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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/ScarlettStingray085 on 2024-10-21 18:17:26+00:00.

Happened a few minutes ago and I felt compelled to write about the cringe moment. There is an executive meeting held monthly where the team comes together to share updates about everything under the sun. The first 5 minutes is usually just casual conversation. Now, during a quick go around, one of senior executives stated, “I’m still stuck in the DMV for the next two weeks, but should be done with work shortly”. The DMV within this context refers to District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Here’s the TIFU, the meeting starts and we usually start with obstacles so that we can navigate through them as a team and then progress to positives. The question comes up to who would like to start with high-level issues facing the company and I don’t know why (I’m sweating now just thinking about it), but I unmute and go “Paul (not his real name) is stuck trying to get his license for the next 2 weeks, we may need to address those horrible tellers”. I just get blank stares and then an “ookkayyy” from another senior director before it resumes to normal conversation. I can’t express the amount of sweat and nervousness that consumed me.

Shortly after, my director privates pings me and just goes “Why” to which I responded I don’t know and blamed exhaustion.

TL;DR I tried being funny and just made everything awkward.