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People Share Stories About How Clueless Other Adults Were

Have you ever had to explain something that was totally ridiculous to another adult? And it made you realize that a lot of “adults” out there are actually pretty clueless about all kinds of things?

I had a roommate in college who once asked me how to make macaroni and cheese. Yes, you read that correctly. He observed me in the kitchen one day working my magic on the stove and he was so blown away that he just had to know how to do it! How can this be done?!?!

Apparently, he hadn’t graduated past the microwave portion of his culinary life yet and it was up to me to guide him through that journey…

Here are some hilarious and ridiculous stories from AskReddit users about some very clueless adults.

1. How does this thing work?

“I had to show a co-worker how to staple papers properly. He would staple papers in the middle of the page. The actual center of the page. And the pages would not be lined up properly.

I swear, he just threw pages in the air and grabbed it out of the air with a stapler.”

2. Really?

“Alcohol has calories.

I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved had calories.

She was so shocked and said, “What!?! I thought since it was clear like water it didn’t have any calories.””

3. Gotta learn sometime.

“Literally had to teach my 45 year old mother how to pay her bills. She always had someone to take care of her.

One day she was 100% single for the first time in 31 years (multiple partners). She then realized that she had no clue how to actually be an adult.

It was a mind-blowing experience for me.”

4. Reframe.

“Earlier this year, I had to explain to my sister that its ‘refrain’ not ‘reframe’. She genuinely thought that people would say things like “reframe from touching me”.

In her own words, that way makes more sense because “if I didnt want someone to touch me I’d rather put a big frame around myself so they cant”.

Shes 30. And a teacher.”

5. History lesson.

“Last year, I had to explain to a co-worker that there’s a very drastic difference between a German citizen and a Nazi after she refused to interact with a German man.

We work at an international airport.”

6. Wow…

“This is embarrassing to even write but I had to explain to a coworker that her statement of “Some people treated their slaves well so why not honor those people? You have no idea how those slaves were treated” is not okay.

Just plain not okay…”

7. Probably should’ve known that…

“I had to tell my cousin that she will not get her period when she’s pregnant.

She didn’t understand so I had to explain ovulation and the menstrual cycle.

She’s 28 years old.”

8. I’m outta here!

“I had to teach my sister that bail is only an option while you’re awaiting trial.

She thought that inmates could just pay to get out of prison early and just leave forever.”

9. I give up.

“I had a patient who asked me where my family is from because he’s “interested in countries of origin”.

The same man returned in a week or two for an office procedure. As I’m prepping everything, he asked, “what’s the different between Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino?”.

I thought he was kidding so I was like “uh, they’re different countries? and have different culture?”

Man looks me in the eye and says, “okay, but what’s the difference?”

I gave up, and then the other times he came in pretty much established that he’s a “soft” racist so there’s that.”

10. Language barrier.

“When I was on vacation in Vegas a waitress was having a great conversation with us.

She wanted to visit the UK but was really worried about not speaking the same language. She asked us, a family who had told her we were from England, if people spoke English in England.

She insisted that we were speaking American.

Nice lady and have fun memories but still gobsmacked about it.”

11. This is amazing.

“My ex’s sister in law thought that ATMs had a person inside.

She went her whole life thinking that until one day she asked why they still have someone in the ATM after hours since it seems unsafe nowadays.”

12. Well…

“I told a friend that I was Korean.

To which he replied “Oh this whole time I thought you were Asian”.”

13. Amen!

“That wearing a mask isn’t going to hurt you, and that it in fact, will help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

And that it 100% does not need to be a f*cking political thing, but a decent human being thing.”

14. A teachable moment.

“The first time my daughter came home from her college dorm with laundry, she asked me where the soap goes.

She had just put her dirty clothes in the dryer not knowing it was not the washer.

She’s a smart woman, and I clearly missed a teachable moment or two along the way.”

Yeesh…some people…

Have you ever had to have a conversation like this with an adult?

If so, tell us all about it in the comments!

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People Share the Different Ways You Can Use Everyday Products

Life hacks are the best. I think we can all agree on that, right?

See that wrench? Here’s another use for it! Those knitting needles? Use them for this as well!

The possibilities are pretty endless for what we can use everyday items for, to be honest with you. And we’re about to get a whole lot of great tips in that department.

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say.

1. Scuba.

“Scuba diver here. Instead of using those expensive defogger gels and sprays on your mask, smear a bunch of dish soap in it, rinse once or twice, and your mask will never fog during the dive.

You can also use this method to keep your windshield from fogging. Smear a bunch of dish soap on a towel, then rub it all over the inside of your windshield.

Take another damp towel and rub the soap off until your wind shield is clear. I did this 3 weeks ago and have not had to defog a single time since.”

2. Good advice.

“Bleach to keep away cockroaches. I used to get big *ss cockroaches in the summer that came up my drain.

My exterminator told me to pour 1 cup of bleach down my drain each week. You have to pour it down the drain in the room you see them. I started 18 months ago and haven’t seen a cockroach since.”

3. Use it!

“Clear nail polish:

Prevent skin going green from brass

Permanently stop fabric from fraying

Same goes with yarn

Seal paint.”

4. I did not know that!

“Toilet seat covers are the same as blotting paper for oily skin.”

5. Just in case…

“Corn starch is a good blood coagulant if you need to stop bleeding…”

6. In the Army.

“Vagisil for chafing.

It’s antibacterial, lubricating, and an anesthetic. I learned that in the army.”

7. Donate them!

“Clean mascara wands are used in animal shelters to soothe the animals by brushing, and to remove fly eggs and larva from fur.”

8. Cool!

“If you have a highlighter that’s dying, take the “pen” part of it out of the casing and soak it in nail polish remover.

It will revitalize it to working like new.”

9. Use ’em!

“Coffee grounds are quite versatile. Among other things, you can use them for:

A soil additive to improve the pH balance for plants

Place them in a refrigerator to neutralize odors

Scour pots and pans

De-icing your steps and driveway

An ant repellent

An exfoliating scrub for your skin.”

10. Good to know!

“Use salt as an abrasive and absorber when cleaning. I spray my stove top with a general household cleaner then sprinkle salt liberally over the top. It gets grease out easily.

For liquid stains like wine, I pour salt over the stain to soak up excess liquid then come through with hydrogen peroxide. Finally I get absorbent towels and dab clean it.”

11. Very versatile.

“Vinegar is amazing.

It can be used as a cheap household cleaner, refresh the coffee maker, and it can cure foot fungus and jock itch.”

12. Give it a shot.

“Antiperspirant can also be used between your thighs and under your boobs.

It stops chaffing from rubbing and sweat in those areas.”

13. Time to tune up.

“If you have a landline telephone, the dial tone is a concert F.

By holding the phone to your ear and your finger on the first fret of the first string of your guitar (for example) you can use the dial tone as a reference pitch and accurately tune up without a tuner.”

14. It works wonders!

“Keep a bag of cat litter in the trunk of the car, in case you need extra traction if you get stuck in ice or snow.”

Do you have any good tips on how to use everyday objects for secondary uses?

If so, please share them with us in the comments!

Thanks in advance!

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People Share the Most Uncomfortable Questions You Can Ask Someone

I’ve never witnessed this phenomenon, but I’ve heard this story a few times from other people in my life…and I don’t know why anyone would ever do this…

I’m talking about when someone asks a woman when she’s due…when they don’t even know if she’s pregnant or not…

Ugh! How stupid can you be, folks!

That is not cool, not funny, and it’s downright disrespectful if you ask me.

What’s the most uncomfortable question you can ask someone?

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say…

1. Very rude.

“Why don’t you have any children?

I was a chronic miscarrier.

My son is a super-duper miracle.”

2. Let’s move on.

“Do you have a sister, by chance?”

3. Don’t even ask.

“How come I wasn’t invited?”

4. Just the way it is.

“Why are you so quiet?”

This makes my blood boil. I’m a fairly quiet person in social settings and have received this question a few times.

It makes you AND the people around you feel awkward.

Like… let people be quiet if they
want to be. Not everyone is a social butterfly!”

5. What an as*hole.

“Once, back in college, when meeting my then-girlfriend’s parents for the first time, her dad greets me with a handshake. Nothing odd about that at all.

Then, in mid shake he says, “So you’re the guy f*cking my daughter.”

I was genuinely rendered speechless.”

6. Here we go…

“Doctor, in front of parents:

Are you s*xually active?”

7. Money talk.

“What kind of debt are you in?”

‘The mafia are currently fighting a turf war over the collection of said debt.’

It’s made me pretty popular.”

8. Weirdo.

“If you come in the back office with me right now, just you and me, are you gonna be cool about it, or be a snitch?

Asked by my old boss at a grocery store, he just was offering me shots of fireball because it was almost closing time on New Years Eve, but that phrasing…”

9. Inappropriate.

“I always thought asking a soldier how many kills they have is the absolute worst thing you can ask.”

10. I’d say a 3…

“On a scale of 1-10 how pretty do you think you are?”

It’s bad because if you give yourself a high score they’ll assume that you’re egotistical, and if you give yourself a low score they’ll either assume that you’re insecure or that you’re fishing for compliments.”

11. Never ends well.

“Hey we need to talk…

This is the worst, especially over text.”

12. The worst.

“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

This is why I hate interviews.

I don’t even see myself doing anything in an hour and they think I have 5 years planned already.”

13. Cringeworthy.

“To a gay couple: which one of you is the girl/boy?”

14. Kind of aggressive.

“No, where are you ACTUALLY from?

Ugh, I had this asked to me when I visited Wisconsin for a wedding. I am Asian and when I said I’m from California they asked me that exact question.

I just stared at them without responding, shook my head, and walked away. Not like I’m going to see that random airport stranger again.”

15. Uhhh…90?

“How old you think I am?”

16. Taboo.

“Apparently it’s taboo to talk about how much money you make or anything about your financial situation

Unless you’re really rich, so that seems to make people pretty uncomfortable, in the US at least.”

What do YOU think would be the most uncomfortable question you could ask a person?

Tell us what you think in the comments.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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People Share Secondary Uses for Everyday Products

It’s nice when you can learn to use a household item in a new and exciting way, isn’t it?

Well, maybe if you didn’t necessarily feel that way BEFORE you started reading this article, I have a pretty good feeling that you’ll be in that mindset after you read through these responses about great secondary uses for everyday items.

Let’s check out these tips from folks on AskReddit.

1. You gotta love it!

“Ground coffee (powder) is amazing at neutralizing vomit smell on carpets or fabrics. I was once in an international flight that would last 9 hours, and on hour 3 a child threw up on the aisle.

The stewardess gracefully poured two handfuls of coffee powder on the leftover stain (after removing the puddle) and the smell instantly went away.”

2. Does it all.

“As a mechanic, a flat-head screwdriver is a pry-bar, package opener, square-head (Robertson) screwdriver, hose-pick, a punch, test-lead, electrical bridge, scraper, chisel, and least importantly, a flat-head screwdriver.”

3. Wow!

“Bottom shelf cheap VODKA.

Put it in a spray bottle and squirt in on your bathroom walls to kill mold, squirt it on clothes to remove any odors, use it to clean mirrors, glass, windows.

Squirt it in your mouth to make cleaning more fun! ?”

4. If you feel sick.

“Pickle juice can assist the ph balance in your stomach. This means when out drinking, if your stomach starts to feel queasy take a shot or two of pickle juice… why vomit when you’re out having fun?

On a side and probably more relevant note, pickle juice is essentially the OG Gatorade. If you need to replace electrolytes or simply feel a bit dehydrated, drink some pickle juice and then some water.”

5. The leftovers.

“Leftover used Bounce sheets are good little scrubbies for dishes, especially greasy pots and pans. Because they don’t scratch, they’re free (because they already served their original purpose) and when they’re all gunky you can throw them away.”

6. If you have a pool…

“Pantyhose for pool filtering.

This is pretty random, but… Women’s knee-high pantyhose stretches to fit perfectly around the return pipe in an above-ground pool.

For the itty-bitty particles (our problem was gnats!) that manage to make it through the filter, a single knee-high pantyhose sock will catch everything that would otherwise be returned into the water. It can be bunched up on the pipe so it’s not very intrusive.

Cheap enough to throw away when it’s dirty, easy to replace. A 6-pack for $3 got us through the summer and we had to vacuum about half as often.”

7. A happy accident.

“There’s this body wash you can get from the dollar store, I accidentally didn’t shut the lid tight one night and it tipped over.

When I woke up the next morning my bathtub was coated in the stuff, however, after rinsing it away the areas that it was left to sit were cleaner than that bathtub has ever been the entire time I’ve lived in that house.

Now I just buy a bottle of that stuff instead of bath cleaner.”

8. Me, too!

“I stuff dryer sheets in my shoes when i’m not wearing them to absorb the odor and moisture.”

9. Good one!

“Pringles tube lids are good for placing on tin cans when you haven’t used all of the tin.”

10. Pay attention.

“Baking soda in a nylon stocking can be put in your boots or close toed shoes to help freshen then, in your closet to help that musty smell, in your fridge etc.

Couch can be used to tricep dips and sitting

I don’t have a spray head in my kitchen sink so when I want to wash things that need more water to really clean them I take the colander to the bathroom and use the shower head, it also has better pressure so it takes less time to rinse my veggies.

I use my frozen eye mask for bringing down inflammation on my acne as well, I use paper towel as a clean barrier between it but it’s a lot easier then wrapping ice cubes in paper towel which melt. Works great for it’s intended use as well which is depuffing my eyes, really great when I have severe allergies that have been making my eyes water.

Pam spray can be used on your knife when cutting garlic so it doesn’t stick to your hands or knife

Dish soap in a clogged toilet will loosen the clog.”

11. Let’s work on those feet.

“Standing on a tennis ball for about a minute each foot will work absolute wonders.

Try to touch your toes before and after you do this. It’ll loosen everything in your back and give you a lot more range of motion.”

12. Works wonders.

“Use sticky-notes to clean between the keys of your keyboard.

You’ll be amazed how much hair and dirt you’ll clean out.”

13. Get rid of stains.

“Shaving cream is the best stain remover I’ve ever used.

Clothes, carpet, whatever…dampen the stain with water, apply shaving cream, scrub with a damp cloth, then clean up shaving cream by scrubbing with a second damp cloth.

You’ll be surprised how well it works.

Bonus use for shaving cream: apply a SMALL amount (seriously like a pea-sized amount) to your bathroom mirror, and wipe it in circles with a towel like you’re waxing a car.

Do this for an area about the size of your face until the mirror is dry of shaving cream. BOOM! The mirror won’t fog up for a while.

If it starts to fog again, just re-apply. Tip: only apply to mirror when it’s dry.”

14. Use them for something else.

“A pub I used to work at would always keep extra small condoms in a first aid kit.

The use was that in case of an accident cut to a thumb, the condom would put enough pressure on to slow the bleeding and allow the kitchen hands to keep working without risk of a bandaid getting lost in someone’s food.”

15. For your bong!

“Great for bongs – pour in some kosher salt, fill with rubbing alcohol.

Shake the sh*t out of it, rinse, and it’s crystal clear.”

Now we want to hear from you!

In the comments, tell us about YOUR pro tips on how to use everyday things for other stuff.

Please and thank you!

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People Talk About the Strange Things That People Get Offended By

You never know what you’re gonna get with people, do you?

They’re odd, unpredictable, and they tend to get offended by the weirdest things sometimes.

You know it and I know it!

People can just be…bizarre.

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about the weird things that human beings get offended by.

1. Jerks!

“Informing a person that the place where you work does not offer a service or does not have an item in stock that they are looking for. I’ve had this conversation many times:

Customer: “I’m looking for [item]”

Me: “I’m sorry, we don’t have that stock.”

Customer: “What the f*ck??? I drove TWO HOURS to get here! How the hell are you telling me you don’t carry [item]? I could have ordered it off of Amazon and saved time AND money. But because of you, I’m going to be wasting four hours of my day traveling to and from your sh*tty store! Nice going, *sshole!”

2. My decision.

“When I say I don’t want children.

It is my decision to make and people should accept that.

I’ve had so many people tell me that I’ll change my mind. I decided when I was 12 that I didn’t want kids. It’s been 20 years, and I haven’t changed my mind.”

3. Not my problem.

“Having their name mispronounced.

Get mad at your parents for naming you Cheaghean and wanting it pronounced Shawn.”

4. It all means the same thing.

“Being offended when describing a death by saying the person “died” or “is dead” instead of “passed on” or “passed away”.

Denying it won’t make them come back.”

5. You should be happy about it!

“Getting ID’d for alcohol/cigarettes/whatever age restricted item.

It’s a compliment!”

6. We’re done!

“When you don’t like the same things they like.

A former coworker of mine had me try pizza from his favorite restaurant. I told him I didn’t like how the cheese tasted.

He got upset and said, “okay well I’m never going to share food with you again.””

7. THIS.

“Being asked to wear a mask.

It’s crazy how many people will verbally assault a teenage host when she’s just informing you of restaurant rules.”

8. Not a fan.

“Not liking an artist they like.

Some people lose their mind when I say I dislike Eminem.”

9. People are strange…

“The idea of wanting other people to have a better quality of life.

The other day I said that I think flu shots should be free in the United States and my dad (a healthcare provider) was outraged.

I might as well have said “Dismantle the military-industrial complex to fund a mandatory socialist healthcare scheme,” instead of “You know, I feel like the U.S. could afford to give everyone a free flu shot who wanted one.” Same with things like school lunches.

It feels like now if you even raise the spectre of something like that there’s someone foaming at the mouth about how you’re a commie or a socialist.”

10. I’m staying in…

“I’ve had friends get offended when I didn’t want to join them when they were out, I just don’t feel like going out some nights.”

11. I’m insulted!

“Happy Holidays!

“Wow, what an attack on Christianity!”

How do you know it isn’t an attack on Judaism, Islam, or any other religion?”

12. Just trying to help.

“When women get offended cause a man held the door open, or offers to hold her bags etc.

As a lady myself I am just so appreciative. It’s not that people are saying you can’t do something, they are just being nice, thoughtful men.

Get off your high horse and take a chill pill is what I want to say when I hear someone say “ I don’t need a man, I’m perfectly capable” when someone was just trying to do something nice.”

13. Don’t ask me that!

“I’ve never understood why asking for someone’s age is such a horrible thing.

I’ve had friends I’ve known for 5+ months get mad at me for asking how old they are.”

14. This drives me nuts.

“Hearing facts and logic.

Like c’mon dude…proof is right there and you say it’s all a conspiracy.

What will people gain from creating this conspiracy?”

15. This is ridiculous.

“My friend is Mexican he’s second-generation immigrant so he kinda looks like one but has a normal southern California accent. I’m a midwest hillbilly so I’m white as f*ck.

I was visiting him down around LA one time and he was showing me this place to get good authentic Mexican food, while we were there some random white lady came up to me and proceeded to harass me for eating at an authentic Mexican restaurant.

She legit said I was culturally appropriating the food, I had only heard about people like this but never saw one in the wild so this was a shock.

It was f*cking wild, she ended up leaving after getting winded and we just went back to eating but like holy sh*t, she went mental because I’m a white person eating food from a different area.

Like damn, it’s just food let me eat in peace.”

What about you?

What weird things do you think people get offended by?

Talk to us in the comments!

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People Share Their Thoughts About a Four-Day Work Week

I know what I think about this possibility…I love it!

Now, I don’t have a 9-5 job anymore like I did in the past, but if I did, I’d be all about working ten hours a day for four days a week instead of the standard five.

Three-day weekend EVERY WEEK? Booyah!

Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say about the prospect of a four-day work week.

1. Extra time.

“Working a 5 day work week just makes life seem so much more pointless.

By the time I get the other things I need to do (grocery shopping, appointments, etc.) done, its Sunday night.

A 4 day work week might give me time to play the piano I bought to combat depression.”

2. They love it.

“My company switched to 4 10 hour days. We are diesel technicians and work 7-5:30. Half of us work Monday through Thursday and the other half work Tuesday through Friday.

We have did this for over two years and we all love it. It is so nice to have a three day weekend every week. Another thing about it that is nice is if you doctors appointment or something I can make it on a Monday and don’t have to miss any work.

Plus I forgot to mention having a two month this helps out a ton. More time for me to be with my wife and daughter. And if there is a lot to do I can just come in on Monday and boom 10 hours of overtime.”

3. Much better.

“Life would be that much better.

I would have somewhere around 50 extra days a year to do all the yardwork and home projects that I don’t want to spend all weekend doing.”

4. Not as great as you think…

“It’s great, don’t get me wrong, but if you have to work the full 40, it’s not as great as you might think. An extra 2 hours a day doesn’t sound like much, but it takes a while getting used to.

Especially when you are drained, and you still have a few hours left. On top of that, if you have a family and you got off at 5, now you’re getting off at 7. So if you have small children, that gives you roughly an hour with them a day before they go to bed, which has been a deal breaker for some coworkers in the past.

If you instead go in earlier, you now can’t be the one to take the kids to school. You miss out on after school sporting events. On top of that, you’re just generally more drained from going 120% for four days in a row.

I still think it’s worth it. But not by much.”

5. Gladly take it.

“I would gladly work 4 ten hour days to have an extra day off.

2 day weekends are too short. They’re gone just as soon as you start to feel comfortable.”

6. A big fan.

“I work 4 10s a week instead of the usual 8 5s and I f*cking love it.

2 extra hours each shift is easily worth the 3 day weekend.

Feel like I actually get a break from work each week.”

7. A good idea.

“Think it makes sense.

All the evidence suggests it works, and the welfare benefits would be enormous.”

8. Game changer.

“My BF works 4 10s and it’s a total game changer.

It’s adjusted his schedule so he wakes up at earlier hours on his days off, which gives him more day in his day, on top of already having an extra one.

I’m self-employed and I try to have all my work done by Friday’s, so we usually get 3 day weekends together, which also makes taking short trips easier without missing any work.

It also opens up a weekday for him to do certain things that have more limited hours on weekends like appointments and whatnot.”

9. Might be a good idea.

“Given that we now have more people in the workforce and supposedly more “productivity” because of automation, we ought to be dropping down to 32 hour weeks to compensate for the changes in our household structures.”

10. Not much difference.

“I think it’s less about 4 day work weeks, but more about work life balance.

For people that’s already working more than 10hrs day or no-pay overtimes or working during holidays, working 4 days week means very little.”

11. Energy saver.

“In terms of climate change it’d be about 20% less CO2 emissions from commuters which is nice.

Not just commuting, but running a workplace. Industrial jobs are the most obvious, but even an office building full of computers, lights, climate control, etc uses a lot of energy.”

12. Keep the hours the same.

“As long as it is 4 – 8 hour days with no change in pay.

I can get the same amount of work done in 32 hours as I get done in 40.”

13. All good things.

“I would do some or all of the following:

Cook more

Play more competitive video games

Join a band

Play dodgeball

Go to the doctor/dentist once in a while

Travel out of state more often.”

14. Wouldn’t work for everyone.

“It wouldn’t work for me.

I work at an animal hospital, open 7 days a week, and there’s not enough of us to go around. And the company would never hire enough people to cover for a four day work week.”

How about you?

What do you think about a 4-day work week?

Please share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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People Share Their Travel Horror Stories

There’s a huge world out there full of adventure…and uncertainty.

I love traveling in the U.S. and in other countries but you have to know how to be aware of your surroundings, or else you might end up in a very compromising position…

Then again, sometimes things are just totally out of your control and you fall into some bad luck for no reason at all.

Traveling can be a crapshoot, ya know?

AskReddit users weighed in with their stories of travel gone wrong.

1. City of lights.

“Went to Paris with my buddy for the night in September. Trouble at the hostel around midnight. No place to sleep. Bar/club hopped until about 4.

Froze my ball$ off while I slept at a bus stop until we got chased out by a couple of cops. Spent the rest of the night in front of an ATM on top of a heat vent. Took the first train back in the morning. Cr*ppy night, great memory.”

2. Into the slammer.

“Thrown in jail for a night on an island in Thailand (Lanta) because I was working illegally (bartending at my hostel without a workers permit) and they were asking 30,000 baht (1,000 USD) in order to let me go.

I said nah because I wasn’t about to pay that, especially knowing they would take less. They were just being greedy knowing I was a young American kid and trying to take advantage of me.

I got out of it by staying in jail for much longer than needed in order to drive the price down (total of about 16 hours). Eventually paid 6,000 baht (200 USD), and even got a ride back to my hostel from the police. Overall, very civil extortion and bribery to be completely honest.

Got roughed up a bit in the beginning but never really hurt or anything.”

3. Not friends anymore.

“I decided to travel with a friend of mine for Spring Break. I flew to Venice a day before him. Next afternoon I randomly ran into him on the street, when he told me he had lost his wallet in London and had decided to fly to Venice anyway. He had no phone or way to contact me so it was an act of God he found me and didn’t get stuck without money in Venice.

Later on in our trip we got separated on our way to a train station in Rome. He freaked out and instead of looking for me, smuggled himself onto a train and hid in the bathroom. We found each other again on the plane out of Rome and we were both furious at each other.

The guy is a cartoon character and made that trip fiftyfold more stressful than it had to be haha. But at least he’s lucky. We also had no money the whole trip because I had to pay for everything so we were constantly hungry. He spent the last night at Heathrow because I only had money left for a single train ticket back to London.

Our friendship didn’t quite survive that ordeal.”

4. USA.

“I took a road trip solo across the US. It turned out that my 17-year-old car was not up to the task, and it died on the side of the road ~5 hrs from home.

I had to hike down the highway until I found a farm where I could get the number for a tow truck, and then I got towed to the nearest town, a couple miles away. I was in contact with my family the whole time (this was when I still lived with my parents), and eventually my grandparents decided that they would drive down in two vehicles and give me their spare car.

After I got that car, I managed to get through the rest of the trip without any major problems (aside from one flat tire that i was able to get replaced easily), up until the third last day of my trip. I still had about 1000 km (600 miles) to go, and I rear-ended another car, totaling my grandparent’s vehicle.

Again, I was extremely lucky. I was only about 2 hours from my brother’s place, so he drove out to get me and all my stuff, and then I spent the night with him and took a greyhound home.”

5. Oh, boy…

“My husband I have such a history of bad travel luck that it’s a running joke.

Our first big trip together was to Taiwan, during typhoon season. We got trapped overnight in Taroko Gorge due to a landslide and had to replan several activities due to weather closures.

Six months later, he crashed a motorbike in the Philippines, breaking his collarbone. It’s taken two surgeries, but he’s perfectly fine now. Unfortunately, it happened on the 3rd day of our trip to a place that required a boat to get to any nice beaches, and he wasn’t able to get in and out of the boats. So we ate and drank a lot at local restaurants.

This February, we found out I was pregnant 6 days before a long awaited trip to Thailand and Malaysia. We’d been planning it for 18 months. The first few days were great, but after a long day in the sun, I got very sick.

Long story short, due to low blood pressure, I fainted through a glass door, shattering it and landing in the glass. I sliced through the tendon in my hand and was unable to use it for the next six weeks. Then the morning sickness started. I spent a lot of time in hotels while my husband did all the fun things we planned (I insisted).

We’re a little hesitant to plan any future travels.”

6. That’s bad.

“I was barely three weeks into a planned 9-month RTW trip. Started off in Peru, hiked the Inca Trail and came down through Bolivia into Chile. Spent 24 hrs on a bus from Calama to Santiago. When I got off the bus my legs buckled under me. At first I thought it was just muscle fatigue/cramps from sitting cramped so long on the bus.

Went to the hostel but later that day I fell down on the floor and couldn’t get back up again. I didn’t have any strength and had to crawl back to my room. Luckily there was someone in the dorm and they called an ambulance.

Got to the hospital and was having trouble describing what was happening to me… luckily there was a doctor there that spoke some English and said I most likely had Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Spent the next 10 days in the hospital in Santiago as my strength kept getting worse and worse.. I couldn’t open a bottle of water or even squeeze toothpaste. No pain though so it felt really weird.

They put me on immunoglobulin therapy. I was supposed to travel with a girl through southern Chile.. hadn’t met her before other than talking on the phone. Luckily she had given me the name of a local contact and I was able to get in touch with her and she came and visited me in the hospital. Ran up a $300 bill on the phone using the Internet (this was in 1998).

At the end of the 10 days though my strength was finally starting to return but still very weak. Needless to say, being paralyzed meant an end to the trip. Had to go back to the US where I spent two months in physical therapy. I still couldn’t run or jump.

After two months I decided to try to resume my trip, at least partially… doing 3 months instead of the original 9. I went back to Chile and Easter Island, then continued on to South Africa and spent a month on an overland safari truck going up to Nairobi.

I think being outside and active helped me get better much faster than moping at home. Even when I got back from the trip I wasn’t 100%… took another 6 months or so. Now I’m fully recovered and haven’t had any relapse.”

7. As we speak…

“Currently in one.

Bought a Chinese knockoff Honda Win 110 in Hà Nội. Drove to Ninh Binh. Drove further to Dong Hoi… But the engine busted two days ago. Got a new engine for about 80 Euros or 2 million Dong.

Started yesterday at 4 in the afternoon to make it to Đồng Hới. Drove 40 kilometers. Engine died every 10 kilometers. Dies uphill. Neutral and 1st gear are almost impossible to get in. Drove back to mechanic who gave me the new engine.

His store was closed at 8PM when I arrived there. Went to the hotel across the street where I slept the day before.

Then he showed up. He was a little bit embarrassed that he did not fix it correctly. Hotel staff gave us a room (gf and me) and huge plate of food for 8 Euros.

Now I am sitting and waiting for the motorcycle… in a small deserted town between Nịnh Bình and Đồng Hới.”

8. Ouch!

“Got so badly sunburnt in Thailand every time I smiled my face bled.”

9. Not a good time.

“I stayed in a really sketchy hotel in Cairo, with mice running along the skirting and bare wires protruding from the wall just above my pillow.

After a couple of days I wanted to find out whether the wires were live, so I touched them together and shorted out three buildings.”

10. Scary.

“Parents got mugged in Colombia.

My brother and I were about 50yds ahead of them and heard my mom scream in panic. Sprinted back, just in time, to see her swing her purse around and connect.

Guy went down hard thanks to the $1200 Nikon in her purse.”

11. Bad luck.

“In Ecuador my wife’s bag was stolen, she lost all three of her passports.

In Botswana, I was hitching a ride in the back of a truck which ran off the road. In Morocco my train derailed. In Israel, my friend fell down a mountain and was taken to hospital by helicopter.

But in every case, everything turned out fine. Traveling is awesome!”

12. OH MY GOD.

“My family took a trip to Sudan (To visit my Dads family). My brother came back with a sever rash all over his back.

The rash persisted for a few weeks, and the doctors had no idea what it was. Then, we were at the park one day and he started complaining about the rash to our mom, saying it starting to hurt more.

She ignored it, thinking he must have rubbed it on something by accident, when he feel to the floor screaming with pain, and literally hundred and hundreds of flies came flying out of a single hole at the base of his neck. He was 8.

Apparently some sort of African fly had laid eggs (or more likely cocoons or something) in his back when we slept. They hatched when we were back in England.

Scary.”

13. The friendly skies.

“Flew with China Eastern Air to visit family in Hong Kong.

The businessman seated in the aisle was a rude as$hole that constantly made displeased faces at me. He wouldn’t even f*cking stand up when I needed to get past him to my window seat (f*cking bizarre). He clearly knew I needed to get past him, but made me climb over him, glowering at me as I passed.

The seats were concrete, the air was stale, and the food was stand-up-comedian level inedible: dry rice and sh*tty, bland fish. There was no in-flight entertainment and they announced that no electronic devices were allowed at any time.

I only brought my phone with me to keep my occupied, so I was SOL. So all I could do for hours was just try to force myself to sleep as to not be conscious of how awful this all was.

On my return flight back to Japan, the airline decided that they couldn’t let me fly without having a ticket booked to leave Japan. I explained that I have flown into Japan almost a dozen times without a departure ticket and it has never been an issue.

They did not care and insisted that it was illegal (it’s not) and they would deny me entry (they wouldn’t). By the time I jumped through enough of their idiotic hoops to get on board, they decided that 1 hour was not enough to make my connecting flight in Shanghai, so they would have to book me on another flight tomorrow and charge me a few hundred more dollars for that.

I flipped them off, went down the hall to Cathay Pacific. I gave them money, they gave me comfortable seats, pleasant crew, good food, in-flight entertainment, and no f*cking bullsh*t.”

14. The Dirty South.

“Atlanta.

Downtown was really nice. Olympic Park, World of Coke, a very good Aquarium, and blah, blah, etc.

Outside the perimeter was like running the gauntlet in the post-apocalypse. I had a guy come up to me, pull up his shirt showing a revolver in his pants, and say, “Hey, white bread, you got fi’ dollas fo’ a hit?”.

I still tell myself giving him $20 while my daughter went pee in the worst gas station bathroom her or my wife have ever seen wasn’t a “mugging”.

I’m certain if our car happened to break down there we would have all 3 died terribly.”

15. Indonesia.

“Traveling in Indonesia, we had just landed in Jakarta and after one night we were headed to an ‘idyllic’ surf spot (near Cijulang) that was meant to be a quiet paradise according to the lonely planet guide.

We had done extensive planning for the trip, although we seemed to have missed that we arrived just as the biggest Muslim festival of the year (ede) was finishing that included some of the only public holidays in the year.

The bus travel from Jakarta to the South Coast took an extra 6 hours, nearly doubling the time due to the traffic on the road.

We arrived and couldn’t find a hotel, being followed by the local mafia that make hotels charge more when they direct you there. Managed to find a suitable place in the end.

Unperturbed the next day my friend and I (the third friend was throwing up all day due to bad food in Malaysia a few days earlier) tried and reach this ‘idyllic’ spot. We find out the only way to get there is along this windy track and the best way is on the back of a moped.

So my friend and I (who are both over 6 foot) get this local to drive us there on the back of his moped. This seems like a bad idea already, until we arrived at a bamboo bridge which when driven across with 3 people ends up with a moped falling over. Luckily we didn’t fall in so kept going to this beach.

We arrived to the lovely spot only to find about 15,000 locals that had the same idea

We were the only white people there, also the only people over 5’10. People stared at us, asked to take pictures with us and were generally just confused when they looked at us.

All in all it didn’t go great but IMO that’s what makes the difference between an adventure and a holiday”

Have you ever had any bad experiences while traveling?

If so, please tell us about them in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Share the Scary Things That Have Woken Them up at Night

I’ve never been woken up in the middle of the night by someone in my house or a person peeping through the window or anything like that.

But it seems like a lot of people have had genuinely hair-raising experiences while being snapped out of their slumber.

It’s a big, scary world out there…and you never know what’s lurking in the darkness…

Here’s what AskReddit users had to say about scary things that have woken them up out of bed.

1. Time to panic.

“The night I watched the movie The Conjuring, I woke up to my bed shaking and all the clothes hanging in my closet rattling like crazy. Took me quite some time to realize it was an earthquake and not the devil come visiting.

When I was in my final year at high school, I had trouble sleeping at night with my final exams approaching. I think I dozed off for a bit and suddenly woke up to see a person’s face staring in through my window grill.

I was in such a panic I literally couldn’t move or scream. Luckily he saw me wake up and escaped.”

2. Eerie music.

“Once i woke up because i heard music playing from the kitchen and i thought maybe mum forgot to turn the radio off.

I went through the dark hallway to the kitchen to turn the radio off but when i was standing in the dark kitchen there was no music playing everything was as quiet as always at 3am.”

3. The neighbor.

“The worst was when the neighbor boy, 9 y/o, came banging on our door and ringing the doorbell at 1am.

His mom and stepdad were fighting, stepdad hit mom and had her on the ground with his hands around her neck trying to choke her. We’ve never had to call 9-1-1 before that night.

This poor little boy had his 2 y/o sister in his arms with a completely dazed look on his face. While my mom was on the phone with 9-1-1, I sat the boy down and made sure to tell him that he was incredibly brave and no matter what anyone tells him, he did the right thing by coming here.

Even sadder is they had just moved here from across the country that week and he knew no one.”

4. Sounds like a movie.

“When I was 18 I’d broken my leg, so I was sleepingon the sofa downstairs.

Woke up to a guy climbing in the window directly over my head. I’d obviously left the window open a crack and he’d seen an opportunity.

As scared as I was, I’m fairly sure I scared him too as he screamed and ran away after I hit him with my crutch.”

5. Clowns are terrifying.

“My sister had an all white clown doll that hung from the ceiling on a little swing. In the summertime, we slept with our doors and windows open to get the cool air in.

When I woke up one night hearing some tapping against her window down the hall. If i sat up in bed and look down the hall, and I could see into the front of her bedroom.

So I did, and I see this f*cking clown swinging back and forth against her window, back lit by the street lamp, but clearly staring directly into my soul like it was all it desired in this world.

I didn’t sleep well that summer.”

6. Who’s there?

“I heard someone quietly trying my front doorknob late at night (I wasn’t quite asleep yet).

I checked with my roommate later, and it wasn’t them. It happened once or twice more, but I never got to the door quickly enough to see who it was through the peephole.

Nothing ever came of it, and I live somewhere else now.”

7. Camping.

“Camping is so terrifying.

I went once and woke up to the sound of something EATING inside my tent. I couldn’t even move and just laid there in fear listening to a creature eating in complete darkness 5 ft away from me.

Turns out it was just a hedgehog eating our hot dogs.”

8. Whoa. That’s scary.

“My dog barking because “cops” were banging on the doors and windows of our airbnb, flashing their lights into each and every room.

Called 911 and she told us to not answer the door because she doesn’t see cops in our area.”

9. Hahaha, oh my…

“My dog decided to hop onto our piano and started walking along the keys in the middle of the night.”

10. This might take the cake.

“I had an industrial size rat dying from rat poison come thru a panel in my closet and up into bed with me at 2 am.”

11. NO WAY.

“I had a large camel spider run over my face at about 3 am.

That was not a pleasant sensation.”

12. Sleepwalking.

“I woke up with chunks of teeth in my mouth and severe abdominal pain (probably swallowed some tooth).

Then, I looked across the room and there was a pool of blood on the opposite side of the room. After quickly spitting out the rest of the teeth bits, I went to the bathroom and was shocked to see my ENTIRE face was bleeding, but from a deep cut in my chin and not from my missing tooth.

I realized that I had sleepwalked, then decided to fall asleep while standing on the other side of the room and did a belly flop straight on the floor, and then somehow after all of that, got up again and WALKED BACK INTO BED and fell asleep for a few more hours.

I had to get a new tooth from a student doctor that I’ve never gotten fixed. I also ended supergluing my busted chin together because I couldn’t afford stitches.”

13. Scary.

“On a camping trip with friends in a state park. In the middle of the night our tent is woken up by the sound of gun shots. It is illegal to go hunting in state parks, so we weren’t sure if the shooter was hunting animals or just shooting a gun randomly into the woods.

Gun shots grew louder over the next hour, so it seemed like the shooter was getting closer to our campsite. A state trooper helicopter started flying overhead with a spotlight trying to find the shooter.

We eventually heard a bunch of cop cars up the hill from our campsite, and heard the state troopers get out and order the shooters to drop their weapons, and they brought the shooters into custody.

The next morning we asked the people who ran our campsite what happened. The people who lived in the house up the hill had apparently done a lot of meth, then decided to use cars driving down the main road as target practice.

There were rvs and trees in our campsite that had bullet holes in them. Luckily none of the bullets hit any campers, or caused any of the cars to go off the road, which would have sent them hurtling down a mountain side.”

14. Dogs are our best friends.

“The sound of my front door handle jiggling and the door being opened.

My dog launched off the bed and slammed into the door while snarling. He’s never acted like that. I called him back to me because I knew it was my roommate coming home.

Roommate came out of his room and asked what was going on. Apparently he’d forgotten to lock the front door.”

15. Glad he’s okay.

“A few years ago at 6am some random night, my mom burst into me and my brothers room and says “your dad has just had a heart attack, keep the dogs in here” before she proceeded to try and direct the ambulance to our house by giving directions over the phone and turning on all the lights.

The hospital is a 45 minute drive from us so getting back to sleep wasnt gonna happen.

He survived and is pretty much completely back to normal now.”

Now we want to hear your creepy stories.

In the comments, tell us about a time when you were genuinely scared.

We’d love to hear from you!

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People Discuss the Life Advice That Has Made a Difference

A lot of advice is a dime a dozen and not that helpful, but every once in a while in life you’re smacked upside the head with GREAT advice that you hang on to forever.

Maybe it came from a parent, a sibling, a boss, a teacher, or even a complete stranger.

When you hear it and it sticks with you, you know it’s valuable.

Check out the best advice that AskReddit users say they’ve received.

1. Can you live without them?

“My grandpa told me this after I had moved into with my girlfriend and said living together was coming so easily:

It’s not the person who is easy to live with, it’s the person you can’t live without.

We’re married now.”

2. This is good.

“My dad told me a story about a time he bought some firewood. He paid for a cord of wood, but the guy only dropped off half a cord.

When he went to the guy’s house to confront him about it, the guy pulled a gun on him, so my dad left.

“The lesson,” he taught me, “is that when you are dealing with crazy people, always leave them feeling like THEY owe YOU. That way, they will go out of their way to avoid you.”

I have used this advice several times in my life.”

3. Seems pretty true.

“Nobody has any idea what’s going on.

A lot less people actually have their sh*t together than you might think, but in reality everyone is just really good at faking it. Usually, they may have a true grasp of one or two things at best.

That advice made me a lot less anxious about doing things like trying new hobbies, giving presentations, or applying for jobs I know nothing about, because I know very few people are actually qualified to judge my performance.”

4. I like this one.

“My step-dad once told me:

If there is a problem and you know the solution, you can solve it, so stop worrying about it. If there is a problem you can’t solve, then there is nothing you can do, so stop worrying about it.”

5. Just enjoy it.

“The meaning to life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple.

Yet everybody rushes around in a great panic as if It were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves”

6. They’ll notice.

“When you find a place you like to work in, make yourself indispensable.

I’m a waitress and for the last 3& 1/2 years I’ve worked in a place I love to be in. There is no job there I turn down. I clean the toilets, I can run the potwash, I’ll do the hoovering.

If cuts ever have to be made, my name will not be on the list.”

7. Just go for it!

“There comes a time when one must risk something, or sit forever with one’s dreams”

8. You gotta go get it.

“I’m a 45 yo woman.

As a teen my dad told me to go after what I wanted… College, jobs, clubs, a guy I was interested in, any goal.

He said if we all just sat around and only took the opportunities that fell into our laps we would all be miserable, so don’t be afraid to put yourself out there. Rejection can be survived, but there are some regrets from which you’ll never recover.

This has served me well professionally and relationship wise. My amazing husband only asked me out because I made sure he knew I was interested.”

9. Words to live by.

“Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard”

-College professor in my life drawing class when I got frustrated about not being as talented as other students in class, I buckled down and got my B and beat the class average by the end of the quarter.”

10. Don’t be an idiot.

“You are an idiot to focus on things you cannot change, instead of working on things that you can change.

That changed my life a lot.”

11. Use it to your advantage.

“The reason a lot of us experience anxiety is because we are idle or unhappy.

The best advice I ever got was from a random stranger. “Anxiety some times isn’t a bad thing it’s our bodies way of telling us to get in gear, and to press forward to give our life meaning and fulfillment” I went back to school quit my old job and it actually worked.

I have been Anxiety free for 2 years.”

12. Thanks, grandma.

“My grandmother was walking with me down the hall when I was in 3rd grade and noticed I was walking with my head down. She said, “always keep your head up high, and your shoulders back”.

I’ve done it ever since, and to this day I get compliments on how well I carry myself, and how much confidence I exude.

Every time someone says that, I’m taken back to that moment in time with my grandmother.”

13. It’s true!

“Every day you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse.

And the choice is yours.”

14. Do it the right way.

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.

That was my dad’s consistent line when I was growing up. Now I’m a thirty-something father, relatively successful in life, and that line is the consistent theme for me.

If I’m going to put effort into doing something, I will do the best job that I am capable of doing. Everything from home renovations, work projects, cooking a meal, to reading bedtime stories. Giving less than my best effort to the task at hand is doing myself a disservice, and the people I am working for.

That’s not to say everything has to be perfect all the time, sometimes your best effort is just getting the job done. But half *ssed attempts at anything mostly just lead to disappointment, and more work when you have to re-do the thing.”

15. Be positive.

“Go a week without complaining about others and yourself.

Actively stop yourself for a week and see how your outlook changes.”

16. It’s just the way it is.

“The world doesn’t care about you and it’ll leave you behind unless you try to make something of yourself.

The world isn’t cruel, it’s just apathetic.”

Do you remember the best advice you ever received in your life?

If so, please share it with us in the comments.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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People Talk About Loopholes They Discovered and Exploited

You never know when you might find a loophole.

It could be at your job, somewhere out in the business world, or maybe something completely random that you happen upon by accident.

But when people actually DO find loopholes…look out, because they’re gonna use ’em!

Here are some pretty interesting stories from AskReddit users about the loopholes they found AND used to their advantage.

1. Wow.

“Microsoft used to have (still might for all I know) online training for videogame retailers in order to train store employees on current and upcoming products that they could sell.

The training gave points for each video and knowledge quiz you took, which could be exchanged for free games, computer hardware, store gift cards, etc.

By signing in under a random Gamestop store ID number (which was posted online), skipping the video, and brute forcing the knowledge quiz, was able to rack up a whole bunch of points and get several XBox games and simple computer hardware for essentially nothing.

Never worked a day of retail in my life.”

2. A big glitch.

“The soda machine at a dorm I lived in had a weird glitch. If you put in five cents more than the asking price and pushed the product select button, the machine would empty all of its change out at once.

We did this a few times and got $20-40 each time!”

3. Raking it in.

“1 Credit Card point for every dollar spent.

But up to 5X for every dollar spent abroad.

I’ve been on a 6 year “holiday” abroad and they haven’t brought it up.”

4. Smart move.

“I was visiting a hospital on a daily basis for many weeks ( premature twin babies) but they didn’t do multi-use discounts. “There’s the hours you were here – pay up” type of thing. And it was costing something like £5 – £10 per day

Until a few days in I realized that the hospital had only recently appointed the car parking company and they haven’t yet installed the “arrival time” machine at the car park entrance but had only put a temporary machine in the Hospital lobby . . . . which you were meant to use on your arrival.

And from that day on I got my “arrival time” ticket when I was leaving and only paid minimum stay.”

5. Never-ending pizza.

“This pizza place local to us had a glitch in their online ordering service for a while. You could technically combine 2 deals of 50% off. One was 50% off for any XL pizza of an order that was normally $30 or more, and the other was 50% off on a XL Pizza, with two 2-liter drinks, wings, and cheese fries at regular price.

If you put both of these coupons in, you only paid for the wings, cheese fries and pop which would be about $18. With delivery charge + tax it would be about $25. Plus 2 Extra Large Pizzas for literally free.

Normally this would be $70+. Any other coupon you could not combine, but this one worked together for some reason. For some other reason it would mark 50% off 2x on each pizza.

We discovered this when we were ordering food the day we moved in. Feeding our friends that helped us move in. We thought it was a 1-time thing. Tried it a few weeks later and it worked. We did this at least once a month for the year or so we lived there.

We always gave the driver a $10-$20 tip and he knew what we were up to. The place never said anything about it for years. Eventually they updated their site a couple years ago, and we had moved out by then.”

6. Hey, that’s pretty good!

“Had intermittent anemia in college that I was trying to improve. But the blood work was about $100 each time.

I started donating blood and if I was too low they’d turn me away and I’d keep trying to up my iron. If I was high enough, I got to donate to a good cause.

Win win!”

7. Extra cash.

“Opened an Amex credit card and the introductory offer was 10% cash back in restaurants for the first year.

I worked for a sh*tty chain restaurant as a server, so I would just stack a few of my large cash tables and put them on my card, then pay it off every week.

Made an extra $20-$30 a shift.”

8. Free burritos!

“There was a summer where I got free chipotle all the time. I had a gift card that had like 2 dollars left on it. I hadn’t updated the app yet so it still had the “use my gift card and pay the rest in store”.

However either the computer at the store said I already paid the full amount ahead of time or I always came in during a time that they were swamped so no one ever asked me to pay.

They also never charged my gift card. I got away with it until the app made me update it.”

9. Playing the system.

“Coming to school 3 hours late.

I found out that as long as you have a parent’s note, you could come in late unlimited times. The only restriction is that after 15 days missed for a class, you’d fail it.

So, at the beginning of the year I pressured my guidance counselor to move my two study periods to period 1/2 and a blowoff class (which I didn’t need the credit for) to period 3.

Came to school at 10-10:30am every day my senior year opposed to 7am. Extra 3 hours of sleep, bringing fast food into lunch, and avoiding the hectic metal detectors made it well worth.

Props to my grandma for writing 140 late notes for me at the start of the year. That my friends, is how you play the system.”

10. That’s a lot of tea.

“The Starbucks subsidiary Teavana (now out of business) would let you use your Starbucks rewards (“stars” or whatever they’re called) to get loose tea by the ounce.

However, there was an error in their point-of-sale system that only deducted 1 reward point, no matter how many you spent in a given transaction.

My wife and I spent 32 rewards on a couple pounds of the most expensive loose tea they had. She checked her rewards balance the next day, and holy sh*t, she still had 31 reward points left.

So we drove to a different Teavana and got a bunch of loose tea from them, and then another, and then another. We were in Los Angeles, so there were a lot of Teavanas within driving distance.

At retail price, we took a thousand bucks or so of free tea off their hands before the loophole was closed.”

11. School uniforms.

“My school had uniforms, it was kinda strict with those… but nowhere in the rules it stated that girls should wear the female uniform and boys the male uniform.

Sooooooo, I bought the male one and wore it. A lot of teachers wanted to give me detention, but when I went over the school rule book and sh*t, they had to stay steaming mad because I was not breaking any rules.

They assumed it was implied, but the only think stated was that the uniform was to be worn properly, be clean and fit well, but that’s it.

By the time I graduated, a lot of students were doing about the same sh*t I was.

That rule changed shortly after my generation went off to university. sorry kiddos, maybe you will find new loopholes to give the inspector an aneurism.”

12. Life hack.

“The Mc Cheapy.

McFlurries were like 4 bucks. All it is is ice cream in a cup with some shots of topping. They don’t even mix it.

So we asked for a soft serve, 30c, two shots of toppings, $1, a cup and a spoon (free).”

13. No permit needed.

“Not me, but my dad.

He was building a deck on their house. If the deck attaches to the house, you need a permit to build one in our city, since it’s considered an addition/improvement. If the deck doesn’t attach to the house, it’s a free-standing structure, and you don’t need a permit.

So he built the deck right up against the house, but it doesn’t actually attach to the house, so he didn’t need a permit.

All he had to do was add a few extra posts under the side of the deck nearest the house.”

14. Free refills.

“Years ago, Burger King sold mugs that you could refill for free any time at all. With soda or even shakes.

My friends and I would bring a single mug, go in and get a chocolate shake, go back to the car to move the contents to another mug, go back in and repeat until all of us got free chocolate shakes.

We did this regularly for about two years of high school.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us about the various loopholes that you’ve discovered and exploited.

Please and thank you!

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