Everyone's got fears. Some are justified; terrorism, flying, Dale Winton. Others are less so; thunderstorms, rats, ITV, etc. However, out of all the many fears we suffer from, there is always one which ranks above all others in terms of the terror it generates in its sufferer.
Often, these fears can also be quite embarrassing. Maybe you're a juggler who's scared of clowns, an airline pilot scared of not being pissed, that sort of thing. I'm ashamed to admit that I do have a fear which is both crippling and ridiculous.
I'm scared of accidentally calling my boss 'Dad'.
Can you imagine the shame? The stupidity? The potential end of career? I don't know why but whenever I visit the MD of my company I always have the compelling thought that I mustn't call him 'Dad'. I've got absolutely no idea why I would, but I guess it's just that school-level embarrassment when you accidentally call the teacher 'Mum' or 'Dad'. At that age you can't live it down, so what chance have you got as an adult, when the environment in which you exist is that much more immature? I literally have to consciously think 'Now, whatever you do...' every time I see him, which is ridiculous, quite frankly. God alone knows what a shrink would make of it, but I'm not about to fork out thirty notes an hour to find out. I'll just live with it.
What's your biggest fear, dear reader?
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