awkward!
In a past job (when I was no long out of college) I worked in an insurance company on their IT helpdesk. There was about 500 people in the building, and doing the work we did you got to know most people.

Anyways I digress... My mate Mike took a call from a rather cute young lady, (who we'd chatted to once or twice in the pub before), she was having network issues with her PC and couldn't resolve it over the phone, so it necessitated going down to check the cabling out on the computer. So off Mike went relishing the opportunity to have a chat in person with the rather cute girl.

So first things first, he tries to rule out if there's a cable problem. (Typically in most big companies, you will find 100+ people to a floor crammed into small cubicles, and the data & phone points are usually under the desk).
So Mike tries his best to act cool and collected, having got the small talk out of the way, he utters the words without thinking and probably a bit too loudly..

"would you mind if I get down under your desk and check out your box"

ooops! I'd heard that the laughter went like a wave across the floor. Poor guy had to spend another ten mins red-faced at the desk fixing the problem.
(sarcasmo needs more sleep, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 7:49, Reply)