"What was ruined for everyone by one single person?"
A Penguin?!
"My primary school used to do relatively frequent trips to a local zoo, until one boy decided to vault the fence and punch a penguin."
"I wish I was joking."- eighttesticles
No One Likes A Snitch...
"I'm a contractor and I work in different kinds of plants and mills."
"In one mill I worked at, we had a gravy job, two hours of easy work, and get paid for twelve hours."
"Well, one guy decided he was going to charge them for sixteen, and now we get two hours for the job."- Juggalo13XIII
A Chaperone Has One Job...
"The elementary school I went to let 6th graders go on an overnight trip to a lodge where we could go skiing and snow tubing."
"My dad volunteered as a parent and was 'supervising' by letting me and 5 other girls pile on top of one tube down a steep hill and we all went flying."
"Two of the girls busted their arms when we all landed in a pile."
"It looked like a cartoon."
"Anyway, after that no more sleep overs at the lodge and tale has it 30 years later everyone at the school still blames my dad lol."- Carol_Pilbasian
Sledding Cake Boss GIF by TLCGiphyOn The Other Hand, Better Safe Than Sorry?
"Not having to take your shoes off before boarding a plane."
"F*ck you, Richard Reid."- DonRicardo1958
"The guy who attempted to smuggle a bomb in his shoe in 2001."
"Now we all have to suffer taking our shoes off at airport security every damn time we fly."- Plus-Statistician80
Those Boots Were Made For Walking...
"I worked as a park maintenance groundskeeper for Parks & Recreation"
"No it is not like the show."
"At a previous job, we got full uniforms."
"Shirts, pants, hats, hoodies, winter coveralls, winter coats, gloves."
"But we don't get shoes or boots."
"Turns out a couple of years before I was hired on, they used to give boots."
"But one guy would take his boots and sell them, then request a replacement, then sell those."
"He did this about 20 times before anybody caught on because of municipal bureaucracy being slow to notice."
"When they caught on, they stopped giving out boots to their employees."- Corgiboom2
boots dancing GIF by Sara AndreassonGiphyMaybe CPR Training Instead?
"The person who apparently choked on a lollipop at my bank and now we don't get lollipops anymore."- neoprenewedgie
Even When Cheating The System, Cheaters Always Get Caught...
"Other firefighters constantly ruin any sort of appreciation restaurants give out."
"We had a BBQ restaurant that would give a flat 10$ off your meal."
"If you didn't spend $10 it was basically free."
"One guy ruined it on an $8 order by demanded the $2 be given to him as well."
"Had people going in uniform on days they didn't work."
"Had one guy have a family reunion at a local restaurant then made a big issue they wouldn't give his entire party the discount."
"I don't understand how out of touch people can be."- wehrmann_tx
No Time For Bullying
"Back around the mid 2000s I was around 10 years old and I used to go to this place after school called 'the Boys and Girls club'."
"They had an area with multiple basketball hoops on a court which we used to play all kinds of games in; one of those games being dodgeball."
"These were not those big rubber balls but instead the styrofoam filled balls with kind of a thin layer of plastic so otherwise… harmless."
"One of the kids thought it would be a good idea to shove a rock into one of the balls and throw it at someone he didn’t like."
"Well he ended up throwing it right into that kids face and broke two of his front teeth."
"We never played dodgeball again."- Mi_trees
You Still Need To Work When You Work From Home
"Previous job I had used to be hybrid twice a week."
"One person, on their hybrid day, decided to slack off work and go out."
"They got a call from their manager because they were late for a virtual meeting and the manager heard a lot of background noise like they were at the mall or something."
"Said person eventually admitted they were not home working, got fired, and now everyone had to be in the office 5 days a week."- Shiekh_Bodi
Happy London GIF by Kick GameGiphyWhy? Just Why?
"The guy who killed the most isolated tree on Earth."
"Same with that woman who burned down the oldest tree."
"Imagine the history the trees lived through."- kavalejava
Seriously People, Do Your Jobs!!!
"Had a job where as a dialysis nurse where we added a position to pick up add ons and emergency cases that came in later in the day."
"In this role we worked noon to midnight which helped us cut down from needing a nurse on call every night to maybe once or twice a week."
"Whoever took this role didn’t have to take call and had weekends off."
"We loved rotating through this role and enjoyed taking a break from having to be on call and enjoyed having weekends off."
"Then there came the nurse who went out at 7 am instead of noon, and finished at 5 pm."
"When there was an add-on or an emergency case she wouldn’t answer her phone, which meant everyone had to go back to picking up extra patients and being on call again."
"She did this every time it was her turn to go through the rotation so they eliminated the position and we went back to having to be on call all the time."- Otto_Correction
You Don't Hear It Much...
"The name Adolf has gotta be up there."- Akatsuki_Accountant
Taste Is Subjective
"At one of my previous workplaces, management played music as a way of promoting good mood."
"They played all sorts of genres so everyone got a chance to listen to something they liked."
"One person complained that sometimes they had to listen to music they didn't like, so they stopped playing music altogether."- Dynasuarez-Wrecks
Dj Mix Clashing GIF by Digital DJ TipsGiphyBy definition, a selfish person is someone who only thinks of themselves, and doesn't give other people a second thought.
And sometimes, acts of pure selfishness have negative long-term consequences on many other people.
Seriously though, who punches a penguin?
Redditor w3stward wanted to hear about the ways we've all stretched a few dollars, so they asked:
"What’s the brokest thing you’ve ever done?"
Payday
I Cant Hard Times GIF by La Guarimba Film FestivalGiphy"Called in sick on Wednesday because I didn't have enough gas money to drive to work but one more time, which I waited until Thursday to do, because that was payday."
TrailerParkPrepper
Pennies
"I was subletting a place and needed bus fare to get to work that day, so I searched every couch cushion and coat pocket in the hopes that I could find enough to get there. I ended up finding a ton of pennies, so I paid the bus fare in pennies. I was 30 cents short but the bus driver just gave me a transfer and waved me in. The first customer of the day tipped me like $5 on their coffee and I've never been so happy in my life."
GeoGirl07
Mitzvah Tanks
"In the early 2000s, the garment district in Manhattan had 'Mitzvah Tanks.' It was basically a mobile synagogue for the devout to come to handle religious observation during the workday with a Rabbi. Turns out they had bagels in there. I was just starting out my career (I was 21 or so) and money was tight. I would go in 3x a week and get bagels."
"If no one was looking I would stuff an extra into my suit pocket. I don’t at all look Jewish and almost no one from my part of the world is Jewish. The Rabbi approached me after a month and I told him 'I saw free food in a house of God and just figured since I am not a bad guy, God wouldn’t be too mad.'"
"Rabbi laughed and said something like 'From now on say hello. You don’t have to act like a thief trying not to get caught.' In a few months when money was less tight, I would stop by at lunch and chat with the Rabbi. It was a simpler time."
Itchy-Picture-4282
Scratch Away
"Brokest and stupidest thing I did. I bought scratch tickets in hopes to win money to buy Christmas presents when I was 18. I didn’t want anyone to think I had money problems at the time so I spent $10 on a scratcher and won $500. I don’t know how but it was enough for car insurance and presents."
FalseWeeknd
Yummies
Costco GIF by hero0fwarGiphy"Walked into a Costco with an expired membership card and had samples for dinner. I made the rounds a few times."
TheTyGoss
I do love a good, free trip around Costco.
Who doesn't love a good free sample buffet?
Eat Up
ramen noodles GIFGiphy"Bought a case of ramen noodles at the self-checkout at Walmart with 4 different debit cards that each had less than a dollar on them. You can make partial payments at Walmart self-checkout and nobody has to know how broke you are. Me and my 3 kids ate for the next 2 days."
-JunkyardDog
Grapefruit Pepper Chicken
"I had a small boneless, skinless chicken breast and a shriveled grapefruit in the fridge and only ground pepper in the pepper shaker, I had even run out of salt. That was all the food I had in the apartment. The grapefruit pepper chicken I made for dinner was disgusting but I ate half and saved half for dinner the next night."
"Driving home from work the next night I got 2 flats in my car tires and had to abandon my car on the side of the road. I had to leave it there until the weekend, I was lucky not to get towed or ticketed. I walked the two miles home, and then walked to and from work the rest of the week so embarrassed and afraid some coworker would see me coming or going without a car."
"I was able to borrow some money and added it to my paycheck to get my tires repaired. That was the poorest I have ever been in my life. I moved back in with my parents the next month."
DadsRGR8
Side of the Road
"Refused transport to the hospital, or any medical care at all, after I was hit by a car. I had been riding my bike home from work and going to the hospital would have meant leaving my only transportation on the side of the road. I didn’t carry a lock because I only rode my bike to work and had secure indoor storage for it at home and work."
Imaginary_Train_8056
Clean It Out
"I had $10 for food for 2 weeks so I got things to make a large pot of veggie soup (lentils, broth, canned veggies) and a large tub of plain oatmeal and ate vegan (not on purpose) for three weeks till it was gone. I've been told that rich people call this a 'cleanse' diet now."
Cantankerous_Won
See the Light
On My Way Goodbye GIF by Bubble PunkGiphy"My motorcycle headlight broke, so I started riding around with a flashlight in my mouth. True story. I was young and very, very dumb."
TedW
Anything for Food
"Sold my plasma for grocery money."
skidmarkzzz
"Ok, but that plasma kept my mom alive long enough to know she was going to have a granddaughter before she died from blood cancer. I’ll always be thankful for plasma givers ❤️."
bernelux
The things we have to do when our pockets are empty.
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