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Brooke and Jeffrey

Misread Social Cues

Brooke and Jeffrey

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Comedy, Relationships

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A new study had people share the cringiest moments where they misread a situation and totally embarrassed themselves...And #1 on the list might be the most awkward thing to ever happen in an elevator.

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0:00.0

It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

0:02.9

Have you ever thought someone was flirting with you?

0:05.8

Only to realize they're just handing you your receipt at Hot Topic.

0:10.6

That would be so awkward.

0:12.2

Or maybe you waved at someone you thought you knew, only to realize that's just a mannequin at Old Navy.

0:19.2

Oh, boy.

0:20.5

Clearly, I get very confused whenever I visit the mall.

0:23.7

Yeah.

0:24.3

But let's be honest, sometimes you can wildly misread a simple situation and totally embarrass yourself.

0:32.3

Oh, yeah.

0:33.1

All the time.

0:34.2

And that's why a new study asked people to share about a time they grossly misread social cues and made it super weird.

0:42.7

Yes.

0:43.3

So let's get into it.

0:44.7

This first person said, the barista at Starbucks took my order.

0:48.4

And I guess my brain was thinking he was going to ask, want anything else?

0:52.7

Yeah.

0:52.9

So when he said, have a nice day, I said no.

0:56.6

Oh.

0:57.8

And he responded, okay, no pressure.

1:01.0

I wanted to die.

1:02.7

Oh, my gosh.

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