"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 DekuSkrub18 wanted to hear about all of the rules that left people dumbfounded when we were students, so they asked:
"What were the dumbest rules put in place at your school?"
I can't recall a ton of silly rules at my school.
That was back in the 1800s though. Things have changed.
Stand Up
No Way Wtf GIF by HarlemGiphy"Students weren't allowed to sit on the floor in the hallways because it promoted sex."
Arius_de_Galdri
Oh!
"Something would happen: like a dropped tray or a book loudly hitting a table, and the whole cafeteria would yell Oh! The administrators hated it and would try and get us to stop. One week it happened a couple of times in a day."
"The assistant principal stood on a chair and loudly declared that if it happened again, they were going to turn off the vending machines. Of course, everyone yelled Oh! immediately. He angrily walked over and ripped the cords for the vending machines out of the wall… only to be met with a chorus of more Ohs!. It was hilarious but also incredibly stupid."
andronicus_14
Rewards
"At my primary school at the end of the year, there was a beach day for all students who had no detentions. Fine, I guess a reward for good behavior."
"But when you also have a policy of putting anyone who fights in detention regardless of who started the fight it becomes a bit unfair. You get picked on by a bully and you both get detention."
Mythical_Atlacatl
Funneled
"One-way system. You had to go around the entire school to go to your class that was directly next to your previous class. Also, the one-way system funneled all the students into one corridor, when if they could just go the fastest route they could avoid getting in each other's way. They used to say that the school was built in the 70s for much fewer students so the hallways were too small to let students walk where they want."
"So their solution was to funnel all the students down a single hallway. It didn't make sense to me."
Affiliations
"Our school tried banning 'gang affiliated' clothing. I can tell you right now the closest thing we got to 'gangs' in my school was one kid who listened to too much 50 Cent and Eminem, and another who actually grew up in Detroit but was about as clean-cut as they come."
"But oh no, my camo-patterned fall jacket? That I got at OLD NAVY? I must be in a gang. That lasted all of a month until about 1/3 of the school had been sent home for 'dress code' violations multiple times. It was utterly arbitrary and nobody cared except for a handful of the administration."
subtxtcan
Cheers
Cinco De Mayo Drinking GIF by WDRGiphy"The song 'Tequila' was banned because parents said it promoted underage drinking."
LordBaranof
But it's such a great song!
Hairy Situations
Long Hair GIF by Hollie KitchensGiphy"In our school, girls weren't allowed to wear their hair down. If any girl forgot to tie her hair, she was reprimanded. This really irritated the teachers."
Goddess_Gwendolyn
That's Exiled!
"It was always dumb when they would outlaw whatever the new cool harmless fad was. I remember when they outlawed snap bracelets, wacky cards and garbage pail kids, magic cards, etc. I think tomagatchies too."
wpascarelli
"We had both Pokémon cards and marbles outlawed because of people doing unfair trades. It was a bit of a thrill playing a secret game of marbles at the far end of the oval on lunch break once they were banned."
Special_Objective245
"It would disrupt the class. I was in school when Tamagotchis, yo-yos, Pokemon cards, and Yugioh cards were all a thing. I remember how it could be distracting or how kids would get into fights over them."
ibn1989
Skip Away
"If you are X minutes late, you must do the detention during your lunch break for the same amount of time."
"For example, if you came 5 mins late, you have to spend 5 mins doing detention during your lunch break."
"There was no detention if we don't show up to class. Basically, if you're late to class it's better to skip the class."
Goatmanthealien
Terrible
"No jeans."
skarlettohara
"My secondary school (U.K.) had a no jeans policy, our uniform was back trousers white shirt. I wore black jeans to school for the last 4 years. Would get pulled up about it from time to time. I’d just say 'Ah yep, won’t happen again' then continue wearing black jeans. Our school was utterly terrible."
minigmgoit
Water Sounds
noise GIFGiphy"We couldn't have metal water bottles because they might make loud noises if they fell."
Automatic_You4321
Color Lines
"That you couldn't dye your hair at all, even if you chose a natural color. They were so rigid that we kept our hair the color we started school off with that when one particular girl came back after the Summer holidays with brunette hair and revealed that the brunette hair was in fact her natural color, they made her bleach her hair back to blonde!"
Creative_Recover
Who thought any of these idea were valid?
Focus on more education please.
"What’s the dumbest thing someone accused you of without any evidence?"
You Expect Me To Use This?!?!
"My mother-in-law accused me of buying a sh*tty brand of hair spray, leaving it in our guest bathroom for her to use, and trying to trick her into thinking it was hers."
"She actually brought it to our house the previous time she visited and left it behind. It was totally hers."- thecooley
He Must Have Run Quite The Distance...
"Throwing stones at her goats."
"I would not throw stones at goats, but she went to my mother’s house and accused me."
"She said she had just chased me off after I did it."
"My mother told her that, if that is what she saw, then she would punish me the moment that I got home, if she would like to wait."
"My mother supplied her with tea and biscuits and, later, a light snack."
"Offered her a stronger drink, too."
"After a long time, the goat lady asked if my mother had any idea what time I would be home."
“'Well, he has only been gone a week, so another two weeks, I imagine'.”
"My mother replied, as I went to a boarding school and stayed away for three weeks at a time."- Pedantichrist
Goat Bleating GIFGiphyMaybe She Planted A Bug?
"A college roommate reported me to the campus police for selling drugs."
"She stated that she was in our dorm room and overheard me selling drugs to another student in the laundry room."
"Our dorm room was on the 12th floor, laundry room was in the basement of the building."
"She got pissed when campus police laughed at her statement."- MissConduct0120
How Dare You Not Break The Law To Help Me!
"I once had a co-worker write to my manager to complain I was racist because I wouldn’t pirate a copy of Norton Utilities and give it to her."- Yorkie_Mom_2
Wrong Ex, maybe?
"One time I started getting a bunch of texts from an ex accusing me of being on a trip with some other girl and throwing all kinds of insults my way."
"Not only was she my ex and I was not talking to her or planning to reconcile, so that if I was in fact on a trip with some other girl it was none of her business, but I was actually literally sitting on my couch with my dog watching TV."
"I told her I hadn't the slightest idea of what she was yelling about and sent her a picture of me and my dog in my living room."
"She replied, "F*ck," and I didn't hear from her for weeks until the crazy ultimately outweighed any embarrassment she felt."
"To this day I have no idea why she thought I was on a trip in the first place, especially since her texts were pretty specific and she mentioned where she claimed I was and other details."- Tough_Stretch
Work From Home Dog GIFGiphyCould Have Been Worse?
"I was accused of throwing a potato at a shed, totally not true."- bobbejaan79
They Were At Least Half Right...
"Insubordination for failing to report in to work for over a month."
"I resigned a month earlier."- Fifth_Wall0666·
Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
"I was in either first grade or kindergarten, and the chain link fence on the side of our playground had fallen over / caved in."
"Me and my friends looked at it and wondered how it happened."
"Then a teacher came by and yelled at us for breaking the fence and we all got put in time-out for the rest of recess."
"WE WERE 6, HOW WOULD WE MANGLE A CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH OUR HANDS?!"- Rabid_Chocobo
buster keaton fence GIF by MauditGiphySome Might Consider This A Compliment...
"In High School, half the school thought I was Gay, and the other half thought I was a vegetarian."
"I'm neither, and I have no idea how the two related."- Group_of_no_one
When All You Were Doing Was Trying To Help...
"One day when I was in 5th grade a female collie followed me home from school."
"I walked around the neighborhood trying to find the owner, but nobody knew whose dog she was."
"I left my neighborhood and crossed a four lane."
"I carried her so she wouldn't get hit by a car (I didn't own a dog leash)."
"After knocking doors and asking around, I had to go home but she just kept following me."
"I picked her back up and carried her back across the four lane, put her down and we walked another block."
"Then the owner pulled up, stopped in the middle of the intersection, got out of his car, and called her."
"She ran to him, and hopped up in the car."
"I told him I'd been trying to find her owners for hours."
"The old bastard said, 'Yeah, someone saw you carrying her'," implying that I stole her."
"Then he plopped his fat a** back in his Cadillac and sped away."
"No good deed..."- TheC0zmo
border collie dog GIF by Rover.comGiphyPunished For Being Poor
"Being a thief because I was a student."
"Money was going missing from the tills in the bar I worked at on some evening and weekends."
"Walked into work and got called out back with the manager."
"Was told money was missing and was suspended there and then."
"I asked when this money went missing and it wasn’t even when I was working!"
"I asked why I was the prime suspect and the managers wife pointed the finger at me because I was a student and therefore must have needed the money."
"About a week later the actual thief was caught red handed putting money from the till into his pocket by the manager."
"This was back the mid 90s so no cameras to view, which would have cleared it up straight away."
"Instead, they cast blame with evidence that actually proved it couldn’t have been me because the times the money went missing, I wasn’t even there, but hey ho."- idiBanashapan
Clearly, these hasty accusers must never have heard the saying "let he who is without sin cast the first stone".
Sadly, it's sometimes easier for people to just place blame as fast as they can.
Even if evidence and logic are not on their side.
Redditor Birchtree16 was eager to hear the names that made people's jaws hit the floor, leading them to ask:
"What baby name immediately makes you lose all respect for the parents and why?"
Not Nearly Enough Space...
"Any of Nick Cannon's kids' names."
"They are all so over the top bad."
"Moroccan, Monroe, Golden Sagon, Rise Messiah, Powerful Queen, Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, Beautiful Zeppelin, Legendary Love, Onyx Ice Cole and Zen."
"Why?"- cinnamongreen
Why Even Bother?
"Joaux (Joe) is a personal favorite."- Themissrebecca103
This Just seems reckless
"Any name as alcohol. Chardonnay, Tequila, etc."
"Saw those a lot as a teacher."
"Had a male student named Crash Danger."
'Not kidding."- Tanyaschmidt
Happy New Year GIF by HBOGiphyHow Pretentious Can You Get?
"I know someone who named their kid Chozyn."
"The kid wasn’t adopted either."- Stabyouup666
They Will Find Out Eventually
"I used to be on tumblr back in the day of Supernaturals glory, and someone named their poor child 'Destiel'."
"I get it, you like the ship."
"But you have an actual child that is TOTALLY gonna be pissed you named your kid after a fictional relationship on a show about demons and other supernatural things."
"The lack of respect or forethought like?"- Niburu-Illyria
Naming Your Child After You Has Its Risks...
"Youandi."
"It stands for you and i."
"Horrible."- NathalieDV90
Confused Always Sunny GIF by It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaGiphyThank Goodness For Nicknames
"Mike but short for Micycle."- BurningHuman
X Marks The Spot...
"All the names with X thrown in the middle or even two."
"Jaxxtley."
"Braxxton."
"Braxley."
"I hate them."- WorkRedditUsername69
Definietely No Chance Of A Complex...
"A guy running for some office near me is named Rocky Rhodes."
"How does one look at their tiny newborn and think 'Rocky! '"
"Looks like a Rocky to me.'"
"And you know how much I love ice cream!'"- nahteviro
"My brother once had clients named Jerry and Mary Derryberry."
"We didn’t believe him so he took a picture of whatever account papers."
"Don’t even remember what his job was at the time, who gives a sh*t."
"But the series of events to have a married couple be named Jerry and Mary Derryberry is just so delicious."- Jibber_Fight
Bon Appetit Gourmet GIF by Studios 2016GiphySome Points For Originality?
"Horribly misspelled to seem different."
"The irony is that my boyfriend's name is Krysteffor."- quinnk1n
That's Just Laziness...
"Misspelling of common names to act trendy."- amdpg1976·
'Parents who essentially give their kids the same first name as their last name."
"Robert Roberts, William Williams, etc."
"I know one of each in real life."
"It seems purposefully cruel."- bwilson525
NO.
"Reighfyl, pronounced 'rifle'."- KickNo2069
Or They Were Just Jane The Virgin Fans...
"A girl I know, her name is Baby Sasha."
"She said we can call her baby."
"Her parents were clearly lazy to come up with a proper name."- saltyy_spitoon
It's certainly easy to judge when we hear a name which is, to put it mildly, peculiar.
Though before we rush to judgment, we must consider that unusual as may seem, it could have personal meaning to the family.
Though, anyone who names their child "Reighfyl", regardless of the spelling, definitely deserves to be judged.