People Who Thoroughly Read The Terms And Conditions Share The Strangest Things They've Found
February 25 | 2021
Let's be honest, most of us don't read the Terms and Conditions before we click that little "I Agree" button. Most of you probably aren't even going to read this intro.
A huge chunk of you are going to open this article and immediately scroll to "the meat" because we're all about getting to the good stuff. But that rush can sometimes mean missing out on some seriously important tidbits of info.
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<p>For me, not reading the terms and conditions before signing up for an image site meant I wasn't aware my images could just end up anywhere... and that's how a whole group of people in Nigeria think I'm in the illuminati and was punished by God. </p><p>It's a long story, and I'm not going to go into it again in this article, but if you're interested I promise it's not hard to find with a little Google-fu.</p><p>For others, not reading the terms and conditions ends up as the mother of all cautionary tales played out in the courts. </p><p><strong>One Reddit user asked:</strong> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/" target="_blank">Users who read the terms and conditions, what are some of the worst things we've agreed to without paying attention?</a></p><p>Some responses were horrifying in a way. Not catching these could have had some pretty ugly repercussions. </p>
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The Catch Was...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY4OTYxNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0Mzg2NjM3N30.Zr6T7LGuuXaTr7NKBFfaCTwEc0Fvu3yJ-KdYO-Xk_No/img.gif?width=980" id="c41a3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f677f014d9104effd3b059212c9af24c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Giphy<p>I financed some furniture when I was young and getting established in my first professional job. It was interest-free financing for the first 12 months. </p><p>The catch was that if you paid late, they would charge you a fee, back-interest from the beginning of the loan period, and you would lose the interest free status for the rest of the loan. The APR was 29.9%, compounded monthly! </p><p>I couldn't imagine getting to the 11th payment and having something go wrong so a payment is late, then pay basically double what I had financed on the furniture.</p><p>I paid it off in 6 months, and I never did in-store financing again.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnx5tr1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">EngineeringQueen</a></p><p>This is most interest free gimmicks. Educate your friends. Usually the young ones fall victim to this.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny23jj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Chimmiii</a></p><p>I sold furniture and we had financing like this and I made sure to always tells my customers this so they couldn't come at me later on down the road. Others didn't and it just seemed so shady and f*cked up to me.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxldnd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Piccolo_known</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Get It From The Next Owner
<p>I almost signed a contract that granted 50% of profits to the previous owner of the business for 3 years. It was a restaurant that used a conventional microwave instead of an actual oven.</p><p>This was back in the early 2000's and this place had a wonderful 50's vibe. From the bar, to the stools to booths - but it was empty because the food was SO bad and there was fast food up the road.</p><p>We were going to get a pizza oven in there and turn it into a Pizza/Shake place with soup in the winter. </p><p>When the law STUDENT we paid $500 to look over everything (DO THIS!) asked the seller about it for us, they said that they had sunk so much money into the business, the only way to make the money back was to get it from the next owner somehow.</p><p>Good luck with that.</p><p>We could not get them to remove that clause, the owner was hellbent on making the next person be the one to make the business successful and pay them.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>So I never pulled the trigger and didn't really bother looking into other restaurants. I'm not sure I'd do it now, honestly. With the capital and the same opportunity...that's still a tough sale. My life is very different. I didn't have children.</p><p>I had never started a business, so I didn't know how much work it is. I also learned SO much more about food since then. Food was NEVER my dream though.</p><p>I was going to be in charge though, this time without corporate crap.</p><p>I just don't know.</p><p>Still what a dream SPOT! I didn't do it justice, there were 4 video games in a room and a balcony up top. There was a lot next to it and it's freeway adjacent I mean COME ON!</p><p>The only problem was the crappy food. Someone, no joke, built a 50's style restaurant next to a highway, forgot to equip it with an oven, and just did nothing about it for years.</p><p>You give me that same contract today without the clause and the backing I had...</p><p>50/50 shot on me dropping everything for it still.</p><p>If I got rich one day I promise to check up on it. If it's in bad hands at all I'll buy it and make it better. Name it after my grandpa who was a restaurant owner.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnx3ek7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laethin7</a></p>
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18 Months
<p>A realtor once gave me a contract that said she would be the only person allowed to represent the property for 18 months.</p><p>That means that they were the only person that could try to sell the house. For <em>a year and a half</em>. We could not work with a different agent if we felt that this one wasn't doing enough, not responding, if we weren't happy, etc. </p><p>If we did, this agent would still get commission from the sale that that other agent actually made.</p><p>Nope. No way was I going to agree to being attached to someone for a year and a half like that. We found a different realtor with a 3 month term (which is much closer to standard), told the first one that her terms were ridiculous, and was under contract within 10 days.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny1hbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tricky-Garden</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Idol Entitlement
<p>Canadian Idol auditions when the first show was announced. Read the contract to the very end after signing it.</p><p>"you agree to being filmed 24/7. We can enter your room at any time and record personal phone calls and interactions with anyone." </p><p>That received a hard no for me. Ripped up the contract and never looked back. Thank god I read that before submitting it.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny2yf4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jenskal</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny2yf4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Tell the camera crew to get out or get weird.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnz2mr7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">WielderOfDaNWordPass</a></p><p>Fine want to record me 24/7? Congrats, I have IBS.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnz0d4s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">wanderurlyy</a></p>Phone Privileges
<p>To be able to link my phone's outlook reader to my university account, I would had to give the IT-department permission to wipe my phone clean "if needed."</p><p>No thanks, I'll just use browser instead.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxdc3z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">craftaliis</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxdc3z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>I saw an employment contract where, if you did any company business on your cell phone, they could go through your phone and delete/restrict basically whatever they wanted. </p><p>I advised my friend to make a company-provided phone part of her contract.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxq6pc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">EngineeringQueen</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxq6pc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Yeah. Someone at my old company had a commonish name, and someone lost their phone... and the company wiped the wrong phone.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnye6z8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">blargh2947</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Good Ol' US of A
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY4OTYxMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyOTA1MDM5M30.A1BqwoI_FExTt3jqON2xJbJN1qt62txRrTsJ8V5Ybs8/img.gif?width=980" id="99844" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9236d4a9b82c22589577961a2a710924" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Season 3 America GIF by Broad CityGiphy<p>Any health and safety terms and conditions in USA. </p><p>I was working on adapting a US one for a charity event in the UK run by the same people and oh boy you cannot get away with that here. One line said if an employee harmed you in any way (even intentionally), you could not sue... </p><p>What!? </p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnydf7s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lt52-</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Keep It
<p>Free ceiling insulation. </p><p>The catch? You allowed a company to install temperature sensors around the inside of your house, and they can do that at any time. And you have to allow access for them to check the sensors and get readings, adjust things, and remove the sensors. Everything belongs to the company. </p><p>This means letting randos into your house potentially over and over to get their readings from the electrical crap they put in your house. </p><p>Nah I'm good, keep your insulation.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnyrbn7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bumpequalsbump</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Airlines
<p>Was going to post this as a response on another thread, but I want people to actually see it.</p><p>When you book a flight, in the terms and conditions (especially for basic and econo fares) you agree that in the event of your flight getting canceled due to an act outside of the airlines control they don't have to refund you unless they offer you a travel credit.</p><p>That includes a world spanning virus.</p><p>Don't be cheap, get travelers insurance or pay for the higher fare that has a refund clause.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxyb4e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bpanio</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnxyb4e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Sad Story Time:</p><p>Wednesday afternoon, a handicapped woman with crutches, let's call her Sara, boards our plane for Kansas City. It's the midst of a Hurricane Down South. We taxi out, and get held there. </p><p>We sat on the tarmac 2.5 hours. We go back to the gate, and we are pressured to not let anyone off, but eventually some people do. </p><p>We then taxi back out to the runway and the hurricane is like directly over us, with lightning all 360 around our aircraft. It was pitch black at like 4 in the afternoon with roaring thunder and lightning. Sara is getting nervous and starts to panic and wants to get off the plane now. </p><p>Problem is, there are planes in front of us, and planes behind us, and we can't move. I explain the only way is if she goes out on a Rescue truck. So we sit there almost 3 hours, and the Pilots time out. </p><p>So by then the planes have spaced out enough that we can turn around and go back to the gate. This lady is super stressed out. </p>
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<p>Anyway, the flight gets cancelled due to the weather - all flights are cancelled.</p><p>The next flight on our airline is Sunday, 4 days from now. Plus it's 'next available' which means that if there is 70 people on this flight and 60 on the Sunday flight, only 10 more of this flight are going to get on, and if they paid for First Class, they probably won't get first class on the next available.</p><p>At this point, the poor lady is devastated. She is not allowed to sleep in the airport. All the hotels in NYC are booked solid with stranded crew members, and NO airlines offer free hotels when it's weather related. </p><p>She probably could get a hotel for $1,000/night but all the lesser expensive ones are sold out by the 1,000 crew stranded in New York from all the airlines.</p><p>This poor lady was stranded with no money, no help, and nowhere she could go. I felt awful for her. She couldn't stay at the airport as passengers are not allowed to be at the airport from 12:01 am to 4:00 am. Luckily, you can go to one of the nearby hotels and rest until your next flight... unless it's booked solid because of a hurricane. </p><p>I don't know if she would have been more prepared had she read the terms, but she was definitely NOT prepared for us to tell her what her contract stated in the event of a flight canceled due to weather. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny7502?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TommyGunz007</a></p>
Crepes
<p>I worked for a meat pie company that moved over from Australia that made me sign a contract that I would never work for another meat pie company or open an establishment that sells similar food. I didn't read the fine print. </p><p>They also sold a few other things ... like crepes. Sure enough, I wanted to open a food truck and my partner had her sights on crepes as she made them in her previous food truck and it just happened a truck we were buying was set up to make similar things. </p><p>I gave 1 month notice because they were busy and I didn't want to leave them stranded in high season. I told the owner we were working on a food truck we bought, it was a dream coming true, and that it happens we are doing crepes as my partner is French and had done them before.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Even though he barely sold any crepes, he was super pissed. The owner was a d!ck. He reminded me of the contract and made me feel like he would sue me if I did this.</p><p>I ended up tape recording him yelling at an employee like he does every morning, he would yell at the stoner/maybe slightly special needs dishwasher for little things. My last paycheck was "in the mail" for several weeks until I went in one day and said I wouldn't leave without it.</p><p>He cut the cheque when I showed him the video. We didn't end up doing crepes anyways. Looking back I probably lost my desire and momentum with the negativity, but ya.</p><p>F*ck that. For minimum wage giving up your ability to do a thing of your own? Crazy.</p><p>I sort of wished I let the video public as he was all about face and looking good, but I felt for his kids and wife. They do make good meat pies those Australians.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnyu62d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Homestead1111</a></p>
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<p>But others just seemed kind of ... "interesting."</p><p>Like, did you know Amazon has zombie apocalypse procedure written into their terms and conditions? Should we be concerned? </p><p>Citibanks contract might make you a murderer. </p><p>and some companies are willing to pay you just to read the terms, but you won't know that unless you read the terms. </p><p>It's bananas out there in contract land. </p>
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This Sparks Joy
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY4OTU2NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTY0OTgxM30.takzFO7X_vx_UzNvPeNEvpcYSGho5_AZNX-itkNSdOE/img.gif?width=980" id="d78cf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="09a8efb07fb739ec04f38de1406639f5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="276" />Giphy<p>I'm pretty sure I gave google the rights to all of my Spotify data when they gave me a free google home. </p><p>On one hand, RIP privacy. </p><p>On the other hand, knowing some poor algorithm has to figure out some possible way to advertise things to me based on listening to Knock On Wood 57 times in a row and the soundtrack to Starship Troopers on repeat gives me great joy.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnywvs7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">OakNogg</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Claim $100
<p>Back when the internet really started being a thing, some company/website put something in their terms and conditions about the first person who reads it, can contact them to claim a $100 prize. </p><p>Took five years for somebody to claim the prize.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny3g6s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RubyShooz </a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny3g6s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>I wonder how much of that is people not reading it and how much is people reading it and thinking "surely somebody's already claimed this by now, why bother?"</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnyj0gy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Novaseerblyat</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Amazon ... Should We Be Worried?
<p>Not really an example of the worst thing, but you're not allowed to use Amazon's game engine (Lumberyard) for military/nuclear applications normally, but that restriction is suspended specifically if there's a zombie apocalypse</p><p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/</a> Clause 47.10: "<em>this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization</em></p><p><em></em>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gny3skb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">OldGodsAndNew</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Most Ridiculous
<p>I recall a major airline in the pioneer days won an award for most ridiculous TOS to simply look up a flight arrival time on their web site.</p><p>If I recall, it was a 22,000 word document that an analysis said was written at a post graduate reading level. It states that you would, in perpetuity, never use that computer to connect to any other airline's website.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnyb3lm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NightMGR</a></p><p>What were they planning on doing about it if you broke the contract? Send a hitman after you or something?</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/go1hpi5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ChungusFungus303</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Citibank Is Serious Business
<p>When I started work for Citibank, they asked me to sign two documents;</p><ol><li>promising I would never use encryption for any purpose other than Citibank's for as long as I live.</li><li>promising to obey the laws of all 196 countries on earth that Citibank operates in.</li></ol><p>So obviously I looked at my cubicle mate and stoned her to death for exposing her wrists, and I can no longer use HTTPS.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmugas/users_who_read_the_terms_and_conditions_what_are/gnyy0u3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">beachbbqlover</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So look, I'm not going to be a judgy mcjudgerson about you not reading the terms and conditions. This isn't even the first "weird contract stuff" article I've written, I've already dealt with the consequences of not reading these things and Oops now my face is everywhere, and I still don't fully read them! </p><p>Why? </p><p>I'll be completely honest - they're written in a way that discourages it. Studies have shown that in order to even understand most terms and conditions, you'd need a post graduate education ... and that's IF you had the nearly-endless hours it would take to actually read them. </p><p>In short, you know you're not reading them. I know you're not reading them. Companies know you're not reading them... and it's that last part that gets us all in trouble. If they know you're not reading, they know they can put in pretty much anything they want. </p>
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They say there are no dumb questions. Well, that's debatable.
<div>Being inquisitive and seeking information through research is commendable. </div><p>And there's nothing wrong with asking where you can find the cereal aisle in a grocery store you've never been in -- with the understanding you're not making the inquiry while standing in the said aisle. </p><div>If there are no dumb questions, there are ones that can be extremely annoying and that certain people get asked all the time that stems from pure ignorance.<br></div><p><strong>Curious to hear from the experiences of strangers on the internet, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/nonlinearcharm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nonlinearcharm</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What's a question you absolutely hate being asked?"</a></blockquote> <img alt="" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png">
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Let's Talk About You
<p>These questions come up when you either just met someone or engage in small talk with someone you barely know. </p><p>Because friends wouldn't dare to insult you.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Name Origins
<p>"I have a unique name. I hate being asked where I got it. I just respond 'I got it for my birthday' and see if they get it, if not I just continue the conversation."</p><p>"Name is Ariez btw."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go95zqa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ekolanderia</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Clearly, You're Not Around From These Parts
<p>"Stranger: 'Where are you from?'"</p><p>"Me: 'Oh, I've lived in the States for about 20 years."'</p><p>"Stranger: <em>Looks at my brown skin</em> ... 'Where are you really from?'"</p><p>"Me: -_-"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8sg45?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ExoticArmor</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Permanent Expression
<p>"'Why the f*k you're angry?' MY FACE IS LIKE THAT WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8l875?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thekweencatto_1d</a></p><p>"Same, my resting face looks very annoyed, and people are like 'what's bothering you?' Like Barbara, the only thing that's bothering me is you."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/goacia9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hyrulean_idiot</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Leave My Condition Alone
<p>"'Did you forget your sunblock?! Your nose is so red!' Or 'Why are you blushing so hard? Your face is bright red.' Yeah. I know. It's Rosacea. Nothing I can do but thanks for reminding me."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go96wbk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hootielarue82</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Timeline
<p>Unless they are prone to procrastinating, most people are capable of making decisions on their own when the time for a life decision is appropriate or convenient. </p><p>No one appreciates someone breathing down their necks and asking when certain things will happen for them.</p>Looking Ahead
<p>"What are your plans for the future?"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8jgch?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">your-playboy</a></p><p>"Yep this, in job interviews particularly I hate being asked 'where do you see yourself in 5 years?' or similar. I'm likely in my next interview to be honest and say I don't have any because I like to keep my options open/coast from job to job."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go9m2l9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">vancerefrigeration_1</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Starting A Family
<p>"When are you going to have kids?"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8q6n1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LingonberryEuphoric8</a></p><p>"My older brother shut down my mom asking this by replying:"</p><p>"'We have been trying so much mom but so far no takers, could you tell us what positions you conceived in so that we might have better luck the next couple times we try?'"</p><p>"She turned 4 different shades as she realized exactly what she was asking about and never asked them (brother and his wife) again, nor bothered me and my wife with the question when we got married."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go9t05d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rhinomeat</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Status
<p>"Why are you still single LOL"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8jj3x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">friedeggsandtoast</a></p><p>"Why are you still married despite ... nevermind, how's the weather?"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go9co8z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">send_goods</a><br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
It's A Mood
<p>Just because people aren't cheerful all the time or loquacious, it doesn't necessarily mean they feel the world's weight on their shoulders. </p><p>Most of the time, it's the naive individual pressing another person with their unsolicited concern that is affecting their mood.<br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Trick Question
<p>"Are you mad?"</p><p>"It's a trap. I wasn't mad, but when I say 'no', then they be like 'are you sure?' and if I say I'm sure, they're like 'really? You seem mad.' and <em>then</em> I get irritated having to repeat myself for a third f*king time so my tone of voice changes and then <em>they're</em> like 'See I knew you were mad, whats wrong?' AND THEY DONT REALIZE THAT ITS <em>F'KING THEM"<br></em></p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8m426?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Assliam-</a><br><em></em></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Read The Room
<p>"Everything okay?"</p><p>"Being introverted this gets really annoying. I'm fine. I've got things on my mind that I prefer not to talk about so I'm just dealing with them quietly."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8ndft?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BigMilk0</a><br></p>Loaded Question
<p>"Are you happy?"</p><p>"Edit: Either this means someone is mad at me or is asking me to evaluate my life and overall state of satisfaction. The first means drama, the second prompts an existential crisis."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8osfi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jenova66</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Things Were Fine, Until...
<p>"why are you in such a bad mood?"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lp03r7/whats_a_question_you_absolutely_hate_being_asked/go8j9x8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">certainlynotmika</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"What are you?" I get asked, from time to time. </p><p>And it never gets more specific than that. </p><p>Do I answer, "I'm a he/him who enjoys classic films and long walks on the beach?"</p><p>No, because those aren't the answers being sought. I'll respond to people who've put more thought into their question and didn't make me feel like I'm not part of the human race, m'kay?<br></p>
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Arnold Rothstein wasn't kidding when he recommended we should "look out for number one." Because if we don't, "no one else will."
<p><strong></strong>Whether it's a person or a corporation, there are shysters out there who are looking to take advantage of you.<br></p><p>Sometimes, it's not that difficult to identify something suspicious, but it's up to you to call them out on their BS. <br><span></span></p><p><strong>Curious to hear about the experience of keen strangers on the internet, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GeneralEnvironment36/" target="_blank">GeneralEnvironment36</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is your biggest "Oh that's bullsh*t" moment?"</a></em></blockquote> <img alt="" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png">
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Insurance And Large Corporations
<p>These Redditors were almost taken for a ride by greedy companies but were wise to their ways </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Really Bad Connection
<p>"My utility company overcharged me $266.00 for random 'connection fees' when I'd already been a customer for a dozen years. It took weeks of arguing with them, speaking to various customer service reps (who each provided slightly different answers) for them to finally agree that they made an error and would refund the money."</p><p>"'Ok sir, our apologies for the error. You'll receive the funds via cheque in 6 - 8 weeks.'"</p><p>"Uhhhh, what the ever loving kind of bullsh*t is this? I have direct deposit set up with you, you withdrew the incorrect funds instantaneously. Just put the money back. Or e-transfer it to me. If I took 8 weeks to send you funds when I made an error you'd cut me off or send me to collections."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go0ka48?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">kor_hookmaster</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Change Of Tune
<p>"Got called into a meeting with a former boss. Turns out some product I'd shipped went to the buyer's house instead of the shop's address. My boss, someone from HR, and the sales person were in the meeting. Boss went up one side of me and down the other, telling me I'm an idiot for making the mistake, he thought I was smarter than that, blah blah blah. The customer canceled the huge order so we had to pay to get the product back. It was going to cost thousands of dollars."</p><p>"Then the salesperson gave me a copy of the order to look at. Yup, looks like I'd shipped it to the wrong place. So I grabbed my copy of the order, with my initials on it to say I'd picked and shipped it...and the addresses were reversed. The salesperson swapped them. I had no idea, I'm just in shipping. I ship to the 'Ship To' address. I point this out to my boss, HR, and the salesperson.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"My boss said 'oh, that's a simple mistake. Could have happened to anyone. No big deal. Let's just go back to work.'"</p><p>"What. The. F'K. I was livid. I asked why ten seconds prior I was an a**hole about to be written up but now that it's the sales person's fault it's no biggie? Never got an answer."</p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go0fykj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Papabearto2</a>
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Shady Insurance Company
<p>"I looked at my health insurance statement/bill after an ACL surgery. The statement had a section that said 'here's what you would have paid without insurance: $101,895' but because I had insurance the 'negotiated rate' was like $6,000. So by paying for insurance I was saving something like $95k! Well, I started doing some research and discovered that the initial number over $100k is just a made up figure. The insurance company didn't pay $95k, they just 'negotiated' the cost down and claimed that means they covered that $95k cost that never really existed. I then did some more math and realized that I paid more out of pocket for my surgery between my deductible, copay, and coinsurance than my insurance actually paid. And those rat f'ks still take a piece of every paycheck. That was when I leaned just how f'king useless the private healthcare system in the US is."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go1t8ii?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">backcountry8591</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Being Served
<p>We live in one of the most litigious countries in the world. These Redditors were furious over how much people took advantage of the system in the hopes of getting an exorbitant amount of money from them.</p>Exploitation Of Preexisting Injuries
<p>"Came home to a summons last Friday. It was from a guy I got into a fender bender with (less than 10 mph, I was backing out of a parking spot onto the road) in 2018. He is trying to get $70k from me because of medical bills and lost wages. My insurance agency has been telling him to pound sand for the last 2 years (he was trying to pass off pre-existing injuries as a result from the accident). He was initially trying to get $30k from them. His 'last option' after getting nothing from my insurance is to sue me directly. My insurance is now hiring a lawyer on my behalf to fight him for me."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go0d44p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sirhc978</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Ignoring Dog Warning Signs
<p>"Welp... A state Marshall came to serve me papers. I was in my back yard after work with my dogs running around playing. I was expecting a friend so i thought nothing of it when they ran down the driveway (out of my site). Instead of trying to go to my front door this a**hole walks past the white flags indicating an electric dog fence, and the beware of dogs sign. My female dog jumped on him. He then punched her in the head. At which point she NIPPED him. One tiny little puncture. He called the cops, and an ambulance... He asked the emt how many stitches hed need and they sort of scoffed and said u just need a band-aid. So he subsequently sued me for 15k citing that he can no longer live his life to it's fullest and lost partial use of his arm."<br></p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go14cqd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MattyRixz</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Challenging Institutions
<p>When grade school teachers feel like they are being challenged by a young student, their instinct is to punish them.</p><p>As kids, these Redditors were pushed into various zones of "punishment" by their teachers for doing nothing wrong.</p><p>Things were not any better at a youth group for one Redditor who was genuinely a very curious person. <br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Stuck In The Red Zone
<p>"When I was in primary school, one of my teachers was, for some reason, telling us about bees. She said the normal stuff like the social hierarchy, different roles in a hive, ect. But then she gets into the differences of different types of bees' bodies, and tells us that bees <em data-redactor-tag="em">sting with their feet</em>. Obviously I raised my hand to dispute this, and explained that bees actually do not sting with their feet, and she tells me of for 'talking back' for a few minutes, and makes me move my name into the 'red zone' (it seemed like a big deal at the time, ok?). After the lesson, I go up to her and ask if she can look it up, and the says no, I ask why, and she yells at me again, leaving 7 year old me almost in tears. For the rest of my time there I had no respect for her, and she was one of the most hated teachers in school."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go0qmmm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Interesting-Health36</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In The Yellow Zone
<p>"Aw man, when I was 5, my tutor told everybody to go to the front to sit on the rug. The person who sat beside me left their seat out, so I was unable to get past. So naturally, I push the seat in, as well as my own. Took barely any time, and although I was one of the last to get to the rug, nobody was waiting for me (others were slower). I was one of the furthest away from the front, so obviously it would take me longer to get there, and I knew this so went fast."</p><p>"The tutor told me off for 'dilly dallying' and 'wasting time'. She moved my name into the yellow zone. This was the first time I had ever had my name in the yellow zone (and the next time was 5 YEARS after that - I was a good kid). I was determined not to get upset as she'd told a kid off for that a few days prior. So she left me, a tiny 5 year old goody-two-shoes, desperately fighting tears for PUSHING IN TWO SEATS while on the way to do as she'd asked. Go to hell, Ms S."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lngrsb/what_is_your_biggest_oh_thats_bullsht_moment/go13pjq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IHateTheLetter-C-</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Consequences Of Being Inquisitive
<p>"First time I went to a youth group at my local Christian church, and I got kicked out by the pastors son, for simply asking questions. I wasn't trying to show anyone up or prove a point...I wasn't raised in a traditionally religious home, I really knew nothing at that time."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yellowgrizzlyfucker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">yellowgrizzlyfucker</a><br></p><p>Calling BS on a situation is a good thing. For the most part.</p><p>Whether it is someone trying to defraud you of your finances or even in casual situations where an unqualified person is spouting falsehoods to come off as an expert on a given topic, putting these charlatans in their place can prevent them from continuing to take advantage of others. </p><p>But just make sure you tell your smart kids not to piss off their teachers if they detect BS in class.</p><p>Otherwise, they may find themselves in the red zone and still talk about it after they've grown up. <br></p>
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Exam Proctors Describe The Most Elaborate Attempts At Cheating They've Ever Witnessed
February 24 | 2021
Students who have not prepared for an exam somehow have the energy to devise a plan to cheat.
<p>Although most exam proctors are wise to the cheating students' ways – no matter how elaborate their attempts are – there are a few whose clever ploys keep them from getting busted. </p><p><strong>Curious to hear about the experience of exam proctors, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Atlfitguy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atlfitguy</a> asked: </strong><br></p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Exam proctors of Reddit, what is the most elaborate attempt at cheating that you've witnessed?"</a></blockquote> <p>While Redditors shared what they witnessed in the test room, not all were witnessed by exam proctors. Some responses were submitted by students who were impressed enough not to rat out their peers.</p>
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Ploys
<p>These Redditors witnessed answers being relayed to students by an unassuming accomplice.</p><p>While the tactics may have looked good on paper, they failed to fool anyone. <br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Using A "Translator"
<p>"At the test center I used to work candidates were allowed to bring a translator of their choice as long as it got approved by the state. Most of the time it was a family member and we would listen in on the conversation using a headset and record it. Once in a while, while replaying the recordings we would hear signals and patterns given by the translator telling the candidate which option to choose. Busted!"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/goh177j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Csuz9022</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Braiding Hair
<p>"Not an exam proctor, but a student who heard of this afterwards. It was two girls, and the one who knew the answers sat behind the other. During the test, she started braiding the other girl's hair. When the teacher wasn't looking, the one in the front would make a number with her fingers on the side of her thigh (the question), and the other responded by pulling her hair on specific spots (A, B, C, D)."</p><p>"They made a habit of braiding each other's hair everyday days before the exam so the teacher wouldn't find it weird. I was the goody two shoes who never cheated, but even I had to respect them."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/gohx322?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leticia_the_bookworm</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Notes To Self
<p>Some students used their own bodies to scribble down the answers – including on thighs, arms, and even mixed among freckles.</p><p>All that work disguising the answers could have been spent on studying.</p><p>Yet, here we are. <br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Notes On Thighs
<p>"I'm not an examiner but my mate once wrote out loads of notes on his thighs then went to the toilet during the exam- the examiner led him to the toilet to check the cubicle out first etc then waited to listen for papers rustling etc. He wasn't very smart but that could well be the smartest idea he's ever come up with. Absolutely do not condone though!"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/goguirq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sophloopyP</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Camouflage With Freckles
<p>"I have a lot of freckles on my arm, which would turn lighter if I put pressure on the skin, which gave me an idea. If I used a marker with a similar color as my freckles, I could make dots that formed letters or numbers, and when I pressed my arm just right, the freckles would fade for a second or two, but the ink would remain dark. Couldn't write a lot like this, but enough for notes on more difficult concepts. Never got caught."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/gohqb1h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FourRosesVII</a><br></p>Two "BUSTED" Students
<p>"Not a proctor but I witnessed two students get caught cheating while we were taking exams."</p><p>"One girl wore cheap/thin leggings that were slightly too tight. When she sat down, they would stretch out further and would basically become see-through over her thighs. She had a bunch of equations written on her thighs that one of the proctors noticed as they walked around the testing room. BUSTED."</p><p>"One guy had a bunch of stuff written on the insides of his arms, near his wrists . He wore a long-sleeved shirt that he would pull up/down. One of the proctors noticed him messing with it across the room and had him pull his sleeves up. BUSTED."</p><p>"Don't cheat, kids. You really don't want to have to explain to future employers or grad schools why you have an academic suspension or worse on your transcript."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Tricks Up My Sleeve
<p>Instead of relying on accomplices or their own flesh canvases, the following students devised ingenious ways to cheat. </p><p>One proctor was astonished while watching one particular student who, like a magician, produced slips of paper from "everywhere."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Printing Personalized Labels
<p>"I knew a guy who would make his own labels for soda/water bottles, but change the nutrition info to be useful equations for the test. The labels' material was identical to regular ones, even down to the gloss of the paper. Seems like if he spent the time studying, instead of making perfect labels for cheating, he wouldn't need the labels in the first place." </p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/goi5cta?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Helldiver-xzoen</a><br></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
So 2020
<p>"My friend came up with the realization that you can slip a paper into your mask and then pull it to see what you wrote."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/gogvb4u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Disposable_baka404</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Pen
<p>"In high school, circa 1996, I somehow obtained the answers to a 20 question test. I proceeded to go to the computer lab and type the answers and then printed them in size 3 font. Then I cut them out and taped them on one side of a white Bic pen. During the test I could roll the pen so the answers weren't visible, and then when I need to look I could tilt the pen slightly and see the answer. I missed two on purpose so the teacher wouldn't figure I cheated."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/gohmm4p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flip17</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So Many Slips Of Paper
<p>"Guy came in to sit an exam (along with one or two dozen others), wearing an eyepatch and with one arm in a sling with a prosthetic hand. Pretty unusual, but whatever. But I got suspicious when he started fiddling with his eyepatch, pulling it way away from his face and then putting it back. So I pressed the button on my desk that turns the cameras on (not sure why they didn't just record all the time, but this was back in the mid-eighties). I wasn't actually supposed to intervene in these cases, so I just sat there and watched, astounded, as this guy proceeded to pull little slips of paper from all over the place -- the sleeve of his supposedly injured arm, <em>under his tongue</em>... incredible. I don't know how he fooled himself into thinking nobody would notice."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqkhsq/exam_proctors_of_reddit_what_is_the_most/goiemw8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">super_aardvark</a><br></p><p>It must be amusing for fellow classmates or exam proctors to witness various methods students go out of their way for in order to cheat. </p><p>Their tactics are audacious and risky. </p><p>And while cheating on any exam is a cardinal sin, there should be a separate category for some students to earn points for the most elaborate schemes.</p><p>Writing on thighs? Not so much. But the hair braiding system was hardly a harebrained scheme.</p><p>However, the bottom line should be: Don't cheat on your exams, kids!<br></p>
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Teachers Break Down The Weirdest Item They've Ever Had To Take Away From A Student
February 22 | 2021
No matter the grade level, teachers are constantly being distracted in the classroom by unruly students.
<p>The usual suspects are the chatty pupils, and the class clown, always looking to amuse their fellow classmates. Usually, these obnoxious behaviors from students can be stopped with a warning.</p><p>But when objects are involved in disruption and the teacher physically has to walk down the aisle to retrieve something that has been thrown or that stole focus, that's just asking for detention or a trip to the principal's office.<br></p><p><strong>Curious to hear about the experiences of teachers on the internet, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SpoonSArmy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SpoonSArmy</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Teachers, what's the weirdest thing you've had to take away from a student?"</a></em></blockquote> <img alt="" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png">
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Matters Of Food
<p>Most students cannot wait for the lunch bell, so they'll manifest lunchtime by sneaking in a snack during class, only to have them ripped from their hands. </p><p>One student, however, was genuinely terrified about a food item he had in his locker room.<br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Something's Afoul
<p>"It was December or January and we were having one of those 'lockdowns' where the police come in with dogs to sniff for drugs. We were all locked in our classrooms and no students were allowed out, even to visit the restroom. One of my students was white as a ghost, very afraid. I asked him what's the matter, but it was obvious he was afraid he was about to get busted. He said 'Do you think the dogs will go to my locker?' I said 'I don't know, do you have something to be worried about?' He said 'There's a ham and cheese sandwich in there.' I scratched my head a bit, 'I'm sure it's no problem to have a sandwich.' He said, 'Yeah, but it's been in there since September.'"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnyl79n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">teddyreddit</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Shakespear-ian Snack
<p>"Instant pudding. My student was mixing it in a large Cool Whip container, using milk from lunch, right in the middle of a lesson on Macbeth."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnxpn58?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bbpcaddict<br></a></p><p>"They were making their own witch's brew."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnxwnd9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lyleelias</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Wrong Juice, Shelby
<p>"A wine cooler that looked like a Capri Sun. This was a 2nd grader and she was just getting ready to drink it."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnxs1xz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Psychological_Eye556</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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End To Torment
<p>No teacher appreciates being interrupted during a lesson, especially when the disruption is an aggressive one. <br></p><p>These teachers had to put a stop to violence in the classroom by removing "weapons."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Orb Of Death
<p>"Eyeballs. I worked with a blind student with autism. When he would get angry, he would pop out his glass eyeballs and throw them across the room. They were expensive, so mom asked that we put them in a plastic bag in his backpack if he threw them.... no more eyeballs for you today! 🙈"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnzqso0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank">wsdancergirl</a><br></p>Attempted Allergy Attack
<p>"First thing that came to mind - a drawing of a peanut. One kid said he had a peanut allergy, so a boy drew a peanut on a piece of paper, and started shoving it in the other boy's face and being a general jerk with it."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnx7r57?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ElderCunningham</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Decking The Halls, And Each Other
<p>Christmas ornaments. They were throwing them at each other and it eventually caused a fight.</p><p>Next to that would be a curtain rod. He found it and kept hitting people with it."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnynrve?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">elemonator52</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When Enough Is Enough
<p>Some items taken away involved more than one object at one time, starting with the contents of these contemptible gadgets.</p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Making Noise
<p>"Not a teacher, but was part of almost eliminating the 'prize' box in my kids class."</p><p>"Kid is in kindergarten. I'm freinds with a few of the other fathers in her class. One of the things her class has is a prize box. If the kids are all on their game for the week, or a kid does something especially good, they get to choose something from the box. Its filled with the kind of stuff you would find in a blister pack in the dollar store. Stuff like a little plastic car, or a bouncey ball or whatever. Anyway, the kids love it, the parents supply stuff for it."</p><p>"So one day my kid comes home with a f'king kazoo from the thing. Nothing like a 6 year old who just figured out how a kazoo works while you are trying to work from home."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"So immediately i fire off an email to the list of my fellow dads asking what wisea** put kazoos in the prize box, and then see that 2 other people had beat me to the question."</p><p>"One of the guys finally replies back 'heh'"</p><p>"and it was on. I countered with whistles, someone else had this annoying popping thing, someone else got the worlds worst balsa planes, so like, the second time it flew it was destined to snap in half and upset your kid....this went on for like a good 2 weeks before someone crossed the line and sent in glitter."</p><p>"By this point the teacher was on to us, and told our wives on us."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnylndm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Linenoise77</a><br></p>
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Something's A Buzz
<p>"An entire menagerie of live insects. One afternoon my class decided that they should see how many bugs they could capture and keep alive in my classroom. The next day, I returned from covering lunch duty in another part of the school and noticed that one of the cubbies had paper towel taped over the front like a curtain. Before I could investigate, I noticed several Tupperware containers hiding in desks."</p><p>"Dozens of worms (that was the cubby) Many assorted beetles Uncounted ants 4 bees A wasp And, most upsetting, several flies which were crazy glued to index cards and had their wings removed."</p><p>"That was a long day in a long year." </p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnxwqcy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bookishfarmgirl</a><br></p>So Here's The Scoop(s)
<p>"a girl had about 50 plastic spoons in her pocket, she tripped and tey all fell out, we all found it hilarious but a high up teacher was walking by and made her pick them up (she was going to anyway) and put them all in the bin</p><p>he was probably very confused over the whole situation."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lmu7zs/teachers_whats_the_weirdest_thing_youve_had_to/gnxi67i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WaterMelonShowerCap</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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My Experience
<p>I had something taken away from me while I was in eighth grade during English class for reasons that still leaves me with questions.</p><p>It was a book written by the master of horror, Stephen King, called <em data-redactor-tag="em" data-verified="redactor">The Tommyknockers</em>. I had it out on my desk and as soon as my teacher saw it, and she took it away and told me it was inappropriate for me to read. </p><p>How did she know? Did she read it? Or was it because Stephen King uses lewd language in all his novels? Or was she just punishing me because I was annoying and talkative in class? Full disclosure, it was because of the latter. </p><p>Sometimes, the mischievous ones are just asking for it. So students, always just pay attention and respect your teachers, m'kay?<br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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