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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Popular-Statement731 on 2025-10-08 18:30:58+00:00.

Throwaway account because this is way too embarrassing to post on my main.

So today at work, we had our usual weekly meeting. Before we talk about serious stuff, our boss likes to go around and have everyone share something good from their personal lives to lighten the mood and all that.

One of my coworkers, Daisy, proudly shares that she has made dill pickles.

Me, wanting to be friendly, innocently asked the dumbest question ever

"Did you grow the pickles yourself, Daisy?*

Daisy looked hella confused, to which she responded:

“You mean the cucumbers?”

And without hesitation, I confidently replied:

“No, the pickles.”

And because apparently I hadn’t humiliated myself enough, I doubled down with:

“Did you grow the pickle plant yourself?"

At this point, everyone looked shocked, then burst out laughing. I just sat there, realizing I had outed myself as a full-grown adult who believed pickles were another species of plant. Turns out, they are just (most commonly) cucumbers or some other fruit.

For context, my family immigrated here, and we never really ate pickles growing up. I genuinely thought there was a “pickle plant” somewhere out there. I never bothered to learn because I never liked the taste of those salty ass pickles anyway.

TL;DR: I got my stupidity exposed at work because I thought pickles grew on pickle plants.