What if you screwed up
Katia Birger
Few who manage to elegantly get out of an awkward situation, whether it is a public lie, indecent behavior or blatant nonsense, uttered with great dignity. The only correct, but unfortunately, impossible advice in any of these situations is not to make such mistakes. The more valuable is the life experience of those who have already screwed up on a large scale, but managed to save face. We chose 10 high-profile files that teach us life.
Joked in unfamiliar company
Always be prepared for thatthat not everyone will understand your humor, especially if it is on borderline topics. Lars von Trier decided to wittily answer the boring question about German roots at a press conference in Cannes and laughed that he sometimes understood Hitler. It was not difficult to guess that whistling, fainting, headlines in giant letters and eventually declaring persona non grata, but who thinks in advance will follow. What to do with it? To be equal in all things to Lars: restrained apologize, politely withdraw and no longer communicate with these bothers.
Demonstrated
ignorance
Rule number 1: don't try to seem smarterthan you are. Stop nodding understandingly in the conversation about the French “new wave”, if you have not seen a single film of Godard (you may be asked what your favorite is). And most importantly, do not compose later, that looked for a long time and do not remember. Otherwise, you will look like the Moscow mayor candidate Nikolai Levichev, who has gathered to write on the iPad with a ballpoint pen, and then wrote an excuse that these are two official symbols like a scepter and an orb. Or as the Federal Drug Control Service officers who mixed up the colors of the Russian flag and threw everything into the wind, which supposedly "turned over" the banner on the facade of the building.
Proved to be a bad mother
Most Fails - a consequence of unsuccessful circumstances, the manifestation of excessive self-confidence or stupidity. More often than not, we would act differently if we had time to think. For example, Peaches Geldof would probably prefer to drop the iPhone, rather than the child, but alas. The young mother was fascinated by the conversation on the cell phone, did not notice a crack in the asphalt and threw the sidecar on its side, without releasing the iPhone from her hands. The kid was not injured, but there were plenty of judgmental commentators on the Internet, to which the culprit responded with a series of explanatory tweets. Generally, making excuses is a pitiful way, but not in a situation when it comes to a child (and readers of the yellow press from the bodies of parental care).
Your clothes let you down
Girls do not study hard on the mistakes of others and from year to year they continue to appear in dresses that can bring at any moment. The most successful thing was Sophia Vergara, who had a dress at the most expressive place at the Emmy Award. The actress played on the lead and herself posted a photo of her feil on Twitter. Another good example is Amanda Palmer, who on the scene “Glastonbury” “ran off” her chest from the top, which did not fail to notice the Daily Mail tabloid. At the next concert in London, Palmer sang a song about it and had already laid bare on purpose. We approve of both: first, both selected the likes of the photographers, and secondly, self-irony is the girl's best friend.
Your unsuccessful photo posted on the Internet
Get ahead of photographers not always possible. What if the network still got a photo where you look like an idiot? For example, famously make-up with powder with reflective particles or inopportunely opened their mouths at a concert. Get over it, there's nothing you can do about it. Most likely, everyone has already managed to see it, slay and send it to friends. See the previous paragraph: think about how you will remember this in a year (with a laugh) and proceed without delay.
Your treason has become public
Let's start from the end: you're wrong. Let's return to the beginning: you are caught in front of a dozen acquaintances, and for some reason only at this moment shame begins to suggest that this is not possible. It's time to lie down on the bottom and find out the relationship with all participants in the collapse behind the closed door. The worst thing you can think of is to explain the incident to everyone you meet. Keep in mind Kristen Stewart, who in this situation has not thought of anything better than to issue a formal apology. Sit in a puddle, and then jump over even more? Kamon.
Not learned from their mistakes
About shameless behavior Sooner or later, someone will find out, but it's a bad thing if they find out about him twice. As it happened with the US congressman Anthony Weiner, who was caught flirting on the net (if you can call it sharing nude photos). Weiner's pregnant wife forgave him, but he lost his position in Congress. He recently tried to return to politics and quite successfully ran for mayor of New York, before stepping on the same rake. It turned out that public repentance did not disaccustom him to send photos of his genitalia to Internet strangers. The collapse did not take long: a third chance, as a rule, do not give.
Did not hold a fit of rage
If you have a nervous day, a black stripe in life or PMS, that is, the risk of freaking out at the most inopportune moment. It is not necessary for this to be a potential client of a rehab, like John Galliano. Sometimes it’s enough just to get nervous, like an AOL top manager who fell for a subordinate right during an important presentation and fired him in front of a thousand colleagues. Yes, at such a moment you seem to yourself to be the bloody and merciless god of war, but then shame will come. And here it is worth remembering again the manager of AOL, who at first publicly repented, and afterwards sent a letter that he was not so wrong. It is important to remember: to apologize - does not mean giving up the slack.
Randomly sent a letter to the wrong recipient
The first rule of online correspondence: Before clicking the "Send" button, double-check that you are going to send it to whom. It doesn't matter if it's personal correspondence or work. The other day, exactly the way the entire Detroit police department found out the size of the bras of female officers. Imagine how many jokes came from the men's locker room after this epic letter. But even if you do not have access to valuable information, you can still screw it up and gossip by chatting. Prepare for the fact that the relationship with the respondent will most likely deteriorate - even if he smiles pleasantly at the meeting and pretends that nothing happened. There is only one way out: just do not say nasty things about people if you are not ready to tell them in person.
Break the law
We will not talk about serious crimes, but even a violation of traffic rules or disorderly conduct is already a serious file that can be corrected only by resigning and submitting to the law. You are not excused by any connections, status, or the fact that you are a girl. Remember how the tipsy Reese Witherspoon started stomping her legs and immediately found herself behind bars. Experience shows that this story cannot end with anything but public shame, deprivation of rights and unsuccessful photos from the police station.
Illustrations: Masha Shishova