What was your “Sorry, wrong person!” moment?

1. I made it all the way out the door and to my car before realizing I had taken the wrong kid from the daycare. This kid didn’t say a fucking word to me. He was more than happy to leave with me, a perfect stranger. Also inexplicably happy was my actual son, who was waving at us from the window.
   — wine_n_cats


2. When I was very little I once followed an unknown (and probably frightened) woman throughout an entire store whispering "steak... Beautiful steak... Please buy me steak... Steak..." because I thought she was my mom
   — scummette


3. Cheered very loudly for my daughter at a swimming event. Only it wasn't my daughter. She was in the next heat. In caps and matching suits, the kids on the team all look alike.
   — FalstaffsMind






4. This actually happened to me not too long ago. I was walking back to my office after lunch and a woman shouted hi to me and started wave enthusiastically. I yelled hi and waved back and as I got closer she got red in the face and apologized and said she thought I was someone else. I said no problem and it was nice to get such a friendly greeting anyway and walked on.
   — maklershed


5. My uncle use to always "swat" me when I walked past him when I was a kid (like 6 years old). Like he'd playfully hit the back of my head or back. Well one time they were visiting us and we went to Blockbuster to get a movie. I saw my uncle facing a wall of movies so I snuck up behind him, wound up, and slapped him in the ass as hard as my 6 year old self could. Turns out it wasn't my uncle and that my whole family (uncle included) just watched me spank a stranger.
   — Well_thatwas_random


6. Not me, but my mum. My dad pulled the car over quickly so she could pop into the corner shop to buy something. My mum returned and without really looking, got into the car next to ours which was a similar model with some random man at the wheel. The look of confusion on the driver's face and absolute embarrassment from my mum was hilarious.
   — spoonybum






7. Was chilling outside the locker rooms in middle school waiting for the bell to ring when some kid I didn't know sprinted up and Falcon Punched me in the balls. As I doubled over in extreme pain he looked closer at my face and went "Oh shit! I thought you were my friend! Are you ok?" I was not ok, and just fell to my knees in agony instead of responding. A few seconds later his actual friend walked by so he ran off and punched him in the balls.
   — blacKCastle32


8. Called my dad. Hear a “Hello?” and immediately start going into this long rant about the troubles my husband and I were having while crying. After I stopped for a moment, the person on the other end of the line says “I’m sorry about your troubles, but I’m not your dad.” Hung up without saying another word. Apparently I didn’t dial the correct number.
   — inbloom1991


9. I was waiting for my food at a taco shop, and a man and his very young son came in, ordered, then stood near me waiting for their food. After a moment, the father (who was standing between where I was and his son) walked over to the soda machine to fill his cup, the son wasn't really paying attention, and walked over to me and hugged my waist thinking I was his dad. I'd been looking at my phone, so I was very confused to randomly look down and see a small child hugging me. He didn't even notice for a second until he finally glanced up at me and saw that I definitely wasn't his dad. The dad turned around from the soda machine, saw his child hugging a random stranger, looked a little confused, then laughed a bit as his son let go of me and ran over to him.
   — Anjodu






10. 7 year old me took a distressing diarrhea dump in a TJ Maxx, and when I found my mom shopping, I hugged her and looked up and said "I have diare......aHHHH!". Not mom. She had the same red jacket as my mom. I ran and hid in the circular coat rack for about an hour.
    — spiffyP


11. sexted my mom instead of my wife
    — DoctorSneak


12. We were in Budapest in February. I came back into the bar after a smoke (somewhat inebriated), and came up behind my friend and rubbed his bald head for luck. I then looked over and saw my friend staring at me, while this random bald Hungarian man looked very confused. I apologised for the mixup, and in return was offered cocaine. I only remember this because one of the guys saw what was happening and took a photo rather than intervene.
    — Ballrootus_Maximus






13. I was meeting my sister in Kyoto and accidently told a random woman, who to be fair looked a lot like her, that I was pregnant. She said congratulations however.
    — lesboautisticweeabo


14. Mistook two little kids in an arcade game as my brothers, scared the hell out of em. Remember that enclosed Jurassic Park arcade game with the black curtains on the side? It had a window on the back where you could see if it was occupied. I (thought I) spotted my two young brothers saving the Park from InGen's dinos and figured it would do to scare em with a little dinosaur roar of my own. I flung through the black curtain and ROARED as loud as I could. Needless to say the two kids - who were not my brothers - were petrified and screamed at a high pitch... My brothers were playing Time Crisis nearby and were quite confused...we left promptly.
    — ewbankpj