Guy Spots Two Cars Taking Up Multiple Spaces So Nobody Parks Next To Them, Finds A Satisfying Way To Get His Point Across
When it comes to how other people park their cars, you can seriously start doubting that there’s any hope for humanity left after all you’ve seen with your own two eyes. The future’s bleak if so many folks are so self-centered. Parking lines are drawn for a reason, people! Use them.
Redditor u/Jack932008, from the UK, shared a tale of ‘petty revenge’ that got quite a bit of attention online. He spotted a couple of cars in his local supermarket’s parking lot that’d been parked across two spots. That’s a jerk move, right? Most of us have witnessed it before.
Though the vast majority of us would mumble and bumble about impolite parking habits without doing anything, the author of the post took action. He actually parked his small vehicle in between the two cars with barely an inch to spare. It was absolutely hilarious to read about the reaction of the shoppers once they walked out of the store.
A Brit drove his car (black) in between two vehicles that were parked across two spaces, to teach the entitled drivers a lesson
Image credits: Jack932008
Here’s how everything went down
Image credits: Ulrik Skare (not the actual photo)
Image credits: Jack932008
Some redditors had a hard time believing that the story was real. Others had a tad of trouble imagining exactly what happened. Luckily, redditor u/Jack932008 was more than happy to help out with the details of what happened in that Nottingham parking lot. He also shared a photo of what the end result looked like. It’s seriously impressive!
Though, it’s worth asking: how many of you Pandas would have risen to the challenge and done what the OP did? It’s an incredibly risky maneuver that he did and you’ve got to have nerves of steel, not just top-notch driving skills. Not to mention that the risks really do outweigh the potential rewards.
Hopefully, the sloppy parkers learned their lesson and won’t repeat their ‘mistakes’ in the future… but we can never be sure if that lesson will stick.
Some things to keep in mind when parking your car, according to ‘The Parking Spot,’ include making sure you’re not blocking anyone else’s way out of the lot, as well as parking in a visible manner. What’s more, be sure to watch out for pedestrians in the lot and sneaky fire hydrants. Drivers should also avoid slowly following shoppers with their vehicles in order to claim their spot when it gets busy. It’s creepy and just… wrong on so many levels.
As we’ve written on Bored Panda before, entitlement is something that people develop slowly over time. Parents can usually help counter this by teaching their children the importance of humility, generosity, and sharing.
Like in most areas of life, driving a car and parking your vehicle follows one core rule: try not to be a jerk to others. When you don’t stay within the lines, you end up hurting someone else. The way around this is to be more self-aware of your actions. Consider (even if just for a fraction of a moment) the consequences of being selfish.
A fantastic way to gauge the impact of your actions is to consider what society would look like if everyone behaved as you did. Would parking like an utter jerk improve everyone’s quality of life? Doubtful.
The world will never ever be a place where free-riders, selfishness, or entitlement doesn’t exist, but it’d be limiting to think that people cannot change for the better or admit to their mistakes. They can and do. And sometimes all it takes is a brazen driver with a tiny car and the guts to wiggle it in between two others.
The author of the post shared a few more details about what happened in the comments
Many internet users loved the story. Here are their open and honest feelings about it
“But for me who is very non-confrontational…”. There ain’t nothing non-confrontational about the latter half of that story!
Yeah xD I would have hidden in the story until the couple left to avoid that confrontation.
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Handicapped driver here. Often it's impossible to find handicapped parking spots so I am forced to take up two spaces so I can wrangle my wheelchair out of my car without damaging other cars. I would not appreciate this kind of stunt. Life in a wheelchair is tough enough without having to deal with petty drivers.
As long as you have your handicap placard (tag, sticker, whatever), then slack will usually be given. If not, there is no way to know if you're physically handicapped or "personality" handicapped like the op's neighbours.
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Mini Cooper owner. I regularly park in spots where people crossed the line. I don't try to block anyone in but a lifted F150 is going to be disappointed to see me "sharing" his 2nd space.
Im always tempted to do things like this because I have a tiny car, but I'm always worried about someone damaging my car on purpose.
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Yes. I'm an American and just do not trust people anymore to not pull a gun on me if they're pissed.
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If they do it at the back of the parking lot I don't mind (unless the lot's full). But if they're anywhere near the front of the store then yeah lessons need to be learned here.
Agreed. My dad has a classic car and often takes a couple spaces, but only in big lots and he parks towards the back.
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This is bollocks unless I'm not seeing something obvious. The photo provided is the actual photo, not stock. They're right side drive (you can even see the steering wheel to confirm this),and from the photo it's the blue Skoda in the picture that's very over the lines, the grey car to the left is within their lines (only just, but still within). The black car is the OP of course. We know from his story that the “man of the family” was able to back the Skoda out no problem, they were never going to have a problem as their drivers door was accessible and there was room between the cars to manoeuvre out. So, all the OP has done caused distress to the grey car who was not in the wrong just to get his jollies off. As he himself said, there were plenty of spots. Seriously, this person has either made this up for 15 seconds of fame (done a quick in and out of the spot to get a photo and made up a story without thinking it through), or he’s simply an utter jerk who is too dumb to understand he's affected the wrong person.
Thank you Angela, that's what I thought too. He's just a horrible person. Typical 'nice guy' who calls himself "very non-confrontational". Yikes!
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Almost believed this story until the whole acrobatics on the roof, monkeying the key into the ignition while lying on the roof, closing the window and pulling the key out as the window closed. Yeah, of course you did…
I douche parked once but I didn't know it. It was a full parking garage and I parked between two cars. Unbeknownst to me the two cars each took two spots which left me in the middle taking two spots (I honestly didn't see the lines). I came back amd they were gone and saw the parking job I had done along with a parking ticket. To be fair, I was driving a douchie 370z at the time so it was on the nose
As someone with a beater of an SUV (small for an SUV, excellent maneuverability) I would do this too. It would be tricky, but, assuming a space is just big enough, I could get out through my sun roof, open the hatch, close the sun roof, then exit back through the hatch. People need to park better.
I had a 15-year-old beater van, and I did this at the airport. It was over holidays and a truck had parked over the line in a crowded lot. I parked so close to his driver's side that I had to fold in my mirror. There was no way he was getting into that driver's seat. I was only sorry that I wouldn't be there to see the fun. And he could be as mad as he wanted, but he was two feet into the other parking spot. Unfortunately, when I returned from my 10-day trip, he was still there.
Load More Replies... What a waste of time - it is passive aggressive behavior like this that get people killed. My time is more valuable than trying to make a point that is so trivial. It’s unfortunate that people are not aware of how they allow their need to control over take them. Hopefully, the deinstitutionalized mentally ill can get help.
He's definitely a jerk too, but maybe this encourages the others park better? Personally, I just park far away if I don't want people close to my car. The walk is good exercise.
Yea but you park far and there's always someone who will still park right next to you
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You only inconvenienced one driver as obviously one of the driver's sides was on the outside.
Yes but the other driver still had to get his entire family in the vehicle lol
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What an idiot. It's clear the overparked driver didn't want anyone parked next to them. People have no regard for their own property. Let alone, someone else's. I have dings all down the side of my car because of it. Ive actually caught a lady open her door onto my car and she just tried to walk away. I'm sure I would have scrapped that squeezed in car out of spite. That's why the other driver squeezed in.
Most UK people I know are happy to use both Imperial and Metric systems. There are certainly benefits of both, however I always choose metric when doing calculations, just because it is so much quicker.
Its 1.21 guns to 1 person or 121 guns to 100 people yeah no
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This made me laugh. 🤣😂🤣 I'd do the same. 🤣😂🤣 Btw, awesome parking. 👍
In the military one guy with a new car was parking sideways in our not sufficiently large enough parking lot, 3 spaces! He even ignored higher ups telling him to not do that. One day he came out, and he's been totally boxed in so he couldn't even open a door. He thought he had a chance at lunch, but no, they ride with another person. He then thought when we get off shift he'd be ok. Wrong, night shift was in on it to and came in early to swap with the other blockers. He was screwed, but he never did that again.
Bonnet = hood ( ok, I get that hood/ bonnet is similar) Boot = trunk ( nope, in this instance trunk is a better description for function) Door = ? ( what? The Brit’s don’t have a cute name for door?) Apropos nothing why is “bloody” considered a cuss word in the UK? What’s it refer to? And why does one have to contribute to the “profanity jar” when it is uttered?
The way the hogs both parked was extra s****y. If it were THAT important they wouldn't be slightly over the line, they would be straddling it evenly on both sides. But we already knew they aren't the brightest.
Im a little confused why they couldnt just get in from the passenger side? Like if thsy were over the line they ahould have extra room on the otherside.
Love the fact that he said "for my american friends" when talking about the lady trying to get into her car. I had no effing idea what a boot was (i know that it's a shoe but not the other term)
Sometimes it's not always the cars next to you that take up two spaces but the person that parked & left before you had not parked between the lines properly. It's not always automatically that driver's fault.
I'm constantly losing my s**t with inconsistent asshat drivers blocking dropped curbs, parking on the pavement (sidewalk) where I'm trying to get by with my mobility scooter. I'm no longer able to drive or even afford a car; my partner who is also disabled, can still drive and is definitely eligible for a Blue Badge. Unfortunately he still refuses to acknowledge that he is disabled.
The last person who blocked in my work truck this way found themselves high centered on a rock
That's all fine and dandy but I think this is bs and pretty petty. Exactly the problem with the world today. If they did this to me there would be a problem. I purchased a expensive car, went to the store and parked in the lines to come out to some other inconsiderate a$$ that dented my door. The second day a had the vehicle. I'm not rich the car was a lot for me and I take pride in what I have so now I park like that to prevent it. So if you don't like it oh well sorry I offended you I don't care.
I have a lifted truck with big tires and even if I park right I'm always still on the line. So I park in the back 40 take 4 spaces and bother nobody
The sad part is, you got your point across, but they will keep doing it
A lot of work just to prove a point. I give him credit for being so flexible. If I had done that, just my luck, the people on both sides would have gotten in their cars and been sure to scrape the entire length of my car. Wouldn't be worth it to me to take that chance. Even with a beater.
I parked at the local bakery, well within the lines of my spot. As I'm at the check register this woman comes in freaking out that she can't get into her car and who's Forte is that? Blah, blah, blah. I look out the window and I'm like "You mean the one perfectly parked between the two parking stripes? That would be mine". Well you need to move it. Actually, no I don't. She gets really b****y with me (not a good idea before I've had my pastry) and I just looked at her and said, "Look, it's not my fault you can't park for shi*t, or the fact you're too god damn fat to get back into it. (I mean - she got out, why can't she get back in?). Yeah, not my finest moment, but b***h please - I'm at the register and will be out in maybe 20 seconds.
A couple of spaces along were plenty of open spots? So you did this just to teach the older overweight woman a lesson? That there are lines painted does not mean these parking spots will accommodate everyone shopping there. It's a different story on a full parking lot, but to climb out of your window to teach some unathletic person that you despise their extra needs... I have a feeling your life gives you lots of trouble in situations where most people can simply smile and let others live their lives.
Did OP specify that the woman in the grey car was older? I don't remember that part.
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I remember once when I took my compact car to a very busy area near the beach. I was happy to finally find someplace to park legally. After spending a few hours at the beach with my children, we returned to the car to find three slobs in a pickup just inches from my back bumper. The car in front of me had parked in a similar fashion. After inching back and forward about twenty times I made it out. The three slobs then laughed and drove off. So immature.
Very unlikely. The sensors in modern cars are able to detect any obstruction (such as hands, arms, or even children) and will stop the windows from closing.
Load More Replies... I once did this to a friend, but it was so that his rims would not be stolen on a tripp...
I think what happened was fine until the end when waiting extra long to make a point in a parked car. Even if it was a call that needed to happen, put it in the hands free mode and drive on. Still like how this went down overall. In some places when you aggravate the situation people do dumb things, lucky this person did not get attacked physically or windows smashed out.
here's one that I did... get chapstick (that oily type, petroleum jelly base). Write on their windshield. The wipers will just smear it. Unless he has a cloth handy, he is not going to be able to drive.
I've fit my jeep in some relatively tight spots kinda hard to ding my door with the foot guard in the way specially being about 3 ft off the ground. Also my tire are further out that it is but still fairly tiny being an old 2 door
I have a winter beater and I will and have parked in spaces that require me to climb out the window. Because the way to beat an a*****e is to be a bigger a*****e.
For all commenters confused about measurements, parts of speech, and geography, an inch (measurement / noun) and a centimeter (measurement / noun) are not the same as using inch as a verb, as the original poster correctly did. Look it up and stop embarrassing literate Americans. As for geography, these nouns and the verb are commonly used on both sides of the pond and the world over. OP is not just a classy driver, he uses vocabulary with class, too.
My favorite move is to completely surround a-holes like that with shopping carts. Oh dear you now have to move 20+ carts to pull out or risk scratching your paint.
Parallel parking on a street, yes, I completely agree. But this was a supermarket carpark with clearly delineated spaces that two people decided to ignore. There was nothing obscuring the lines, they are visible in the photo. These two drivers *chose* to park badly.
Load More Replies... There's picture proof included. Also, OP did mentioned that the driver was plus size so she probably couldn't maneuver herself from passenger's side to the driver's side with ease. As for the other car that left first, the driver was able to get in to back the car up and then his passengers got in.
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You must park like a freakin moron on the regular ist this post triggers you 😂😆
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no, the photo is included. The "everyone clapped" thing is for something not plausible. I myself have done this very thing as well.
Load More Replies... “But for me who is very non-confrontational…”. There ain’t nothing non-confrontational about the latter half of that story!
Yeah xD I would have hidden in the story until the couple left to avoid that confrontation.
Load More Replies... Handicapped driver here. Often it's impossible to find handicapped parking spots so I am forced to take up two spaces so I can wrangle my wheelchair out of my car without damaging other cars. I would not appreciate this kind of stunt. Life in a wheelchair is tough enough without having to deal with petty drivers.
As long as you have your handicap placard (tag, sticker, whatever), then slack will usually be given. If not, there is no way to know if you're physically handicapped or "personality" handicapped like the op's neighbours.
Load More Replies... Mini Cooper owner. I regularly park in spots where people crossed the line. I don't try to block anyone in but a lifted F150 is going to be disappointed to see me "sharing" his 2nd space.
Im always tempted to do things like this because I have a tiny car, but I'm always worried about someone damaging my car on purpose.
Load More Replies... Yes. I'm an American and just do not trust people anymore to not pull a gun on me if they're pissed.
Load More Replies... If they do it at the back of the parking lot I don't mind (unless the lot's full). But if they're anywhere near the front of the store then yeah lessons need to be learned here.
Agreed. My dad has a classic car and often takes a couple spaces, but only in big lots and he parks towards the back.
Load More Replies... This is bollocks unless I'm not seeing something obvious. The photo provided is the actual photo, not stock. They're right side drive (you can even see the steering wheel to confirm this),and from the photo it's the blue Skoda in the picture that's very over the lines, the grey car to the left is within their lines (only just, but still within). The black car is the OP of course. We know from his story that the “man of the family” was able to back the Skoda out no problem, they were never going to have a problem as their drivers door was accessible and there was room between the cars to manoeuvre out. So, all the OP has done caused distress to the grey car who was not in the wrong just to get his jollies off. As he himself said, there were plenty of spots. Seriously, this person has either made this up for 15 seconds of fame (done a quick in and out of the spot to get a photo and made up a story without thinking it through), or he’s simply an utter jerk who is too dumb to understand he's affected the wrong person.
Thank you Angela, that's what I thought too. He's just a horrible person. Typical 'nice guy' who calls himself "very non-confrontational". Yikes!
Load More Replies... Almost believed this story until the whole acrobatics on the roof, monkeying the key into the ignition while lying on the roof, closing the window and pulling the key out as the window closed. Yeah, of course you did…
I douche parked once but I didn't know it. It was a full parking garage and I parked between two cars. Unbeknownst to me the two cars each took two spots which left me in the middle taking two spots (I honestly didn't see the lines). I came back amd they were gone and saw the parking job I had done along with a parking ticket. To be fair, I was driving a douchie 370z at the time so it was on the nose
As someone with a beater of an SUV (small for an SUV, excellent maneuverability) I would do this too. It would be tricky, but, assuming a space is just big enough, I could get out through my sun roof, open the hatch, close the sun roof, then exit back through the hatch. People need to park better.
I had a 15-year-old beater van, and I did this at the airport. It was over holidays and a truck had parked over the line in a crowded lot. I parked so close to his driver's side that I had to fold in my mirror. There was no way he was getting into that driver's seat. I was only sorry that I wouldn't be there to see the fun. And he could be as mad as he wanted, but he was two feet into the other parking spot. Unfortunately, when I returned from my 10-day trip, he was still there.
Load More Replies... What a waste of time - it is passive aggressive behavior like this that get people killed. My time is more valuable than trying to make a point that is so trivial. It’s unfortunate that people are not aware of how they allow their need to control over take them. Hopefully, the deinstitutionalized mentally ill can get help.
He's definitely a jerk too, but maybe this encourages the others park better? Personally, I just park far away if I don't want people close to my car. The walk is good exercise.
Yea but you park far and there's always someone who will still park right next to you
Load More Replies... You only inconvenienced one driver as obviously one of the driver's sides was on the outside.
Yes but the other driver still had to get his entire family in the vehicle lol
Load More Replies... What an idiot. It's clear the overparked driver didn't want anyone parked next to them. People have no regard for their own property. Let alone, someone else's. I have dings all down the side of my car because of it. Ive actually caught a lady open her door onto my car and she just tried to walk away. I'm sure I would have scrapped that squeezed in car out of spite. That's why the other driver squeezed in.
Most UK people I know are happy to use both Imperial and Metric systems. There are certainly benefits of both, however I always choose metric when doing calculations, just because it is so much quicker.
Its 1.21 guns to 1 person or 121 guns to 100 people yeah no
Load More Replies... This made me laugh. 🤣😂🤣 I'd do the same. 🤣😂🤣 Btw, awesome parking. 👍
In the military one guy with a new car was parking sideways in our not sufficiently large enough parking lot, 3 spaces! He even ignored higher ups telling him to not do that. One day he came out, and he's been totally boxed in so he couldn't even open a door. He thought he had a chance at lunch, but no, they ride with another person. He then thought when we get off shift he'd be ok. Wrong, night shift was in on it to and came in early to swap with the other blockers. He was screwed, but he never did that again.
Bonnet = hood ( ok, I get that hood/ bonnet is similar) Boot = trunk ( nope, in this instance trunk is a better description for function) Door = ? ( what? The Brit’s don’t have a cute name for door?) Apropos nothing why is “bloody” considered a cuss word in the UK? What’s it refer to? And why does one have to contribute to the “profanity jar” when it is uttered?
The way the hogs both parked was extra s****y. If it were THAT important they wouldn't be slightly over the line, they would be straddling it evenly on both sides. But we already knew they aren't the brightest.
Im a little confused why they couldnt just get in from the passenger side? Like if thsy were over the line they ahould have extra room on the otherside.
Love the fact that he said "for my american friends" when talking about the lady trying to get into her car. I had no effing idea what a boot was (i know that it's a shoe but not the other term)
Sometimes it's not always the cars next to you that take up two spaces but the person that parked & left before you had not parked between the lines properly. It's not always automatically that driver's fault.
I'm constantly losing my s**t with inconsistent asshat drivers blocking dropped curbs, parking on the pavement (sidewalk) where I'm trying to get by with my mobility scooter. I'm no longer able to drive or even afford a car; my partner who is also disabled, can still drive and is definitely eligible for a Blue Badge. Unfortunately he still refuses to acknowledge that he is disabled.
The last person who blocked in my work truck this way found themselves high centered on a rock
That's all fine and dandy but I think this is bs and pretty petty. Exactly the problem with the world today. If they did this to me there would be a problem. I purchased a expensive car, went to the store and parked in the lines to come out to some other inconsiderate a$$ that dented my door. The second day a had the vehicle. I'm not rich the car was a lot for me and I take pride in what I have so now I park like that to prevent it. So if you don't like it oh well sorry I offended you I don't care.
I have a lifted truck with big tires and even if I park right I'm always still on the line. So I park in the back 40 take 4 spaces and bother nobody
The sad part is, you got your point across, but they will keep doing it
A lot of work just to prove a point. I give him credit for being so flexible. If I had done that, just my luck, the people on both sides would have gotten in their cars and been sure to scrape the entire length of my car. Wouldn't be worth it to me to take that chance. Even with a beater.
I parked at the local bakery, well within the lines of my spot. As I'm at the check register this woman comes in freaking out that she can't get into her car and who's Forte is that? Blah, blah, blah. I look out the window and I'm like "You mean the one perfectly parked between the two parking stripes? That would be mine". Well you need to move it. Actually, no I don't. She gets really b****y with me (not a good idea before I've had my pastry) and I just looked at her and said, "Look, it's not my fault you can't park for shi*t, or the fact you're too god damn fat to get back into it. (I mean - she got out, why can't she get back in?). Yeah, not my finest moment, but b***h please - I'm at the register and will be out in maybe 20 seconds.
A couple of spaces along were plenty of open spots? So you did this just to teach the older overweight woman a lesson? That there are lines painted does not mean these parking spots will accommodate everyone shopping there. It's a different story on a full parking lot, but to climb out of your window to teach some unathletic person that you despise their extra needs... I have a feeling your life gives you lots of trouble in situations where most people can simply smile and let others live their lives.
Did OP specify that the woman in the grey car was older? I don't remember that part.
Load More Replies... I remember once when I took my compact car to a very busy area near the beach. I was happy to finally find someplace to park legally. After spending a few hours at the beach with my children, we returned to the car to find three slobs in a pickup just inches from my back bumper. The car in front of me had parked in a similar fashion. After inching back and forward about twenty times I made it out. The three slobs then laughed and drove off. So immature.
Very unlikely. The sensors in modern cars are able to detect any obstruction (such as hands, arms, or even children) and will stop the windows from closing.
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I think what happened was fine until the end when waiting extra long to make a point in a parked car. Even if it was a call that needed to happen, put it in the hands free mode and drive on. Still like how this went down overall. In some places when you aggravate the situation people do dumb things, lucky this person did not get attacked physically or windows smashed out.
here's one that I did... get chapstick (that oily type, petroleum jelly base). Write on their windshield. The wipers will just smear it. Unless he has a cloth handy, he is not going to be able to drive.
I've fit my jeep in some relatively tight spots kinda hard to ding my door with the foot guard in the way specially being about 3 ft off the ground. Also my tire are further out that it is but still fairly tiny being an old 2 door
I have a winter beater and I will and have parked in spaces that require me to climb out the window. Because the way to beat an a*****e is to be a bigger a*****e.
For all commenters confused about measurements, parts of speech, and geography, an inch (measurement / noun) and a centimeter (measurement / noun) are not the same as using inch as a verb, as the original poster correctly did. Look it up and stop embarrassing literate Americans. As for geography, these nouns and the verb are commonly used on both sides of the pond and the world over. OP is not just a classy driver, he uses vocabulary with class, too.
My favorite move is to completely surround a-holes like that with shopping carts. Oh dear you now have to move 20+ carts to pull out or risk scratching your paint.
Parallel parking on a street, yes, I completely agree. But this was a supermarket carpark with clearly delineated spaces that two people decided to ignore. There was nothing obscuring the lines, they are visible in the photo. These two drivers *chose* to park badly.
Load More Replies... There's picture proof included. Also, OP did mentioned that the driver was plus size so she probably couldn't maneuver herself from passenger's side to the driver's side with ease. As for the other car that left first, the driver was able to get in to back the car up and then his passengers got in.
Load More Replies... You must park like a freakin moron on the regular ist this post triggers you 😂😆
Load More Replies... no, the photo is included. The "everyone clapped" thing is for something not plausible. I myself have done this very thing as well.
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