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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/IdeaWeary7348 on 2025-11-09 16:09:56+00:00.
I've always been a public speaker, ever since I was a kid. I practically lived on the stage, Hosting, presenting, bla bla - you get the gist of it. This one time, I was asked very impromptly, the night before the event, to give a speech at my school. Obviously, me being me i took the offer and decided to wake up and write the speech the next morning because I have blind optimism and overconfidence.
As I was revising my speech backstage off a sheet of paper. Which by the way, was handwritten because my dumbass wrote it down instead of typing it and printing it like a normal person. And my handwriting is huge, so even like a 100 words could easily fill up almost 3/4th of an A4 paper. A teacher saw how long my script was, and I could tell from my peripheral vision, she was mortified. She came up to me and she goes "You should really shorten it a little" LIKE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE SPEECH.
Now the number one rule before giving a speech is that you need AT LEAST 30 MINUTES of peace and quiet. Her remark made me completely lose my train of thought. I tried to recall everything and I was able to do it. But as they were announcing my name I realised - I didn't revise how to properly introduce myself. But it was too late
I stand infront of at least 500 people, and with the utmost confidence, I utter the words. "Hello everyone, good morning! My name is good morning" I hear some laughter but it was alright, I laughed and continued on with my speech.
Later that day, my crush at school also came up to and called me good morning, and that's just my name in school now, the teachers caught onto it too. My groupchat with my friends has a sticker of my face as the sun from teletubbies😭
The plus point is - at least my crush spoke to me
TL;DR: One night my school asked me to give a speech last minute, and of course I said yes because I’m overconfident like that. I handwrote it the next morning (terrible idea), and my giant handwriting made it look like a novel. Five minutes before going on, a teacher saw it, panicked, and told me to shorten it - brain officially as useful as a roasted peanut. So I walk up there, smile at 500 people, and proudly say, “Good morning everyone, my name is good morning.”