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'Trust me, just do it': Contractor scores $12,000 extra on a job because a know-it-all client insists his measurements are accurate; they are not

Clients lie. This is the one thing that is certain for every contractor in every industry. For some reason, know-it-all clients feel like it's some kind of flex to press their hobby knowledge on someone who is literally a professional in that field. In this case, a pushy Californian client was getting his home remodeled and couldn't fight his manly urge to try and teach his contractor a thing or two...
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'I had to explain to a girl that penguins were not fish': 20+ People who were incorrect about basic information

'I had to explain to a girl that penguins were not fish': 20+ People who shared their impressively dumb ideas out loud

Truly, how did these people ever make it through school without knowing such basic information? In this incredible post to r/AskReddit, one person asked people to tell them all about the dumbest people i n their lives. And thousands of comments rolled in, sharing hilarious stories of people who made all kinds of goofy mistakes. While some of the people in these stories were children, a decent amount were adults or teenagers. It's really surprising how someone tells you an incorrect random fact…
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Courrier Kevin will die on the code hill

'I'm telling you, you're wrong': Delivery dingus insists he's at the correct address, while customer swears he is not

This package courier got stuck in a loop of stupidity while he tried to figure out where he was. It can't be easy to be a delivery driver of any kind — dealing with bad customers , traffic, and confusion caused by orders makes this quite the demanding job. But this goofy Kevin in particular is not really cut out for the role! As u/wsele shared to r/StoriesAboutKevin, she had a truly odd encounter with a befuddled delivery dude . She wrote that she placed an order through a courier service , add…
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George Carlin said "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." What real life example have you seen that validates this view?

'He couldn't find any trains going to Hawai'i': 40 People share the moment they realized someone was dumb as a rock

There's billions of people in this world, and they can't all be geniuses. Some don't even have a drop of common sense . You're going to meet many people from all different walks of life and varying educational backgrounds, but sometimes people just say stunning things. Prompted by a famous quote from George Carlin , people shared their stories of the times they realized they were much smarter than the person they were chatting with. These people aren't your average run-of-the-mill dum dums. No,…
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Painfully Idiotic Memes That Remind You That Confidence Certainly Does Not Equate to Intelligence

Their last two brain cells are barely scraping together
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'Blueberries are the only fruit named after a color:' 30 people who were proudly, confidently incorrect

'Blueberries are the only fruit named after a color:' 30 people who were proudly, confidently incorrect

Did you know that fake news tends to travel around the web significantly faster than true stories?
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Things People Learned In School That Turned Out To Be Totally Wrong

They really wanted us to know cursive.
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Obvious Things People Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life

Every day is a chance to learn.
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Wrong and Dumb Things People's Parents Told Them

There's a lot to unlearn.
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funny and dumb design failures | half a toilet stuck in a wall | two swings that if you used both you'd bump into each other

Design Failures That Could Use Some Rethinking

Ah, a half bathroom.
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Customers who were at the wrong restaurant askreddit | Displaced_Yankee 37.0k points 3 days ago 2 17 More shift manager at McDonald's middle mall guy walks up counter with several McDonald's bags food. Guy: My wife came through drive-thru and messed up order Are sure she came through our drive-thru? Guy: Yes! She told she came through drive-thru, and she got home she realized order wrong. Y'all need give us our money back and give us right food confused while looking around mall Did she drive

Bold and Mistaken Customers Who Were at the Wrong Store

Gotta love customer service.
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Annoying and imperfect images | round stained glass window misaligned with the door beneath it | car with wonky paint job

Annoying and Off-Center Imperfections

No!
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Untrue misconceptions | Back2Bach 18.7k points 3 days ago Lightning never strikes twice same place fact does, and frequently don't want be there happens.

Everyday Misconceptions People Still Believe

They're persistent.
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Stories of rumors people found out about themselves | Stop_CharterSchools 3.2k points 13 hours ago made fun Baptists at my friend's house, and his mom told other moms worshiped devil. This 10th-grade or so.

Dumb Rumors People Discovered about Themselves

Word gets around fast.
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Askreddit stories of times when people were accused of something they didn't commit | PostItFrustrations 247 points 23 hours ago have lot these. But most ridiculous about 13 and got suspended getting fight on day home sick guess my friend got fight and they were so used finishing her fights they automatically assumed involved. And course my talking back gave detention wasn't reversed proved wasn't there.

People Who Were Accused of Crimes They Didn't Commit

It's hard to forget these moments, no matter how small.
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Various times that people were misjudged | reddit posted by LotusPrince Not but my brother he elementary school grades are based on things other than test scores teacher noted on his report card he needs work on his skill at cutting with scissors. My brother is left-handed, and scissors classroom were right-handed people.

Wrongful Times People Were Misjudged

Assume nothing.
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