm by pulling the bait money from my drawer. I knew it was there and don't know why I decided to pick up that stack. As soon as I saw the wires underneath it was a huge "uh oh" moment.

I accidentally had the police show up when the manager accidentally set off the atm alarm. The police called and asked a secret question- I had been told the code, but for some reason didn't know what the heck they were talking about. Sooo, the police were there in a few minutes and I felt so stupid!

Another time a customer's check accidentally flew out the drivethrough window because it was a windy day and I forgot to secure it under a clip. The customer and an employee went searching through an open field nearby and never did find the check. I was terrified that the customer was going to come back in and yell at me. Thank goodness it didn't happen.

My drawer almost never balanced...

After about a month of working in there the branch manager and other higher up managers called me in and asked me how I thought I was doing at banking. I said that I thought I was getting the hang of things and they said they didn't think banking was for me. So I was let go. Ouch. I think I was probably one of the more memorable people that ever worked there though!

Edited to add a recent stupid thing. Last week I was going into a bar and the door guy looked at my license forever. I said "it's me" and he said, "yeah I was just looking because it's expired". So I looked and it expired in Nov. of 2007! I've been driving with an expired license for over a year! Big oops. I still need to get to DMV to change it, but I haven't driven since I found out that it expired...

well stupid isn't always funny...sometimes it is downright frightening,..

I posted this here years ago but I once gave my daughter some codeine laced cough syrup thinking it was her prescription allergy med because I did not check the bottle label. It was HORRIFYING. I had to call poison control and everything and they talked me down...she was completely fine..didn't even get sleepy...but still

It was without a doubt the STUPIDEST thing I have ever done.

Yikes Gina! how scary!

that's kinda like the time one of my coworkers injected a cat with advantage... because she forgot which synringe was ivomec and which was the advantage......cat was fine, thankfully.

One of the stupidest choices I ever made was not funny was when I went to Orlando with a bunch of friends. we had been drinking, and went to the clubs in downtown Disney. and me totally not being myself ended up making out with a total stranger... thankfully I had enough sense to NOT go to his room with him like he asked.

rwbeagles

I posted this here years ago but I once gave my daughter some codeine laced cough syrup thinking it was her prescription allergy med because I did not check the bottle label. It was HORRIFYING. I had to call poison control and everything and they talked me down...she was completely fine..didn't even get sleepy...but still

I do remember that and I remember how upset you were. Definitely not a funny "stupid thing" but fortunately it worked out just fine.

I left my sports car in neutral without realizing it. Went inside to visit my friend and minutes later there was a loud banging on the door with 2 people there to tell me my car had rolled backwards out of the driveway, across 2 very busy lanes of traffic and had knocked down some guys fence

I left an iron to cool down in a spot that I thought was hidden from my son (he was 2 at the time).  Burnt his thumb and finger, had his dad yelling at me calling me a child abuser.

Then there was the time not long after my son's dad died, it was near Christmas, son was having a snit one morning before school, said he hated me, threw the tree down, slammed his door.  My neighbors called the police, thought I was beating him.  Ten minutes later, I was in the shower getting ready for work, son knocks on the bathroom door and said the police were downstairs.  I said, "yeah, right" and finished my shower.  Son came to the door again, said they really were downstairs, so I wrapped a towel around me, went flying around the corner onto the top step to discover there really were two cops standing at the bottom of my stairs.  Fortunately the towel stayed on for a change.

erica1989

Yikes Gina! how scary!

Yes that's putting it mildly. I read every bottle twice now...since she still has an RX allergy med. I can still hear her little voice "Mommy...this taste funny" and he big ole eyes and that moment when it clicked that I'd given her something with CODEINE in it.

I dont drive, so the driving stories ppl have told are scary to me... but I've got some that are mildly amusing.

 One cold december day when I was in middle school my parents were gone out of town, so I let myself in with a key, and then I went out to get the paper, shut the door behind me, and somehow managed to forget to turn the knobby thing and locked myself out. I ended up sitting in our car freezing without a coat for an hour.

One time, the lamp in the living room wasn't working, there's a switch that controls that outlet, so I fiddled with the switch on the lamp, the lightswitch, and changed the bulb three times and couldn't get it to work - then my father tried again first thing the next morning before I got up, and ended up throwing another full package of lightbulbs away as "broken" and then my mom got up and plugged the lamp in. I still haven't heard the end of that one.

Umm... I lock myself out of my room at least 4-5 times a year, I've gotten good at using a butterknife to jimmy the lock and let myself back in, but the doorhandle I had before this one was brand new - I installed it because the old one was cheap and wore out, anyways, I installed the new knob/lock system(really expensive, I think 40 dollars) and all was well for a few weeks and then one evening when my parents had friends over and everyone was drinking I accidentally locked myself out - tried for 10 minutes to get the thing open, my parents hear me struggling and call out, drawing attention to the issue to the 4-5 people that were there. Of course being the helpful, gungho drunken type they offered to help. A lot of embarrasment, teasing, and 50 minutes later the door knob was nothing but little tiny pieces of shrapnel, powertools littered the hallway, the door had a huge gouge in it, the molding and trim was pulled off around the door - BUT THE DOOR WAS OPEN. lol

First grand mistake. My mother wanted a gun for home protection. So, I bought her one. years later, she shot herself and lasted 4 days in the hospital before my brother had to execute her DNR and pull the plug.

Second mistake. I retrieved the gun from the Plano Police Dept. when they were done with it.

My first wife used it years later to commit suicide. She was a better shot, as she died instantly. I know because I came home from work and found her that way.

I make mistakes that have cost people their lives. I let the Dallas Police keep the gun after that.

 I "let" my 19 y.o. son try a jump on the terrain park before even testing the conditions.  I hit the slope, it was a sheet of ice, and before I could look back or signal him, he shot past me at oh, about 20-25 mph, hit the jump, shot about 45 ft. in the air (he was nearly at the level of the chair lift running overhead) and came down flat on his back after what seemed like an eternity.  5 broken vertebrae (3 shattered) and 3 months of life in a body cast later, he's good as new, but now whenever someone says "Hey, let's....." I take those few extra minutes to try to think through all the things that *could* go wrong.

rwbeagles

I posted this here years ago but...

My mom once over dosed me on some sedative stuff the dentist gave her to give me before an appointment.  She gave me the first dose which apparently tasted horrid because I immediately puked it right back at her, so she re-dosed me.  A while later she asked me to turn off the tv(long time ago, before remote controls, I actually had to get up and go to the tv.) and then just about died as I got up and walked slowly across the living room with high tiptoeing steps flapping my arms to match my steps,"Mommmmmmmy!!! Look I'm Flooooooooaaatinggggg!"  

And while I'm telling about other people's stupidity, I'll go one more.  

My dad still to this day says that Emo is the worlds friendliest town.  We used to go to Emo(which is just a little town on the outskirts of a slightly bigger little town) every year for Emo Fair.  They have  a racetrack there and my dad used to race street stock.  Anyway, that year they camped in my sister's camper beside the fairgrounds.  Well, its 3 days of camping so after a bit you really want to shower.  When my dad mentioned this to my sister she told him just to go over to Charlotte's house where most of us were staying.  Charlotte lives a half block away so my dad went over there, knocked on the door and asked the lady that answered if he could take a shower.  Uh...Sure, come on in.  The lady got him some towels and showed him where the bathroom was.  He showered, got dressed, thanked the lady nicely and left.  When he walked outside he met with my BIL who looked at him somewhat confused.  "Who lives there Jack?"  asked my BIL.  Charlotte's was next door.  My dad had showered in a complete strangers house!  The poor lady must have just been scared to death!  Sitting shaking at her kitchen table until he left...At least that's what we imagine.  My dad never did go back to explain, he was too embarrassed.  But he still gets tears in his eyes from laughing so hard when he tells the story.

 Wow.  @ Ron and BCmixes.

Strangely, I do feel better now... Turns out if letting the bath overflow a little bit is the worst thing that happens in my life, I will be a very lucky lady.  Thanks for the perspective.

sharismom

I left an iron to cool down in a spot that I thought was hidden from my son (he was 2 at the time).  Burnt his thumb and finger, had his dad yelling at me calling me a child abuser.

Then there was the time not long after my son's dad died, it was near Christmas, son was having a snit one morning before school, said he hated me, threw the tree down, slammed his door.  My neighbors called the police, thought I was beating him.  Ten minutes later, I was in the shower getting ready for work, son knocks on the bathroom door and said the police were downstairs.  I said, "yeah, right" and finished my shower.  Son came to the door again, said they really were downstairs, so I wrapped a towel around me, went flying around the corner onto the top step to discover there really were two cops standing at the bottom of my stairs.  Fortunately the towel stayed on for a change.

LOL! Isn't motherhood bliss???  

I have a funny one.  After my son was delivered by c-section, the hospital sent me home with Colace (a stool softener) and the directions to take one every 24 hours.  Hopped up on pain drugs and in alot of pain from constipation, I misread the directions and took one every 4 hours for an entire day.  Let's just say when they hit me, it was alot like Cartman in that South Park episode.  All my husband heard from the bathroom was "OH GOD JUST KILL ME NOW!!!!!"  

Chuffy

 Wow.  @ Ron and BCmixes.

Wow is right