Embarrassed at a restaurant

I went to the grocery store once not realizing that my husband had already used the $20 I thought was in my wallet. Luckily my mother was with me so I borrowed from her. I told him when I got home if he ever took the money with out telling me again I would shoot him. LOL I don't mind that he goes in my wallet since it's our money. He doesn't carry a wallet so I keep all the money in my purse. It's just the thought that he could of told me haha.

It has happened to me but it was just from a local store who happens to be renting on my in law's apartment. I was a bit embarrasses but then at least it was just a few walk away from our house.

Your husband it right, you are not the first person this happened to. But I guess it is particularly embarassing when food is ordered. I have devised a little system for myself. I usually pay everything with my debit card. I also have a Visa card with a very low limit, deliberately low since I only use this card for purchases on the internet. I keep it in a separate compartment in my purse and if I forgot my debit card or left it in the ATM machine by mistake (yes, it happened) I can pay with my Visa. One question though, in the end where was your debit card? You said you had to run to the bank to cash a cheque, so I guess it was not at home either. I hope you found it.

I work for a grocery store and see this quite often. Someone comes in and either forgot their debit card in the car or at home and they have to run back to get it. Most of the time they are the ones that live close by so it's no big deal to run back and get it. You may have been the only one you saw that happen to that day, but trust me you aren't the only one that this has happened to.

Oh yes, this has happened to me too but fortunately I knew the owner of the restaurant and went back the next day to pay the bill. Don't be embarrassed as the problem was solved without the management knowing. Aren't you human too? and we all make mistakesYour husband is right

Don't be embarrased about something like that.Lots of people forget their wallet or debit card. I must admit it has never happened to me.I have just about paid with enough cash sometimes,so a debit card is wonderful.I think you worry to much just laugh it off.

You are not alone dear. This has happened to me once when I felt humiliated and low but now it has become a matter of laughter while recollecting funny incidents. I once had the shopping cart loaded only to realize at the billing counter that I had left the card at home. That's how life is!

Ha, I was expecting a discussion where the kids were acting up and embarrassed you. I did go to the cafe next to work, and when I went to pay I didn't have my $5 bill on me, so I was going to go back to work and get money but the guy said I could pay him back next time. We had worked out how much I owe him, and then I turned around and saw the darn $5 bill on the floor.

How is forgetting one's debit card embarrassing? Inconvenient? Yes. Embarrassing? Not so much. I would be more embarrassed to admitting to feeding my children anything that came from Arby's... or eating it myself.

oh that happened to me too! but what was worse was i was in a public transportation and i forgot my wallet! lol.. i have to tell the driver to turn back home!

This happens a lot more than you would think. Yes, it is embarrassing, but it's not like the people really care that you did that. It's your ego that took a hit, but relax. It is natural human error. Reminds me of how I got on the city bus and thought I had picked up my bus card but instead I picked up my food assistance card and when I realized what I had done, I had to exit the bus at the next stop. We all have things happen that turn our faces red. We just have to grin and bear it.

I cant count how many timess i've gotten to the cashier at the grocery store, and discovered that my debit card is not in my wallet! Lol. You'd think i'd learn to check my wallet before leaving the jouse! Actually i do now.....sometimes!lol. I also sometimes check my balance at an atm before shopping, i was furious last week when my card got denied after depositing a few paychecks, which according to my bank werent available because i deposited right before Good Firday and the money wouldnt be availabe until the following tuesday!

Hi, This had happened to me only once but that restaurant is very near to our house so I I brought my wallet form my house in only 15 minutes. I didn't feel very embarrasing because I was with my son and my wife.

Hi dorannmwin. I think it happens once in a lifetime. You just have to laugh at it. For sure that restaurant have encountered few instances like that with their customers. Nothing to really be feeling bad about since you have the intention to pay. Sometimes when we have too many things on our mind, too tired or even too excited we tend to forget things that matters. At least it's only about that. Some people tend to forget that they're boiling water, cooking rice in a stove and so on. That will be very alarming as it can cause the house to burn right? It can also help to have a check list if you experience it again. If you have a friend who have cash that time, he or she can lend you cash so you don't have to go home and go back to the restaurant and go home again. You can treat her some of her favorite food the next time you dine out as a return of the favor. I've experienced that very long time ago. I think once but I have cash with me. It's a fine dining restaurant. I was in a hurry going home. I forgot I haven't paid the bill and no one even noticed me. I rushed back to the restaurant because I don't want them to think that I ran away. Lols.

This has happened many time to people. You are not the first and you won't be the last. I remember so many times being on a grocery line and people either forgetting their wallets or not having enough money to pay for their groceries. They would have to run to the car or to the ATM to get money. I believe it also happened to us once when we were out. I think though my husband just had to go to the car to get the wallet.

I had almost the same experienced like this long ago. I was at the grocery and all items were already punched by the cashier when I found out that my wallet is missing. Good thing my kids are with me so I ask my son to drive back home and get my wallet which I left on my bed (duh) That was really embarrassing -but I have learned a good lesson.

I am sorry that this has happened to you. I had this happen to me once and it was embarrassing. I am glad that you were able to return home so you can get your wallet and take money out. I am sure it has happened to many people.

Well, I think you had a lot of work running back to your home looking for some cash. A time when I was visiting a foreing city, I went to the store and bought a shoe article. At the moment to pay I saw that I had forgotten my money. The salesman said I could take the product and pay later, what I did after. The good thing was the confidence showed by him that made me feel well. At a restaurant I never had such experience, but can you leave your personal identity document until you come back for paying?

I haven't experience such for i am not using cards usually i pay in cash but similar thing happen i ran out of cash just a few centavos i needed , i our place was too far from tha mall which i bought and the item was already entered the machine , so shameful so what i did is i asked from a stranger after me in the line . So humiliating but i tried to tell myself ,nothing wrong in asking , i didn't steal. It is a lesson for me , from there on i always brings an extra money out.

Do'nt even sweat it, trust me being a mother of 4, stuff like this is a daily thing.....why just the other day I went grocery shopping with my 4 year old she wanted to do the express checkout, you know the do it yourself! Well I guess we has a few too many items so after scanning about 15 and realizing all the rest of the stuff I still had in my basket had to all be placed on a small designated area , I had to call for an attendant who cancelled my order helped me put the items already bagged into my cart and take me to a regular checkout....all along the way my 4 year old is screaming her head off because she wanted to the express check out yourself! So we get to the regular line,and she is still screaming, I load all $90.00 worth of groceries again, un-bagging the ones I previously bagged ,and I go to pay....and what do you know I had a toys r us gift card instead of my bank card in my back pocket...I got snide comments from the woman behind me who only had 5 items or so,she looked like she was gonna have a coronary.So I asked if they took checks, the cashier said "yes", so I got my checkbook out just to find out I had already written my last check and only had deposit slips. So I got my screaming child and went to my car as fast as I could. So you see its not all that bad it happens to the best of us. Plus they won't remember what happened , they have so many customers with worse luck than us . So don't feel bad you could've been all alone with a screaming child and no funds or anyone to help! And angry customers behind you muttering their whatever's. It's a Mom thing,it will happen again too,so don't trip potato chip. It's okay