10.“Pound of Wings? Ok, you got it”
User advocatus_ebrius_est writes about a special moment in his past life as a cook at a discounted late-night restaurant. That night, every week, the restaurant served a pound of wings for very cheap. Of course, they didn’t actually weigh the wings, they only shipped eight of them. That should be about a pound, they thought. Until a guest complained one night, the guest complained that “it was ‘obvious’ that he wasn’t making a pound, because it would be a huge coincidence if everyone’s pounds led to the same number of wings on each plate.” The guest told the waiter that he “weigh these wings (already discounted) to make sure he was getting what he paid for.” In fact, the server weighed them. It was a pound and a half. So the servant brought them back and said, presumably with wicked glee, “Here are your wings, sir. You were right, there was more than a pound in there. So we kick the others out. Good catch.”
9.“We Just Follow the Rules”
The homeowners association in charge of user memon17’s neighborhood made a call. They decided that all BLM flags, fine blue line, etc. they were too much. As of now, they were American flags or nothing. The user’s home had flown a small pride flag for years and decided to leave it. Until, that is, someone reported it. The user writes that he “met and removed the flag”, but decided to search for more HOA rules than just one. They write: “In reviewing our new rules, we found that pull-out lights are allowed without restrictions, so … we bought 6 colored spotlights and washed our house in the colors of pride.” The house became a giant, shiny pride flag or, as the user writes, “A little less subtle than our simple flag.”
8.“My Boss Loves to Call Me”
The curious user manager now had a habit of calling her every day around 6:15 AM. M. To, in his words, “ask me if I would like to take the shifts of people who have just called due to illness.” Anyone who has ever worked in food service and entertainment knows that management ‘requests’ like this are surprisingly normal. The user was fed up, so he took the initiative to “volunteer at 3:30 am to call this same manager and ask if they needed more help. He got very angry and tried to write to me about it. “The user then told the superiors what happened:” I showed the general manager the timestamps of the calls he had received. “They end with, simply,” No more I get calls “.
7.“To Mark their Property Line”
User BalloonUnderstudy used to live in a house with only a narrow strip of patio between the house and his neighbor’s house. The user’s parents used half of the side yard to build an expensive garden, partly to hide the interior of the kitchen and partly to enjoy the plants. They woke up one morning to find the entire garden cut down. His neighbor “told my father that the plants were on the edge of his property, therefore he had every right to tear them down.” The plants were replanted. Once again, they were shot down. The user writes that “after a chat with my neighbor he decided to call a professional and mark the limit of his property. My father agreed ”. The professional did his job with a T, which turned out to be removing 11 feet from the neighbor’s property. In fact, the property line had been bad, but not as the neighbor expected. “We watched as he took down the fence from him, completely furious. For the next month, we were enjoying our new space and privacy in our backyard, and my neighbor ended up losing 1/4 of the backyard to him. My neighbor ended up paying almost 10k for the destruction of our property and we were able to plant our plants again. ”
6.“Get Around Noise Complaints”
User wibbley_wobbley recounts the short but satisfying story of his local bar bypassing the zoning rules for live music. The bar used to host live music, as many good bars should. But after a noise complaint from a neighbor, authorities informed the bar that zoning rules did not allow them to host live music. The bar owners decided to verify the rule themselves and found that it only prohibited live music indoors. They moved the concerts outside “to the patio section, where it would be even louder for the neighbors and it would still be legal.”
5.“No, I’m Checking Your Heart”
Emergency medical responders are overworked, underpaid, and absolutely vital to society, so it’s a good idea not to waste your time. But that’s what happened to user JaeCryme when he answered a “chest pain” call in a wealthy neighborhood. They arrived and found a woman waiting for them on the sidewalk with packed suitcases. Doctors tried to administer tests and monitor her vital signs, but she refused. She told them that she “doesn’t really have chest pain, she has a procedure scheduled at the hospital and wants me to turn off the flashing lights so her neighbors won’t notice and ask her questions.” The user tried again. to evaluate her, and she declined again, adding that her appointment is in less than 30 minutes, which implies that they must hurry up and give her the free ride she deserves. The user was too professional and she closed it, writing: “I ask you point blank: do you need medical attention or do we need the police? I proceeded to do a full survey, in front of her house, grabbing my sweet ass, asking enough questions to make her eyes roll, and leaving the strobe lights on all the time so the neighbors could see. And she was late for her appointment because we admitted her to the hospital through the emergency room instead of the front doors. ”
4.“A Seat that is Able to Recline”
Trust me, tall people can have a hard time on airplanes. Anyone 6’2 ″ or older will have cramps and will likely have to draw their knees at awkward angles just to fit. User earthshaker495 had it even worse: he had someone in front of him demanding that his height be… less tall. As he flew, the man in front of the user repeatedly struck his seat against the user’s legs. “I ask him to please stop, and he says, ‘I’ll stop when he can put my seat back.’ After repeated hits, the man in front eventually demands a new seat, then demands to speak to the pilot. The co-pilot comes in and “says as he looks at the man, ‘Sir, would you like to sit in business class?’ The man agrees, happy that he finally got his way. Then the copilot adds: “Sir, sit down. He wasn’t talking to you. “The copilot turns to the tall user and asks,” Would you like a business class seat? “The user writes:” To this day, I have never seen someone as furious as the man when I walked past him to my new business class seat (with free drinks). ”
3.“Lock the Door if we Arrive Five Minutes Late? Ok!”
Some college professors are unnecessarily strict, and user Khromez was stuck with one for a semester. The teacher “physically closed the door after 5 minutes (after the start of class) and did not open it again for any reason. If you were 5 minutes late, you lost that lesson ”. But one day, all the students took sweet revenge. “The teacher himself was five minutes late that day and the students left him out of the classroom. For a whole hour … Needless to say, he never locked the doors again. ”
2.“The Last Five Photos”
User stuufthingsandstuff had a friend named Steve. The two worked together at a high-end electronics manufacturer, a place with valuable microchips and data, and thus increased security as well. But for Steve, it was a bit of a stretch. The security guard guarding the entrance of the facility was overly suspicious of Steve for some reason and every day “he would ask Steve to show him the last 5 photos taken with his phone ‘to show that he was not stealing secrets.’ “. One day Steve decided to sneak into the bathroom and get revenge. When asked to hand over his phone that day, “Steve gladly hands him the phone. (The security guard) is greeted by some very peculiar angled shots of Steve … “(I’ll finish the statement) behind naked. He never asked to see Steve’s phone again.
1.“Nathan vs. the IRS”
The IRS is quite a popular bogeyman and it’s hard to argue against it. But Reddit user fox-mcleod shared a story from his friend Nathan who turned the IRS around in an incredibly satisfying way. As intensely satisfying. To make a long story short: Nathan’s parents accidentally paid the taxes he owed a year for him when he had already paid them. So Nathan canceled one of the checks, resulting in a canceled check fee of $ 40. Nathan, who “just works the systems through problems no matter how daunting they seem” was not having it. Nathan “spent the next four weeks escalating the problem to the point where he got a case officer, a real, live human agent on the phone,” contacted several agents beyond that and got all their addresses. And Nathan from In fact he asked an agent, “I (Nathan) could write a check for $ 10 and point out that it is for you (Mr.” Agent “at 1234567 Schenectady, NY) and cancel it, which will result in a $ 40 fee for you with absolutely no penalty or recourse. Me? “The agent said yes. As the user writes,” that’s what Nathan did … He was complying … sending checks to the IRS aimed at paying agents’ taxes … so Nathan could cancel them, causing the agents to owe the IRS a fee for each canceled check. “The IRS was quick to respond,” Sir, we understand the point you made. Please consider waiving your fee and I hope we can put this behind us. “
