Sunday, September 13, 2020

People That Didn't Understand Everyday Objects


Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share their most hilarious and outright ridiculous experiences with witnessing other people not understanding how to operate everyday objects. Confusion can strike in the most seemingly of obvious situations. Sometimes people's brains take a break, and they forget how to operate. 

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Text - WL14K • 22h I dropped and ice cube on the floor once and threw it in the sink. My roommate at the time was flabbergasted - she had never thought of that, and always put dropped ice cubes in the garbage.

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Text - BaconConnoisseur • 22h I was checking into a hotel and asked if I could get access to the conference room to start setting up for the training I would be conducting all week. The lady at the desk was adamant we hadn't booked their conference room for a full week. It had only been booked for today. We went back and forth for a little bit until she got out the schedule book to show me. The schedule book was just a spiral bound book with calendar pages. She points at today the 31st and says

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Text - piscDSM • 23h My roommate didn't know to cut the lemon/fruit in half before he tried to juice it

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Text - 1 Award As the youngest in the office, I'm now the official "Printer Guy", anyone has a problem with the printer they come to me dumbfounded. Sometimes it's just the machine telling them there's a jam and they refuse to read the display telling them where the issue is.

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Text - TroperCase • 23h 31 Award I once saw someone in my office start to climb up the wrong side of a common metal ladder before being stopped.

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Text - EveFluff • 23h My 70-year old dad frustratedly shaking the pepper grinder at an Italian restaurant

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Text - My wife is a middle school teacher, and her principal is technologically illiterate. He updates the same Powerpoint (not the same template, but the same literal Powerpoint file) for every single presentation he makes. It's now an illegible mix of fonts, font sizes and formats. His bullet lists switch between unordered and ordered, and different types of sub-bullets (so there would be three "bullet" points, followed by a "4" and an "e"). The worst, though, was when he was giving a presenta

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Text - mrdewtles • 22h I just got back from a vacation. This isn't the worst thing, but it's on my mind right now. It's how BAD people are at getting their luggage off of the... Luggage thing at the airport. Like... People were literally falling over unable to grab their baggage. It was sad to watch

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Text - Poes_hoes • 1d Had a kid at one of my jobs not know how to use a broom. He swept back and forth as a cartoon would.

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Text - arcsine • 22h 3 2 Awards I worked deskside IT support at a Fortune 10 company. There was a Director of some super important division, I think it was involved with the launch of new products. Like all Directors there, he had an assistant. Unlike the rest of the directors' assistants, she had THE biggest printer we supported sitting right next to her, and connected directly to her PC. It wasn't even on the network, so no one could use it but her. Turns out, it's because EVERY DAY, this woma

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Text - The_Sceptic_Lemur • 1d My mom and Gmail. Quote: „No, I don't need a password to log in. Now get my emails back." get older generations are not as tech-savy, not having grown up with computers and internet, but come on, you've had that stupid computer for at least ten bloody years. You must have picked up on the basics by now.

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Text - Ving_Rhames_Bible • 23h I see examples every time l'm watching people putting carry-ons in the overhead bins on planes. Like whatever part of their brain is responsible for geometry, at even the level of understanding of a toddler, goes completely dark. You can see it in their faces, frustrated and completely baffled why they can't fit their luggage in there, and I just want to scream, "Turn it SIDEWAYS you fucking idiot!"

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Text - tiptree • 23h My sister in law had a flatmate who never cleaned up after himself in the toilet. There was always poop left. My SIL and their other flatmate were annoyed, but didn't want to embarrass him by telling him. When they were moving out and cleaning the apartment the others told the poopguy to clean the bathroom, and pointed to the toilet brush and told him to make sure to use that too. When they came in a while later to see how it was going he was using the toilet brush. But not

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Text - BrilliantWeight • 1d Served in the army for a brief time with a girl who didnt know you had to rinse clothes after you soaped them while manually doing laundry. We had incidents where our laundry services would be woefully behind schedule, so occasionally, you had to do some sink laundry here and there. She would get hers wet, soap it up, and then just hang it and wonder why hers always came out worse than everyone else's.

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Text - ReeG • 1d As an IT manager at a small office l'll just say the majority of people when it comes to understanding and operating a Windows computer. The amount of people that get hung up and stop working over the the most minor issues is astounding. Want to prove yourself more efficient and put yourself ahead of 90% of the current workforce? Learn basic proficiency in how to operate a Windows 10 PC

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Text - ImInJeopardy • 1d My boss doesn't know how to forward emails. He also doesn't know how the printer/scanner works. He will call me over to his office, have me print an email, then he'll tell me to scan what I just printed and send it to the person he wants to send it to.

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Text - shandower • 23h One time, my wife and I were at Taco time. They have one of those touch-screen coke machines. Unfortunately, we were in the back of a long line that wasn't moving, because the group in front couldn't figure out where the ice was or how to make the coke come out. So my wife goes to the front and asks if they need help. She ended up taking several minutes describing the machine, where the ice was, where the coke was, and how you could add different flavors to your drink. I w

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Text - Bellamy1715 • 1d Roomed with a girl who did not know how to open a can.

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Text - Kantotheotter • 23h I got stuck in a mini cooper. I could not find the door handle. my friend (who owned the car) let me out when she was done laughing.

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Text - artbento • 1d I almost stapled my hand or my face with a staple gun if my teacher hadn't intervened in time. I had never seen one in my life and was just handed one to put up some posters. I'm not sure how I held it but it was wrong enough for the teacher to dive over like a baseball home run.

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Text - remes1234 • 23h It was me. Operating a self check out at walmart. I scanned a thing, and held it in my right, then proceeded to try to scan the next thing using my left hand. The machine said "please place item in bagging area" like 15 times. I just stared at it like it was speaking swahili. The check out person had to help me. I was completely sober. I just vapor locked. I have no idea WTF Happened.

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Text - Miolner • 23h My girlfriend never used a toaster until 4 years ago. She inserted 2 slices of toast and started the toaster. When she thought the toast may be finished, she took a metal knive and wanted to get the toast slices out of the toaster by picking it up with the knife. I just noticed a second before she would have put that knife into the electric heating wire and shouted "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" from across the room. Maybe I saved her life. Now she knows toasters stop automatically af

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Text - d33jaysturf • 22h A friend got a call from her cousin who recently went to college - "hey so I'm about to do laundry, how should I sort the clothes? Is it by brand?"

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Text - thisismycourage • 23h My old roommate claimed she was the smartest person around. I thought she was smart enough (I guess??) but THEN she bought her first wallet. I turn around to her trying to force the wallet shut with the cards in the wrong way. She insisted the wallet was manufactured incorrectly because the wallet wouldn't close with the cards sitting upright. I silently took the wallet, turned one card 90 degrees, handed it back to her, and went back to what I was doing.

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Dad Cons A Con Man, Ruins His Business


When dad realized that he had a con man on his hands, he decided to beat the scoundrel at his own game. Queue the "business" being ruined. 

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Text - r/ProRevenge JOIN u/JakexDx • 1y How my dad conned a con man, then ruined his conning business. Years ago shortly after I moved out, my dad decided he wanted to remodel his bathroom and hired a local contractor(who I will refer to as DB) to do it that fixed a clogged sink for him once. From the start my dad was extremely skeptical of contractors and did not want to get scammed, so after they agreed on the price for labor my dad ask him for an invoice for the cost of all the materials. He

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Text - or something to look over the list of materials and see if the quote was fair, and right off the bat DB was trying to do close to a 50% markup on the materials. So instead of paying DB's invoice my dad just bought all the materials himself saying "he knows a guy who gives him amazing discounts" so DB doesn't get suspicious that my dad was onto his game. After 3 months the bathroom is not close to being done despite DB telling him it would take 2 months, my dad had to travel for work and w

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Text - just brushed him off asking how the bathroom was coming. Over the course of the week DB tried to up sell me on a bunch of things he said needed to be done to finish the bathroom, most of it was electrical work which he did not have a license for. My dad filled me in before he left about what was quoted in the labor and there was no electrical work quoted and I told him no just stick to the original quote. Once my dad comes back I filled him in on all the additional charges DB tried to tac

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Text - asked to install because we had a electrician coming to install it. After a heated discussion between DB and I he stopped installing the ceiling light and started laying tile during which he broke a quarter of the tiles. After this debacle my dad did some investigating and looked up DB's license and found out that not only was the license expired it did not belong to DB! So my dad asked my brother and I to come over when he was going to confront DB about lying about his license. A VERY he

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Text - accidentally brushed his shoulder when I was passing him in the hallway and I refused to apologize. After the cops showed up DB quickly tried to play the victim but the cops told DB to collect his tools and leave. The bathroom still unfinished but my dad did not have to pay DB for his 3 months of labor and used that money to hire real contractors to finish the bathroom, it only took them a week and a half to finish. After this my dad contacted the local news to tell them about DB being a

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Text - to work on their bathroom but once he got paid he would cut and run leaving the bathroom unfinished and stealing all the materials. The news then set up a sting for DB and exposed him for being a conman and he was arrested not long after the news story aired. EDIT: TL;DR - Bad man hired to redo dad's bathroom, tries to rip dad off, dad fires bad man for lack of licenses and for being an asshole. Dad tells local news about bad man, local news exposes bad man, bad man eventually arrested.

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Guy Trolls "Kyle The Scammer" On Instagram, To Oblivion


We love nothing more than a scammer losing to logic. It's a beautiful thing, really. In this case, a dude gets contacted by a scammer bro on the old Instagram, and decides to have some fun with him. Nice touch with The Simpsons reference too!

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Text - ull Bell 10:21 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Thursday 11:06 AM hey bro are you interested in making some money with me Of course I am okay firstly i need to know where you're cause this offer is only for USA and canada. Good news. I'm from the United States ok good now i'll have to tell you what i do . Ok Message... +)

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:21 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Tam a bitcoin miner and an expert in cryptography.. I make my money off bitcoins... I trade online in the crypto market. All I do is move my bitcoin to your account by making a payment online while logged into your account & can be done from anywhere in the world. so after the deposit has been made available for withdrawal you send me 60% and keep 40%.and we can do this everyday as long as you loyal. Do you understand?? Sure. ok good

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Text - ull Bell 10:21 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now that. and believe me as long as you're loyal we can be doing this for a very long time . Do you have a Credit card or bank account?? What username do you need? My banking one? Instagram? yes your bank login so our company can make the transaction with me . I have multiple bank accounts? Which one do you want? Just curious. Iask this to everyone. Are you a dog person or a cat person? what's the name one your bank ? I need to know if you are

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:21 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now I was hoping you would say that. Are you interested or not ? Do you want to see a picture of my dog? Oops sorry. That's my girlfriend. Wrong picture I'm embarrassed Here's my dog. He's such a good boy O Message... +)

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Text - Vertebrate - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Sorry I get excited about my dog. I bank with Wells Fargo. Are you still there? Yes i'm here i taught you're joking with me Why would I joke about potentially making $500O! Tjust got this puppy and I just want to show him to everyone Okay O Message... +)

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Text - Text - ll Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now So, kindly forward your username and password to your wells Fargo account so i can make the deposit bro If you have a problem giving me your info you can empty your account balance first before giving me the info Give me second. My just made me Kraft Mac and cheese dinner. I have to eat first I have to check out my password. I always forget what it is. T have so many to remember! Gah! okay bro let me know when you're done Will do! FYI

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Ok I'm back. My username is: shaquilleoatmeel. okay what's the password? Gah... my dog just peed on the floor. Have to clean it up. One sec For being just a little puppy, he sure can make quite the mess. My password is: bigboobZ4me okay bro Add me up on our company business WhatsApp +16076892812 Asap Do you want my phone number? yes O Message... +)

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now 4302558249 You'll have to be online with me here , When our company is about to login on your account to enable us to make payment. Ok. I have Kazoo practice in about 5 minutes. Can i message you when I get back? My teacher says I am making great progress and says that she has never seen a more passionate Kazoo player than me. ok that cool Thursday 2:55 PM I'm back from practice O Message... +)

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now okay i i have texted you through your number Did you get my text? Weird. I did not get a message yet. I did get some great advice from my teacher Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason whatsoever... She is so insightful. Can you try again? Aaaahhh.. my bad. That was my old

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Text - .ll Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 i Active now This is my new one. 6054756968 Friday 4:06 AM Ok jason Am gonna text you now Friday 8:57 AM Sorry bro. I just woke up, but OMG! I just had the craziest dream. okay bro Did you get my text? I dreamt I was in the set of Family Matters and befriended Steve Urkel. He transformed into Stephon Urkel. In case you don't remember, Stephen was the cool hip version of Steve. No time for joke bro Message... +)

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Text - Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now I'm sorry. Sometimes i overshare okay bro So, did you get my text? Hmmm. Let me me check my messages. I'm a pretty important so I get lots of texts all the time. Mostly it's just from my mom. But sometimes my dad and grandma text me. But grandmas text are a little racists. But we let that slide. let me know if you got the text when you check okay I'm not seeing anything right now. This weird. Can you try calling the number instead? o

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Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now +16076892812 I can't use anymore texts or l'll get charged. My mom took away my PlayStation last time I went over my my texting limit. Can you call me instead? I really want to make money! i'm here to help you make huge income on weekly basis, Text me on # now +16076892812 Dude! My mom is going to be pissed! I can't go over my texting limit. Please call me instead Your number isn't going through bro i just called you 6054756968. Is this the

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Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now yeah Try again okay Are you on Whatapp? Not much. What's up with you? i i need to know so i can text you on there . I'm chilling. What's up with you? i'll have to submit your details to our company so they can process your transaction . send me your full name and house address. 742 evergreen terrace. Springfield, California 64829 Message... +)

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Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Max powers is my full name Max powers ? Yeah. Why is that strang? Strang? Strange Well my full name is Maximus Nothing is strange, i'm just making sure that's it bro okay When will i receive a letter in the mail? Hold bro I will get back to you O Message... +)

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Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Sorry I'm just really excited Friday 12:04 PM I just checked my mailbox. It didn't arrive yet. I'll check in a couple hours Friday 1:56 PM just keep checking it The mailman just arrived. I'll go check Darn. It didn't arrive yet. But i did get the new Highlights magazine. I'm going to do the hidden pictures. That's always my favorite thing to do. Saturday 7:22 AM okay bro i guess there's something wrong Message... +)

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Text - ull Bell 10:22 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now SOmewnere And i'm in my cut off time and I can't make any transaction till on Monday please do not change your info so on Monday I will be able to make a good transaction and you can take your percent of it okay? Saturday 3:39 PM I'll keep checking bro. Sunday 9:01 AM okay bro So what are you up to today? Monday 11:07 AM hey bro I'm going to be making transactions on your bank today ...: When are you going to be free cause I need you to Mes

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Text - ll Bell 10:23 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now going to be free cause I need you to be online. Sorry. I ate Taco Bell last night. It's been coming out both ends all day today. I'll have to get back to you tomorrow. what do you mean I am here for business and not for joke bro I wish I was joking. This is the worst So, you mean i should make the transaction tomorrow? Yeah bro Monday 2:32 PM If you were a hot dog and you were starving, would you eat yourself? Yesterday. 8:43 AM O Message...

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Text - ull Bell 10:23 AM 26% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Lol How you doing bro Yesterday, 11:45 AM Неуу 9:54 AM Feeling much better bro. I recently acquired a very large sum of money. I'm currently looking for a group of savvy entrepreneurs to help invest this money in gummy worms. The gummy worm market is small right now, but is expected to be huge by the end of the year. You could turn $1000 into 1,000,000 by the end of the year. Are you in?! What are you talking about ? I'm talking about makin

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Text - ull Bell 10:23 AM 27% kyle_btc.007 i Active now I'm talking about making a lot of money bro! This is not a good deal bro Did you fix your phone yet ? It's a great deal. You give me $1000. I then give you that money back immediately. I just need your bank account username and password. I will also send you a 1lb bag of gummy worms. Whats your address bro? Ok Did you have the money now ? Call me at this new number i just set up. 18003581971 Ok good Did you get my text ? O Message... +)

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Text - ull Bell 10:23 AM 27% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now Ok good Did you get my text ? Dude you have to CALL the number bro. I tried call you again it's not going. Lame. I guess you don't want to invest with me then. You lost your chance I alled you just now What number? The # number you sent now Call or text me here +16076892812 . Did you get a response from the 1-800 number? Message...

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Text - ull Bell 10:23 AM 27% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now The # number you sent now Call or text me here +16076892812 . Did you get a response from the 1-800 number? Not yet dude You have to call that number now. Time is running out I did dude What did the person say? You text or call me . If you really want me to make a deal with you . Dude. You are a scammer. Take a hint. I've been fucking with the entire time. Message... +)

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Grasshopper

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Green - ull Bell 10:30 AM 30% kyle_btc.007 (i Active now What did the person say? You text or call me . If you really want me to make a deal with you . Dude. You are a scammer. Take a hint. I've been fucking with the entire time. Message... +)

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Grasshopper - ull Bell 6:03 PM 29% kyle_btc.007 i I'm real Yes your are a real person. But you scamming people. Who in the hell would give you their own banking info? Goodbye. You blocked kyle_btc.007. Delete chat.

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