Got fully drafted into giving a wine recommendation at a grocery store because I was holding a bottle of wine
This one still makes me laugh a little when I think about it. I was at a large grocery store on a wednesday evening after work, still in my work clothes which that day happened to be dark slacks and a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. I was in the wine aisle trying to find a specific bottle my friend had recommended for a dinner we were having that weekend. I am not a wine person. I know approximately nothing about wine. I was holding my phone in one hand with the name typed into the notes app and a random bottle I'd picked up to compare labels in the other hand.
A man probably in his sixties came and stood next to me, looked at the bottle in my hand, looked at me, and said "excuse me, what would you recommend for a red that pairs well with lamb." Not "do you work here," not "sorry to bother you," just straight into the question like I was his personal sommelier. I looked at the bottle in my hand. I looked at him. I said "oh I don't actually work here, I'm just shopping." He nodded slowly and said "right but what do you think about this one" and pointed at a bottle on the shelf.
Something in me just gave up resisting. I looked at the bottle he was pointing at, looked at the label for a few seconds like I was assessing it, and said "honestly for lamb I'd probably go a bit further down, something with more body." I have no idea where that came from. I don't know what body means in wine. He said "oh good call" and moved down the aisle. I found my bottle and left.
The part that gets me is he never once questioned whether I worked there or knew anything about wine. I was a random person in a button down holding a bottle of merlot and I apparently radiated enough false confidence that he just accepted my completely made-up advice and walked away satisfied. I genuinely hope the dinner went well. I hope the lamb was good. I will never know.