social blunder

“All My Friends Hate Me” is a deftly written and acted black comedy — bordering on horror — starring Tom Stourton as a man who joins his old college chums for a weekend in the country and then makes one nightmarish social blunder after another.

After my hug, she stepped back for a moment, and I made a pretty major social blunder.

Whether you’re meeting a new employee or on the phone with an important client, finding a way to remember names can be the difference between making a great impression or committing a serious social blunder.

In contrast, Winston feels very fake and insincere as his seemingly contrite mea culpas following each social blunder and misdeed do not match up with his subsequent behaviors.

For example, the term anxiety could evoke schemata of task failure, a parent’s harsh criticisms, losing money, a social blunder, the disruption of a satisfying relationship, or the health of a parent.